Originally Posted by
fw10001
If one is to even venture out into the cold, a Shengen visa might be needed, right? I'll be carrying an Indian passport.
If one stays within airport, can one skip the visa/transit visa? Any decent lounges? I see you are in HEL, so I thought I'd ask. Thanks!
Too bad, with Indian passport you really need a Schengen visa to get landside

Based on you location I thought it'd be a US one.
There are I think two lounges non-Schengen side, one is AY's own, quite decent, the other is a contract lounge, also good. But none of them are such that I'd want to spend 20+ hrs in there.
There are some discussion on the lounges here, browse around, this is a rather smal corner in FT-land