Paimio
Sanatorium

Warmly welcome to visit Alvar and Aino Aalto's architectural masterpiece.

Paimio Sanatorium is a key site of architecture, furniture design and innovation in Finland. It is also one of the most internationally renowned and significant Finnish buildings.

The Sanatorium represents humane architecture of well-being, a philosophy that continues to this day.

Opening hours and guided tours

In February: Saturday 11-15.

Guided tours will be back on the 3rd of February 2024.

Sales service

+358 23 6100 302
info@paimiosanatorium.com

Sanatorium is open for groups and private tours everyday.

To book a private tour, please contact: sales@paimiosanatorium.com

Paimio Sanatorium

Foundation

The purpose of the Paimio Sanatorium Foundation is to protect the Sanatorium's facilities and movable assets, as well as its architecturally and culturally significant intellectual and material property and the related values.

Latest news

28.12.2023

Towards anew – Sanatorium’s 2023

“In 2023 the Sanatorium celebrated 90th anniversary and turned towards new direction”, Mirkku Kullberg CEO of Paimio Sanatorium Foundation says. ”Tasked with taking care of this exceptional site, our role is not only as agents of preservation."

21.12.2023

Big retrospective of Aaltos’ work opens in Rome

AALTO – AINO, ALVAR, ELISSA, The Human Dimension of Design Exhibition opens at MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome in December.

13.12.2023

Spirit of Paimio Conference 9.–10.10.2024

The second edition of Spirit of Paimio Conference will be held in October 2024.

Journal

Alvar Aalto – American hero

In the darkest times of history Alvar Aalto found home for his optimism and humanism, but also next phase in his practice in America.

To Preserve not to Freeze

Lyndon Neri talks about toleration of disharmony, nostalgia as architectural practice and reflective nostalgia as new way of preserving in Spirit of Paimio 2023 Conference.

Discussions for Emerging New Worlds

What do we mean when we talk about a destination? And how does a place become a destination? These and many more questions were tackled at the seminar organised by the Paimio Sanatorium on June 9th, second in a series of seminars titled “Discussions for Emerging New Worlds”.

The Architecture of Empathy

Can a building spark joy? Paimio Sanatorium – originally designed by young Finnish architects Aino and Alvar Aalto in 1929-1933 – offers an inspiring journey into a functionalist landmark of wellbeing well ahead of its time.