Finlandia Hall

Finlandia Hall by Alvar Aalto

I traced the floor plan of Finlandia Hall as part of an exercise to re-visit some of the significant buildings and places which we have re-visited with our children. It is partly to record and learn for myself some of the subtleties that I might have missed, and also to make up for the loss of travel opportunities these last two years.

Cafe Veranda

Monday morning at breakfast, Sia flashed me an image of a chair he wanted to own - it was Charles Eames "Eiffel" side chair. Given a choice between owning one or re-visiting the place where I first sat in one, I would choose to lunch again at Cafe Veranda at Finlandia Hall where we had stopped at one mid-morning after a walk along the lake.

Charles Eames "Eiffel side chair" hard to draw but easy on the eye (and the backside)

The light green wing chairs contrasts nicely with the black glazed wall tubes. Kahvi or coffee is 2.80 Euros; Levios is bread (I think)