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Contact the Cultural Route on Aalto’s Architecture and Design Heritage Association.
Cultural Route on Aalto’s Architecture and Design Heritage Association
Cultural route on Aalto’s architecture and design heritage association promotes and fosters the access of traveling audiences to the sites designed by Alvar Aalto’s architectural office.
The association was established in 2020 and it was initiated by Alvar Aalto Foundation and Alvar Aalto Cities, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Education of Finland. In 2021 Alvar Aalto Route – 20th Century Architecture and Design – was awarded the certification as one of the valued cultural routes of the Council of Europe.
The association maintains the Visit Alvar Aalto website. Reservations related to Alvar Aalto’s architectural sites are the responsibility of the sites and tour operators.
Contact Information
Cultural Route on Aalto’s Architecture and Design Heritage Association
c/o Alvar Aalto Foundation
Tiilimäki 20
FI–00330 Helsinki, Finland
Project Manager Maija Oinonen
tel. +358 40 550 9992
Travel Agencies and Official Partners for the Alvar Aalto Route
Discover the surprising Alvar Aalto routes and destinations! You can find the contact information for travel agencies below, organised geographically according to the areas in which they mainly operate. Please note that our partners also serve customers with other travel products to enjoy all over Finland, Baltic Sea Region, Germany and elsewhere in Europe, too!
Jyväskylä Region, Lakeland Region, Finland
Visit Jyväskylä Region
Shopping Centre Forum, Jyväskylä-info
Asemakatu 7, 40100 Jyväskylä, Finland
tel. 014 266 0113
Kotka, Kouvola and Hamina, South-East Coast of Finland
Matkatoimisto Kymenmatkat Oy
Karhulantie 32-34, 48600 Kotka, Finland
tel. +358 5 211 1600
Kouvola Region, Finland
Kouvolan matkatoimisto Oy
Asemakatu 1, 40100 Kouvola, Finland
tel. +358 5 744 3100
Lahti and Jyväskylä Region, Finland
Visit Lahti, Lahti Region Ltd
Salpausselänkatu 7, 15110 Lahti, Finland
tel. +358 (0)207 281 760
Varkaus and Lake Saimaa Region, Finland
Savonlinna Tours
Kuhamäentie 33, 57810 Savonlinna, Finland
tel. +358 50 548 4004
Seinäjoki, Alajärvi and South Ostrobothnia, Finland
Visit Lakeus Ltd
Tiedekatu 2, 60320 Seinäjoki, Finland
tel. +358 6 420 9090
Germany
TICKET B
Architectural Tours
Wolliner Straße 49, 10435 Berlin, Germany
tel. +49 30 420 26 96 20
FAQ
Alvar Aalto (1898 – 1976) was a world-famous Finnish architect and a pioneer of modern architecture and design.
Read More about Alvar Aalto
Alvar Aalto Route is a way to help find buildings and sites designed by Alvar Aalto, in an easier way than before. We’ve already listed most of the sites all over Finland and elsewhere in Europe. But first of all, you can find interesting tours and day-trip programs to Aalto-cities. We love Aalto’s architecture, and are happy to introduce you to it, too!
We didn’t do this alone. Our collaborators and friends at the Ministry of Culture and in the Aalto -cities made this new online service possible.
Alvar Aalto Route – 20th Century Architecture and Design was awarded with the Certificate of Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe in 2021! Discover unique European cultural heritage and more at Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe website
There are plenty! In Finland alone, you can find Alvar Aalto designed buildings and sites in 22 cities or municipalities. 16 of them have launched this website together with us. You’ll find booking information and the travel agencies for more detailed questions, in each tour’s Book-page. You can also follow the links to the different Aalto-cities’ travel information services in these pages. Enjoy your tour!
You’re operating an interesting Alvar Aalto designed site? You serve audiences as a museum, visitors site, or architecture and design -related travel organization? You can join us, become a member of the Alvar Aalto Route and present your own Aalto tour on this website!
For more information, please do contact Project Manager Maija Oinonen ().