The first week of February is a celebration of Finnish architecture and design

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On the 3rd of February, Finnish flags are hoisted in celebration of Alvar and Aino Aalto and Finnish architecture and design. The festival organised around the flag-flying day highlights the significance of architecture and design in our daily lives.

The 2027 Finnish Architecture and Design Days will be celebrated from 1 to 7 February under the theme Everyday Treasures. Now in its seventh year, the national festival will focus on celebrating the design of objects, services, buildings and surroundings of our daily lives – design that often goes unnoticed.

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Finnish flags are hoisted on 3 February for architecture and design

The national flag-flying day celebrates the key role architecture and design have played in developing the Finnish welfare state and its identity. Since 2022, the Finnish Ministry of the Interior has recommended to hoist the Finnish flag on Alvar Aalto's birthday, 3 February, in celebration of Alvar and Aino Aalto and Finnish architecture and design.

Finnish Architecture and Design Days are organised by the eleven organisations who put forward the motion to establish the flag-flying day: Archinfo, Finnish Design Info, Alvar Aalto Foundation, Architecture & Design Museum Helsinki, Ornamo, EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Association of Finnish Architects’ Offices ATL, Finnish Association of Architects SAFA, The Building Information Foundation RTS, Finnish Association of Landscape Architects MARK and Finnish Association of Interior Architects SIO.