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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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
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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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Bronda — Helsinki, Finland
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Story — Helsinki, Finland
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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
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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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Note Studio re-designs Helsinki’s Palace Restaurant
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Iittala and Arabia's new Helsinki store offers the full Finnish design experience
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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The Land Rover Experience
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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
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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
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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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Designer Joanna Laajisto works her magic on new Helsinki restaurant, Ox
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Michel — Helsinki, Finland
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November travel news: editor’s picks
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Helsinki Design Week 2010
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Helsinki Design Week 2011
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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
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