Teurastamo on Helsingin Hermannissa sijaitseva entinen teurastuslaitos, jonka alueella on vuodesta 2012 alkaen ollut ravintoloita, baareja, kaupunkiviljelyä ja vapaata kaupunkitilaa. Teurastamo on osa laajempaa Helsingin Wholesale market. The atmospheric courtyard is surrounded by red brick slaughterhouse buildings built in the 1930s.
The buildings on the site were designed by the architect Bertel Liljequist. The slaughterhouse was closed in 1992.
You are free to barbecue and hang out in the yard of the slaughterhouse, within the framework provided by the city. The area is also the venue for urban culture events, such as food events and concerts.
New and old restaurants in the area
Alueella toimii (vuonna 2026) useita ravintoloita ja baareja, kuten Kellohalli, Lopez y Lopez, HuuHaa Astro Bar & bistro, B-Side bar, Tukkutorin kala, Palema, Teurastamon portti, Tislaamo, Pizzala ja Miss Bowl.
The Palema has been continuously open since 1933.
Sukupuoli- ja seksuaalivähemmistöille suunnattu ravintola DTM avautui Teurastamolla 27.10.2023, mutta sulki ovensa jo vuonna 2025. Yökerholla oli kaksi sisäänkäyntiä ja kaksi erillistä tanssilattiaa. Teurastamo oli vuonna 1992 perustetun DTM:n neljäs osoite.
The slaughterhouse in Kaurismäki's films
The Helsinki City Slaughterhouse appears in the film Rikos ja rangaistus (1983), directed by Aki Kaurismäki. The film opens with a long, dialogue-free scene showing the slaughter of meat inside the slaughterhouse. Rahikainen, played by Markku Toikka, is a modern-day Raskolnikov working in the slaughterhouse. The premises appear in the film at 1:30-4:36. Crime and punishment on Yle Arena. The film Ariel (1988) also shows short clips of the interior of the slaughterhouse. Ariel on Yle Arena.
The slaughterhouse was served by an overhead line from the Hermann road through Agroksenmäki
The slaughterhouse was served by a power line from the harbour promenade on the Hermann waterfront at Agroksenmäki. A deep cliff cut ran through Agroksenmäki, where the railway ran. The track was built in the 1930s and demolished at the turn of the 1970s and 1980s.
Teurastamo Square 22.4.2023The terrace of Lopez y Lopez restaurant 22.4.2023People queuing for food at the counter of Mexican taco restaurant Lopez y Lopez 22.4.2023Lopez y Lopez Dining Room 22.4.2023Food takeaway @ Lopez y Lopez 22.4.2023Customers ordering food at Lopez y lopez restaurant in Teura 29.6.2023Painting at Lopez y Lopez restaurant 29.6.2023Entrance to the Helsinki Coffee Roastery's daytime coffee bar at Teurastamo 22.4.2023From inside the coffee bar 22.4.2023Coffee bar 22.4.2023Event posters 22.4.2023A white limousine next to an old tram at the slaughterhouse. Photo: summer 2022There is also a Helsinki Wholesale Market sign at the entrance to the slaughterhouse. The former gatekeeper's building houses Teurastamo Portti, a Roslund meat shop and bistro. Photo: summer 2022Goofing off in spring-winter. 20.3.2022There are also basketball stands in the yard of the slaughterhouse. 20.3.2022Wooden horse 20.3.2022Electrical plug and pencil drawing 20.3.2022Kellohalli, located at the slaughterhouse, is a building of the former slaughterhouse of the City of Helsinki, built in the 1930s. Kellohalli is part of the main slaughterhouse premises. It is currently used as a restaurant and a multi-purpose event space. 16.8.20206.6.2020The Teurastamo barbecue area has a large red-brick barbecue, which is free to use throughout the summer season and long into the autumn. 6.6.2020The slaughterhouse and the houses of South Hermann. 6.6.20206.6.202016.8.2020A separate low building in the inner courtyard of the slaughterhouse has been completely renovated. In 2020, it will be home to the Pizzala pizzeria and the Helsinki Coffee Roaster's café - Teurastamo Päiväkahvvbar. 16.8.2020.Pizzala, building No 11. 21.8.2021Teurastamo info & yard map 13.10.2020The Palema lunch restaurant serves classic restaurant food with a modern twist. The dining room is decorated in an ascetic dining room style. Outside lunchtime, Palema is a restaurant to order. The current owners (2020) started running Palema in 2016. Palema has been continuously open since 1933. 13.10.2020Restaurant Kellohalli at lunchtime. 25.10.2024Slaughterhouse buildings and old chimney in winter 9.1.2021The slaughterhouse building, which houses the distillery of The Helsinki Distilling Company (HDCO), which produces whisky, gin, aquavit and sea buckthorn cider. The Distellery bar is located in the same building. A sauna is planned for the building's chimney, heated by a by-product of whisky production. HDCO also has a distillery in the Tukkutori area. whisky cellar, where the whisky is matured. 9.1.2021Slaughterhouse building in winter, 9.1.2021The Väyrysen bakery kiosk at Christmas. 9.1.2021Signs for B-side bar and Taqueria Lopez 8.8.2021Signs of Helsinki Coffee Roastery and Väyryse Bakery 8.8.2021Restaurant Tislaamon - The Distillery Bar - entrance 8.8.2021Italialaistyylistä gelatoa (jäätelöä) myyvä Jädelino 8.8.2021Slaughterhouse sign 8.8.2021Slaughterhouse gate on Työpajankatu 8.8.2021In summer 2021, Helsinki Urban Art created a Helsinki Hopping board game in the Teurastamo yard as part of Helsinki Day. In the game, painted on asphalt, you act as pawns yourself. The game offers a way to get to know different places in Helsinki and to move around the city using different means of transport. 8.8.2021Helsinki Hopping board game 8.8.2021Sörnäistenkatu Street in winter. Slaughterhouse on the left. 27.3.2023Event posters 23.3.2023Event posters 23.3.2023Event posters 23.3.2023Slaughterhouse Building 7, which houses Sonepar electrical goods store and Kohta Art Hall. 27.3.2023Building No 7. 27.3.2023Workshop street near the gate of the slaughterhouse 22.4.2023Porukkaa odottamassa Modemin keikan alkua Teurastamolla 6.8.2025Yleisöä ja Modem eli Ville Valavuo ja Tytti Roto Teurastamon ilmaiskeikalla 6.8.2025Modem Teurastamolla 6.8.2025Käsiä pystyssä Modemin keikalla. Keskellä näkyy Modemin laulaja Tytti Roto. 6.8.2025
