Yrjönkatu 1, 00120 Helsinki, Finland / Helsinki / Finland
A working Finnish antiquarian bookshop, founded 1930 and still at Yrjönkatu 1 with largely original fittings.
Best for Old and rare Finnish books in largely original 1930 shop fittings.
Books of Finland
7 stores · curated ORBIS register
Visit official site ↗Vuorikatu 5, 00100 Helsinki, Finland / Helsinki / Finland
Antikvariaatti Seppo Hiltunen founded 1985 became Antikvariaatti Sofia Oy in 2005 and moved to Vuorikatu after the Sofiankatu lease ended; MyHelsinki confirms the current second-hand bookshop at Vuorikatu 5.
Best for MyHelsinki confirms the current second-hand bookshop at Vuorikatu 5.
Visit official site ↗Nervanderinkatu 11, 00100 Helsinki, Finland / Helsinki / Finland
Ian Bourgeot opened Arkadia in 2008 as a second-hand bookshop that became an international literary venue; MyHelsinki confirms the walk-in at Nervanderinkatu 11.
Best for Second-hand books and an international literary venue at Nervanderinkatu 11.
Visit official site ↗Keskuskatu, Helsinki / Online
Founded in 1935 by Alvar and Aino Aalto with Maire Gullichsen to sell furniture and 'propaganda for modernism', Artek still makes Stool 60 and the Aalto canon. Its Helsinki flagship at Keskuskatu 1 B occupies an Eliel Saarinen-designed building; the two-level shop carries the full Artek collection, including Stool 60 and the Domus Chair, alongside home textiles, carpets, books and a stool-customization workshop.
Best for Aalto furniture from the source; Stool 60, Domus Chair, home textiles and stool customization
Artek was founded in Helsinki in 1935 by Alvar and Aino Aalto, Maire Gullichsen and Nils-Gustav Hahl. The four idealists wrote a manifesto that set out to sell furniture and to promote a modern culture of living through exhibitions and education. Aino Aalto served as the first Design Director and from 1941 as Managing Director. She led the interior design division called the Drawing Office. Gullichsen, a painter trained in Paris and Helsinki, brought exhibitions of Picasso, Leger and Calder to Finland and founded the Artek Gallery in 1950. Hahl, an art historian, was the first Managing Director until his death at the front in 1941. The furniture rests on Alvar Aalto's L-leg, developed with manufacturer Otto Korhonen in the late 1920s. That bent solid wood leg made more than fifty products possible. The Helsinki store at Keskuskatu 1 B opened in March 2016 in a building designed by Eliel Saarinen and completed in 1921, opposite the Stockmann department store. Two floors of about 700 square metres hold the Artek collection alongside Vitra and other Finnish and international brands. Interior design services are offered, and a workshop customises Stool 60 on site. Artek marked its 90th anniversary in 2025 with a summer exhibition at the store and an Artek + Moomin collection engraved with Tove Jansson's drawings.
Visit official site ↗Fredrikinkatu 35, 00120 Helsinki, Finland / Helsinki / Finland
Professional Helsinki antiquarian at Fredrikinkatu 35 specializing in old and rare Finnish books plus maps, engravings and early Finnish poster art.
Best for Rare Finnish books, maps, engravings and early poster art.
Visit official site ↗Laivurinrinne 2, 00120 Helsinki, Finland / Helsinki / Finland
Record-and-book shop operating since 1977 specializing in reggae, salsa, afro, soul, latin, classical and jazz.
Best for Reggae, salsa, Afro, soul, Latin, classical and jazz records.
Visit official site ↗Inari, Finnish Lapland, Finland
Housed inside the Sámi cultural centre Sajos, Duodji Shop was founded by the Finnish Sámi Craftsmen's Association together with its artisan members, who set their own prices for the silver jewellery, knives, wood and antler pieces, and woven goods they consign. The shop also stocks books and music in Northern, Inari and Skolt Sámi.
Best for Authentic Sámi duodji and Sámi-language books
Visit official site ↗Curated ORBIS register · official links shown where recorded