Art, architecture and travel in Helsinki

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

Helsinki Design Week 2010

By Amy Heffernan Last updated 3 September 22

Helsinki Design Week 2011

By Benjamin Kempton Last updated 3 September 22

Colour and joy: Design Museum Helsinki celebrates Finnish legend Eero Aarnio

By Ali Morris Last updated 27 August 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

Winning design: Moreau Kusunoki Architectes triumph in Guggenheim Helsinki competition

By Sam Rogers Published 23 June 15