Hejm Restaurant
Restaurant Hejm
A Nordic restaurant that uses traditional curing, salting and drying methods for local seasonal dishes, with plenty of vegetarian options.
Hejm means 'home' in Swedish. The menu centres on local ingredients and traditional Scandinavian techniques (curing, salting and air-drying), and changes with the seasons, with vegetarian, fish and meat options. Common dinner dishes include lightly salted Arctic char, light smoked fish soup, butter-fried trout, fried pike-perch and roast pork belly. The archipelago platter is a local speciality, and the yoghurt ice cream for dessert is often praised. Weekday lunch is served à la carte from about €15. Restaurant Guru ranks it first in Vaasa, and it has a TripAdvisor rating of 4.5. It is located on the western side of the city centre, near the seafront.
Opening hours
Lunch Mon–Fri 11:00–15:00; dinner Mon–Fri from 16:00, Sat from 12:00; closed Sun
Nearby sights
- Tikanoja Art Museum
- Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art
- Holy Trinity Church, Vaasa
- Ostrobothnian Museum
- Vaasa City Hall
- Hietasaari (Sandö)
- Vaasa Market Square
- Tropiclandia