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Finland mixes design, saunas and forest myths – and its museums show all three, from Helsinki's Ateneum to Alvar Aalto's buildings and the Lapland of the Sámi.
In Helsinki the Ateneum holds the golden age of Finnish painting, Kiasma shows the art of today, Amos Rex opens under a square of glowing domes, and the Design Museum tells how Finnish glass, fabric and furniture conquered the world. A ferry takes you to the sea fortress of Suomenlinna, and a bridge to the open-air museum of Seurasaari. Turku, the old capital, has its castle and cathedral; Tampere has the Moomin Museum with Tove Jansson's own drawings; Jyväskylä is the city of Alvar Aalto; and in Lapland, Rovaniemi's Arktikum and the Siida museum in Inari tell of the Arctic and the Sámi people. After the museums, do as the Finns do: go to the sauna. This museumtickets.com guide follows Finland from the Kalevala to Nokia, region by region.
From the Stone Age to Finnish design, follow Finland through its museums.
Red ochre figures of elks, boats and people still shine on the rocks along Finnish lakes, painted thousands of years ago.
Te zien in: National Museum of FinlandFor more than 600 years Finland is part of Sweden. Turku Castle and Turku Cathedral are the stones of that time.
Te zien in: Turku CastleSweden builds the fortress of Sveaborg – today Suomenlinna – on islands in front of Helsinki. People still live inside its walls.
Te zien in: Suomenlinna MuseumFinland becomes a grand duchy of the Russian Empire, and Helsinki gets its white Senate Square and cathedral.
Te zien in: Helsinki City MuseumElias Lönnrot gathers old songs from the forests of Karelia into one epic, the Kalevala. Painters and composers turn it into a national story.
Te zien in: Gallen-Kallela MuseumFinland becomes independent in 1917 and defends it in the Winter War of 1939–40, led by Marshal Mannerheim.
Te zien in: Mannerheim MuseumAlvar and Aino Aalto design buildings, chairs and vases; Marimekko prints flowers on fabric; Iittala glass and later Nokia phones go round the world.
Te zien in: Alvar Aalto MuseumA playwright, painters, designers and the mother of the Moomins.
Playwright and businesswoman in Kuopio who wrote about poor women and workers; Finland flies its flags on her birthday.
Te zien in: Kuopio MuseumFrom bright early paintings to stark, honest self-portraits, she is one of the great painters of the north.
Te zien in: Ateneum →Architect and designer, co-founder of Artek; her pressed-glass tumblers are still made today.
Te zien in: Alvar Aalto MuseumFounded Marimekko and turned bold printed fabrics into a Finnish way of dressing.
Te zien in: Design MuseumPainter and writer who created the Moomins – a gentle family of trolls loved all over the world.
Te zien in: Moomin MuseumNames that come back in Finnish museums.
Painted the Kalevala heroes in strong lines and colours; his studio-home is a museum by the sea.
Te zien in: Gallen-Kallela MuseumElegant scenes of Finnish life and Paris society.
Te zien in: Ateneum →The Wounded Angel and kind little devils – symbolist dreams.
Te zien in: Ateneum →Lakes, forests and the hard work of Finnish people, painted in clear northern light.
Te zien in: Ateneum →Architect of light, wood and curves – from libraries to the stool every Finnish school knows.
Te zien in: Alvar Aalto MuseumRye, berries, fish from the lakes and reindeer from the north.
Karelian pies of rye crust filled with rice porridge, topped with egg butter.
Cinnamon buns called 'slapped ears', with coffee – Finns drink more coffee than almost anyone.
Creamy salmon soup with potatoes and dill.
Sautéed reindeer with mashed potato and lingonberries, from Lapland.
Dark, sour rye bread – voted Finland's national food.
Squeaky baked cheese served warm with golden cloudberry jam.
Snow, light and lakes.
Sledging down hills, pea soup and buns filled with cream and jam.
Students put on their white caps, everyone drinks sima (home-made mead) and eats funnel cakes, picnics in the parks.
Cities empty as Finns go to their lakeside cottages for bonfires, sauna and the night that never gets dark.
Opera in Savonlinna castle, jazz in Pori, music in Helsinki and Turku.
Two candles in every window and a ball at the presidential palace watched on television by the whole country.
Christmas peace declared in Turku, rice porridge, ham and – of course – Santa Claus village in Rovaniemi.
Finland's Museum Card gives a year of visits to hundreds of museums across the country.
The ferry from the Market Square runs all year and is part of Helsinki's public transport.
Many cities have public saunas by the sea or a lake – an essential Finnish experience after a museum day.
Distances in the north are long and winter days short; plan daylight time for outdoor museums.
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