Sohlberg home museum – real size dollhouse

Helsinki is a dream city for museum lovers. There are around 60 museums in Helsinki, and my strong intention is to visit all of them. Yesterday I visited for the very first time Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg’s home museum, a

150th anniversary year: Pekka Halonen

The 2015 is the 150th anniversary of three important Finnish artists: Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Pekka Halonen and Jean Sibelius. In February I published an article about Akseli Gallen-Kallela and now it is Pekka Halonen’s turn. Pekka Halonen (1865-1933) is one of the

Polar bears and a beast at Katajanokka

  There are postcards of Helsinki with polar bears on them, and there actually are a couple of polar bears in Helsinki. They are standing on the rooftop of one of the National Romantic buildings at Katajanokka. The Jugend buildings

Haunting National Romantic treasures

National Romantic style, Jugend style, Art Nouveau, Modernismo – a dear child has many names. The very first Finnish architectonical style involved during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and it is called National Romantic style. We can say that it is