THE AALTO HOUSE
Explore Alvar Aalto’s home and the life of this iconic architect! In 1935, Aino and Alvar Aalto purchased a plot of land in natural surroundings in Munkkiniemi and began to design their home in Helsinki. The architect couple’s cosy and intimate residence and studio was completed in 1936. The house is divided into a workspace used by […]
ALIKARTANO MANOR
The Alikartano Manor, also known as the Frugård estate, became property of the Nordenskiöld family at the beginning of the 18th century. The manor is known for being the childhood home of the explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, who was the first to sail along the Northern Sea Route. The symmetrical style of the Alikartano Manor’s garden […]
THE BIRTHPLACE OF ALEKSIS KIVI
Follow the Finnish national author to the rural idyll of Palojoki village! Aleksis Kivi was born the fourth child to tailor Erik Stenvall and his wife Annastiina on 10 October 1834. The birthplace of the author is in Palojoki in Nurmijärvi, in the settings of The Seven Brothers and The Cobblers on the Heath. Aleksis left […]
AINOLA – THE HOME OF AINO AND JEAN SIBELIUS
In the idyllic landscape of Lake Tuusula is the home of Aino and Jean Sibelius, where several masterpieces of the composer were born. In 1904, the couple moved to the house designed by Lars Sonck. The authentic home museum presents to the visitor Jean Sibelius the composer and Aino Sibelius as the lynchpin of the […]