September opens the doors to Alvar Aalto’s architecture!

September 2025 brings with it a celebration of our built heritage. Across Finland and abroad, the architectural sites along the Alvar Aalto Route will host open doors, guided tours, exhibitions, and family activities as part of the European Heritage Days – the largest cultural event series in Europe.

The 2025 theme, Architectural Heritage, invites us to reflect on which buildings and environments we wish to preserve for future generations. The sites along the Alvar Aalto Route vividly illustrate how architecture can be part of the landscape, the community, and everyday life – a human scale and beauty that touches the heart.

Programme highlights

France:

20-21.9. – Open house at Maison Louis Carré at 11:00-18:00 with guided tour every hour. Online registration will be opened two weeks prior to the event. Celebrating the theme year of Architectural Heritage and showcasing the recent restoration work done on the outside of this protected heritage landmark.

Maison Louis Carré, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne

Italy:

29.9.–5.10. – The Aalto Bridge – Il Ponte di Aalto
Riola di Vergato (BO) / Venice, Giardini della Biennale

Finland (in English or accessible without language skills):

Fri 5.9. at 15.00–16.00 – Guided Aalto-themed campus tour in English
University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä

Fri–Sat 12.–13.9. – Open-air screenings at Studio Aalto
Studio Aalto, Helsinki

Sun 14.9. at 12.00–18.00 –  Open Doors at the Riverside Sauna
Kauttua Ironworks , Eura

Tue 16.9. at 16.00–19.00 – Säynätsalo Town Hall Open Doors
Säynätsalo Town Hall, Säynätsalo

Wed 24.9. at 18.00–20.00 – Alvar’s Day at the Terraced House
Kauttua Ironworks , Eura

Fri 26.9. at 14.00–19.00 – Evening Light at Villa Kokkonen
Villa Kokkonen, Järvenpää

The Open Alvar Aalto Route Days event series is organised  using  funds of a Joint Project between the European Union and the Council of Europe. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union or the Council of Europe.