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Foodie Finland: the best restaurants and cafes in Helsinki

Finns’ deep affinity with nature is blossoming in its restaurants, where a new generation of chefs are fusing local wild produce with more exotic flavours – all at reasoonable prices

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Alvar Aalto Has a Lasting Legacy as a Designer — Here's What You Need to Know About His Most Iconic Designs and Architecture

Alvar Aalto Has a Lasting Legacy as a Designer — Here's What You Need to Know About His Most Iconic Designs and Architecture

Alvar Aalto remains so significant to Finnish design, from how they approach theseasonal light to inspiring the mediums, designers, and brands that prove important to the country’s buoyant design scene

This Wavy Room Divider May Be Everywhere Right Now, but It's Actually an Iconic Design That Dates Back to the '30s

This Wavy Room Divider May Be Everywhere Right Now, but It's Actually an Iconic Design That Dates Back to the '30s

Roll it up or let it wave, this wooden screen is reminiscent of a 1930s design and adds instant character to your room

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Wallpaper* Design Awards 2025: celebrating architectural projects that restore, rebalance and renew

As we welcome 2025, the Wallpaper* Architecture Awards look back, and to the future, on how our attitudes change; and celebrate how nature, wellbeing and sustainability take centre stage

Alvar Aalto: our ultimate guide to architecture's father of gentle modernism

Alvar Aalto defined midcentury – and Finnish – architecture like no other, creating his own, distinctive brand of gentle modernism; honouring him, we compiled the ultimate guide

Alvar Aalto's Finlandia Hall is a modernist gem reborn through sustainability and accessibility

Helsinki's Finlandia Hall, an Alvar Aalto landmark design, has been reborn - highlighting sustainability and accessibility in a new chapter for the modernist classic

On the waterfront in Helsinki – a zen regeneration game

The world’s most sustainable travel destination is giving its harbour a facelift with an eco-friendly hotel that whispers cool Scandi minimalism while reconnecting guests with nature

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Skateboarding in swimming pools: the case of Alvar Aalto’s Villa Mairea

Skateboarding in swimming pools: the case of Alvar Aalto’s Villa Mairea

A family of shows at Aalto2 Museum Centre explores skateboarding in swimming pools through the case study of Alvar Aalto’s Villa Mairea in Finland

Utilitarian men’s fashion that will elevate your everyday

Utilitarian men’s fashion that will elevate your everyday

From Prada to Margaret Howell, utilitarian and workwear-inspired men’s fashion gets an upgrade for S/S 2024

12 iconic chair designs that have stood the test of time

12 iconic chair designs that have stood the test of time

H&G's edit of the most important chair designs of the 20th and 21st centuries

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A new era for Iittala: inside the Finnish company's rebrand

A new era for Iittala: inside the Finnish company's rebrand

Iittala hails a new era, led by creative director Janni Vepsäläinen, and marked by a new logo and collections that pay homage to Aino and Alvar Aalto's heritage

Best vintage furniture shops to find second-hand pieces to suit your home

Best vintage furniture shops to find second-hand pieces to suit your home

Curating your dream retro-inspired interior has never been easier

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Aalto2 Museum Centre opens, fulfilling Alvar Aalto’s vision in Jyväskylä

Aalto2 Museum Centre opens, fulfilling Alvar Aalto’s vision in Jyväskylä

The Aalto2 Museum Centre opens, connecting the Alvar Aalto Museum and the Museum of Central Finland in Jyväskylä, the legendary Finnish architect’s home town

Modernist architecture: inspiration from across the globe

Modernist architecture: inspiration from across the globe

Modernist architecture has had a tremendous influence on today’s built environment, making these midcentury marvels some of the most closely studied 20th-century buildings; here, we explore the genre by continent

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A Finnish furniture designer? Alvar Aalto deserves higher praise

Letters: His wonderful buildings put him among the great architects of the 20th century, says Andrew Dailey

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