Cafe Aalto

Kluuvi · Helsinki

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Cafe Aalto sits inside the landmark Academic Bookstore on Pohjoisesplanadi, designed by Alvar Aalto and completed in 1969. The cafe itself is a balcony perch overlooking the bookshop floor, and the architectural experience is the primary reason to visit. The coffee is decent and reliably made. The setting is a genuine piece of Finnish modernism that any visitor should see.

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Cafe Aalto

Kluuvi, Helsinki

60.1716, 24.9397

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