Welcome to the Katajanokka Art Nouveau Walking Tour!

The tour starts: Helsinki City Museum, Info Desk (Aleksanterinkatu 16)

The tour ends: Luotsikatu

Duration: max. 90 min.

NOTE! Please register at the museum info desk before the walk! You don't have to print your ticket.

The Katajanokka Art Nouveau Walking Tour presents the largest consistent Art Nouveau residential area in Finland. The tour introduces the participants to the world-renowned top buildings in Katajanokka and also sheds light to the societal developments that led to the most cramped shanty town of the city transforming into the first neighbourhood in Finland to be built entire out of stone in only a few years’ time. Awakening patriotism, clashes between political ideas and the new architecture and a generation of architects were all ingredients that contributed to the creation of this unique neighbourhood at the turn of the previous century. 

No age limit, but recommended for children over the age of 10

The tour is in English.

The tour is free, but pre-registration is required.