Anni Sinnemäki’s favourite place in Helsinki is the sea fortress Suomenlinna.

“It’s really close by but at the same time slightly distant.”

Next spring the neighbouring islands of Vallisaari and Kuninkaansaari will be opened to the public.

“They are a bit like Suomenlinna’s wild little siblings. There you can find dense alder woods and everything is still a bit topsy-turvy.”

According to Ms Sinnemäki, the best thing in Helsinki is also its cafés, particularly Cafe Aalto in the Academic Bookstore and Cafe Engel on the edge of Senate Square.

I have been visiting them for a really long time. Right now, what with work and a small child, I don’t go so often, but for me they represent moments where I can stop and sit. You can be in your own world but still be surrounded by people and life”