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Spend a day or several discovering the sites by Alvar Aalto!

Alvar Aalto Week 2023

This year, the seventh annual Alvar Aalto Week will be celebrated from August 26 to September 3, 2023, in Kotka. The main stage of the event week is the Sunila Pulp Mill and residential area designed by Alvar Aalto in 1936-54, also known as Finland’s first forest suburb. The week’s interesting and versatile programme opens perspectives on Sunila’s built heritage.

Tour

The gems of Aalto’s architecture in Helsinki, Jyväskylä and Seinäjoki

Destination

The Terraced House at the Kauttua Works in Eura

Destination

Mill Manager's Residence Kantola and Seaside Sauna in Sunila

Opened after renovation!

Interior and Furnishing of the Savoy Restaurant

This year marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of Alvar Aalto (1898−1976). Read more about anniversary events.

The Alvar Aalto museum and the Museum of Central Finland are together Aalto2. Read more...

Architecture should always have the means to solve the problem of a building's organic connection with nature.

Alvar Aalto

Aalto sites to visit

Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) was a pioneer of modern architecture and design with an exceptionally rich career both in Finland and abroad. See Aalto’s architecture destinations on a map.

Spend a day or several discovering the sites by Alvar Aalto!

Alvar Aalto Week 2023

This year, the seventh annual Alvar Aalto Week will be celebrated from August 26 to September 3, 2023, in Kotka. The main stage of the event week is the Sunila Pulp Mill and residential area designed by Alvar Aalto in 1936-54, also known as Finland’s first forest suburb. The week’s interesting and versatile programme opens perspectives on Sunila’s built heritage.

Tour

The gems of Aalto’s architecture in Helsinki, Jyväskylä and Seinäjoki

Destination

The Terraced House at the Kauttua Works in Eura

Destination

Mill Manager's Residence Kantola and Seaside Sauna in Sunila

Opened after renovation!

Interior and Furnishing of the Savoy Restaurant

This year marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of Alvar Aalto (1898−1976). Read more about anniversary events.

The Alvar Aalto museum and the Museum of Central Finland are together Aalto2. Read more...

Aalto sites to visit

Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) was a pioneer of modern architecture and design with an exceptionally rich career both in Finland and abroad. See Aalto’s architecture destinations on a map.

Architecture should always have the means to solve the problem of a building's organic connection with nature.

Alvar Aalto

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Alvar Aalto tours

Cultural Tour of Western Finland

Alajärvi, Eura, Finland, Pori, Raseborg, Seinäjoki, Turku

8 days • • Midsummer - end of August

Accommodation included

Scandinavia in Berlin and Wolfsburg

Berlin, Germany, Wolfsburg

3 days • Groups • All year

From 999 € per person

The gems of Finnish aviation history in Vantaa

Finland, Vantaa

1 day • Individuals • All year

From 10 € per person

Seaside museums – architecture, art and home museums by the sea!

Finland, Helsinki

1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 4 days • Groups, Individuals • All year

Aalto and the jewels of Imatra

Finland, Imatra

4 h • Groups, Individuals • All year

From 60 € per person

Accommodation included

Experience Alvar Aalto’s architecture in Jyväskylä

Finland, Jyväskylä

3 days • Groups • All year

From 415 € per person

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Destinations

Villa Tammekann

Kreutzwaldi 6, Tartu

Self-guided/guided tour • Indoors/outdoors • All year round

8 € or 10 € / person

Nelimarkka Museum and Villa Väinölä in Alajärvi

Pekkolantie 115, Alajärvi, Finland

Self-guided/guided tour • Indoors/outdoors • All year

4 € - 6 € / person

Youth Association building in Alajärvi

Sairaalatie 9, 62900 Alajärvi

Available to rent for private events • Indoors/outdoors • All year

Upon request

Aerola terraced houses in Vantaa

Pyhtäänkorventie 23, Vantaa

Outdoors • All year

Viewable from the outside

Riola church and parish centre

Piazza Alvar Aalto, 1, 40030 Riola BO, Italia

Self-guided • Indoors/outdoors • All year

Free entry

Lappia Hall in Rovaniemi

Jorma Eton tie 8 A, 96100 Rovaniemi

Indoors/outdoors • All year

Viewable from the outside / indoors during events

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