Art, architecture and travel in Helsinki

Note Studio re-designs Helsinki’s Palace Restaurant

By Daven Wu Last updated 19 October 22

Iittala and Arabia's new Helsinki store offers the full Finnish design experience

By Emma O'Kelly Last updated 12 October 22

The Land Rover Experience

By Jonathan Bell Last updated 11 October 22

Contemporary artworks meet Old Masters at Helsinki’s Ateneum 

A new show at the Finnish National Gallery, ‘Inspiration – Contemporary Art & Classics’, contemplates the lingering power of iconic works and creates a powerful dialogue across generations

By Diane Theunissen Last updated 10 October 22

Last chance to see: Helsinki Biennial 2021 brings art and sustainability to Vallisaari

Running until 26 September 2021, the Helsinki Biennial on Vallisaari island combines world-class art, eco-awareness, and striking surroundings

By Harriet Lloyd Smith Last updated 7 October 22

Helsinki opens a light-filled library as a national monument to education, sharing and books

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 7 October 22

The Trip: explore Helsinki’s saunas, shipyards and side streets

Weekly at Wallpaper*, ‘The Trip’ takes you on a detailed tour of an under-explored town, city or territory, direct from your living room. This week’s feature is from our July 2012 issue (W*160), focusing on the then World Design Capital of Helsinki. There, photographer Jonathan de Villiers and writer John-Paul Flintoff witnessed a surge of public spiritedness, as locals embraced public saunas, pop-up lunchtime discos, communal contemplation and buying hitherto forbidden rounds of drinks in the bar

By John-Paul Flintoff Last updated 6 October 22

Societal design: Susanna Björklund’s inaugural ’Signals’ installation at Habitare

By Sujata Burman Last updated 30 September 22

Immersive art and architecture meet at Helsinki's Amos Rex Museum by JKMM

By Giovanna Dunmall Last updated 30 September 22

Making waves: 80 years of Alvar Aalto's pioneering wood bending technique

By Elly Parsons Last updated 22 September 22

Designer Joanna Laajisto works her magic on new Helsinki restaurant, Ox

By Daven Wu Last updated 19 September 22

Michel — Helsinki, Finland

By David Paw Last updated 19 September 22

November travel news: editor’s picks

By Melina Keays Last updated 12 September 22

Helsinki Design Week 2010

By Amy Heffernan Last updated 3 September 22

Helsinki Design Week 2011

By Benjamin Kempton Last updated 3 September 22

A Helsinki exhibition explores the artistic synergy between the Nordics and East Asia

Ateneum museum is marking the centenary of diplomatic relations between Finland and Japan with a quietly beautiful display of ceramics, paintings, sculptures and textiles

By Minako Norimatsu Last updated 24 August 22

Helsinki’s Pikku-Finlandia temporary event space is a student project come to life

Pikku-Finlandia, a sustainable, temporary wood event space, has opened to the public in Helsinki – and it’s born of the ambitious thesis of two students, Jaakko Torvinen and Elli Wendelin, featured in Wallpaper’s 2022 Graduate Directory

By Nasra Abdullahi Last updated 17 August 22

Relocation relocation: Artek settles into a new Helsinki home

By Elly Parsons Last updated 9 August 22

Janne Tuunanen captures modernist architecture of renovated Helsinki Olympic Stadium

Photographer Janne Tuunanen captures the sharp modernist architecture of the recently renovated Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Finland in his latest series

By Ellie Stathaki Published 23 February 21

French cosmic disco and Italian mid-century design collide at Helsinki’s latest opening

By Warren Singh-Bartlett Published 31 August 18

Winning design: Moreau Kusunoki Architectes triumph in Guggenheim Helsinki competition

By Sam Rogers Published 23 June 15