Art, architecture and travel in Helsinki
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Helsinki - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Helsinki.
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The Land Rover Experience
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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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
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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
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Helsinki opens a light-filled library as a national monument to education, sharing and books
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Join our grand tour of Helsinki’s booming architecture scene
By Giovanna Dunmall Last updated
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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
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Societal design: Susanna Björklund’s inaugural ’Signals’ installation at Habitare
By Sujata Burman Last updated
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Immersive art and architecture meet at Helsinki's Amos Rex Museum by JKMM
By Giovanna Dunmall Last updated
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Making waves: 80 years of Alvar Aalto's pioneering wood bending technique
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Michel — Helsinki, Finland
By David Paw Last updated
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November travel news: editor’s picks
By Melina Keays Last updated
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Helsinki Design Week 2010
By Amy Heffernan Last updated
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Helsinki Design Week 2011
By Benjamin Kempton Last updated
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Colour and joy: Design Museum Helsinki celebrates Finnish legend Eero Aarnio
By Ali Morris Last updated
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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
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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
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Relocation relocation: Artek settles into a new Helsinki home
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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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