Glass city Riihimäki
Come and try it!
Glass has been blown in Riihimäki since 1910. In a city of old glass factories, glass is still a part of the everyday life of its residents. Riihimäki is home to the Finnish Glass Museum, which takes visitors on a journey through the history of glassmaking and displays objects by well-known Finnish designers and makers.
Riihimäki also has two glass studios, Lasismi and Mafka & Alakoski. Welcome to shop in the glass studio stores and watch glassblowing.
Riihimäki also hosts glass-related events. The Finnish Glass Museum Friends Association organizes Finland's largest and most popular glass-focused event, Glass Day. Glass Day is held annually in January and June at the Finnish Glass Museum in Riihimäki. For sale are utility, design and art glass from collectors, traders and contemporary glassmakers. Come and enjoy the beauty of glass and find unique objects!
The international glass festival Finnish Glass Biennale invites glass lovers to Riihimäki, Iittala and Nuutajärvi for a week in early June. The first Finnish Glass Biennale will be held from 5 to 8 June 2025.
The Finnish Glass Museum is the most popular attraction in Riihimäki.
The Finnish Glass Museum in Riihimäki is a must-see for lovers of design. The Glass Museum has been operating since 1981 in a building designed by Tapio Wirkkala. The building, which previously served as a glass factory, is a sight in itself.
Changing exhibitions always offer something new even for more experienced visitors to the Glass Museum. The changing exhibitions present the best of international and domestic glass art and design from around the world.
It is easy to get to Riihimäki
Riihimäki is easy to reach by train. Riihimäki is located on the main line, just an hour's train ride from Helsinki, Tampere and Lahti. Riihimäki is also located on Highway 3, which leads from Helsinki to Tampere.
Riihimäki is a big little city where glass has been blown since 1910. In a city of old glass factories, glass is still a part of the everyday life of its residents. Riihimäki is the only real glass town in Finland.
Finnish Glass Biennale
The city of Riihimäki is organizing an international glass festival. The Finnish Glass Biennale will be held from 5 to 8 June 2025 in Riihimäki, Nuutajärvi and Iittala.
The Finnish Glass Museum
The Finnish Glass Museum presents the history of glassmaking and the wonderful works of Finnish glass artists in a building designed by Tapio Wirkkala.