Art, architecture and travel in Finland
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Finland - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Finland.
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High rise: a chapel in a Helsinki suburb is a vaulting success
By Crystal Bennes Last updated
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Tour Yrjö Kukkapuro’s studio – a temple to the art of sitting down
Join us on a studio visit of Finnish interior architect and furniture designer Yrjö Kukkapuro
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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Helsinki Design Week 2016 reveals a Finland steeped in tradition, with an eye on its future
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Helsinki Design Week 2013: the highlights
By Maria Sobrino Last updated
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Back to the future: Helsinki City Museum’s impressive new home
By Clare Dowdy Last updated
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Major renovation: Helsinki Art Museum reopens with blockbuster Ai Weiwei show
The Helsinki Art Museum has reopened after a major renovation with a blockbuster show from Chinese artist Ai Weiwei
By Nick Compton Last updated
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Take a virtual reality tour of Alvar Aalto's Helsinki studio
Helsinki is betting big on its tech design scene as it looks ahead to a post-COVID world
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Laura Seppänen creates a thoughtful design for Helsinki's newest restaurant
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Optimise your living space with this modular Finnish cabin design
A collaboration between architecture studio Puisto and design companies Made By Choice and Protos Demos, Space of Mind is a contemporary modular Finnish cabin providing a much needed opportunity to pause, think and make the most of our home experience
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Wave House by Seppo Mäntylä is a Finnish log house with a twist
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Avanto Architects designs a set of ‘matchbox’ houses in Finland
This small complex in Finland's Espoo comprises two detatched private residences arranged like ‘overlapping matchboxes', explains its creator, Avanto Architects
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Studio Puisto
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Bronda — Helsinki, Finland
By Micha van Dinther Last updated
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Story — Helsinki, Finland
By Micha van Dinther Last updated
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Hotel St. George opens in landmark 1840s building in Helsinki
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Reason to shimmy the night away in Helsinki
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Bar & Co — Helsinki, Finland
By Lauren Ho Last updated
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An artic theme park with surprisingly sleek accommodation
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Intro — Kuopio, Finland
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Finnish lifestyle label Samuji has opened a new boutique in Helsinki
By Pe-Ru Keh Last updated
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Restaurant Block by Dylan — Helsinki, Finland
By David Paw Last updated
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Note Studio re-designs Helsinki’s Palace Restaurant
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Finding connections: Alvar Aalto Museum extension winners announced
By Sara Sturges Last updated
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Fab 40: Character Lights, Finland
By Scandinavia Last updated
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Helsinki Design Museum celebrates Finnish icons Vuokko and Antti Nurmesniemi
A new exhibition in Helsinki (28 October 2022 – 9 April 2023) highlights the bold and bright creations of Finnish textile artist Vuokko Nurmesniemi and her equally talented husband Antti, Wallpaper* visits the designers’ house in Kulosaari
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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Koja treehouse by Polestar is embedded in the Finnish landscape
Paradoxically, Sweden’s premium EV maker Polestar wants us to drive a little bit less – and to immerse ourselves in the wilderness that surrounds its new ultra-ecological treehouse, Koja, designed by Kristian Talvitie
By Naomi Moriyama Last updated
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Tom of Finland Foundation group show brings erotic art to Venice
Supported by Diesel, Venice exhibition ‘AllTogether’ combines Tom of Finland’s illustrations with erotic artists that came before and after. The foundation’s president Durk Dehner and Diesel’s creative director Glenn Martens tell Wallpaper* more
By Jack Moss Last updated