Iittala Travel Guide

  View quite close to our home
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  • View quite close to our home
      View quite close to our home
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  • Glass vases in Iittala glass museum
      Glass vases in Iittala glass museum
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  • Naivistic art in Iittala
      Naivistic art in Iittala
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  • Kultasuklaa factory in Iittala
      Kultasuklaa factory in Iittala
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  • Iittala factory shop
      Iittala factory shop
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Naivistic art

Naivistic art, Iittala

 nomadig Says:  Naivistit Iittalassa is an annual naivistic art exhibition held in Iittala during summer months... In an old school, as most of the art exhibitions in the Finnish countryside.The art on the walls is hilarious and makes you smile. All works of art are on sale, so you can... 

Old and new glass

Old and new glass, Iittala

 nomadig Says:  Iittala glass village has also a museum that focuses on the glassware produced by Iittala and their designers. The collection has a few gems from the earlier era.The second floor has the glass making tools on display with explanations -- the various tools and methods used to... 

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Keramiikkapaja Anubis: Scary ceramics

Keramiikkapaja Anubis: Scary ceramics, Iittala

 nomadig Says:  Keramiikkapaja Anubis is really, really weird craftshop. Their specialty is ceramics, and somehow they tend to make a sort of scary. Check the picture to get a picture.If you are fan of such things, a goth maybe, you'll find a lot of stuff to purchase here. In the other... 

Kultasuklaa: Small Chocolate Factory

Kultasuklaa: Small Chocolate Factory, Iittala

 nomadig Says:  Iittala glass village hosts, surprisingly enough, also a chocolate factory with a shop. Kultasuklaa ("Golden Chocolate") manufactures and sells several kinds of chocolate, including also some flavours, such as strawberry.The manufacturing process can be seen from Monday to... 

Iittala factory shop: Bargain glass and tableware

Iittala factory shop: Bargain glass and tableware, Iittala

 nomadig Says:  Iittala, one of the best known Finnish design house, has a factory in Iittala, a small town north from Hämeenlinna. And not just the factory, but a host of other services, such as a factory shop.If you have not visited yet in any Finnish design factory store, consider to do... 

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Q:  Is the glass production still open for the public, or did they close it down? I have been there quite some times, and it would be... 

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A: It was in Riihimäki, but it's already more than 10 yrs ago, and I couldn't find any notice, if the factory is still opened for the public. For me it's really interesting... 

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