Vanajavesi Art Triangle

The Vanajavesi Art Triangle is a joint cultural route created by three art destinations located within a short driving distance of one another in the Häme region of southern Finland.

The route brings together Naivistit Iittalassa in Iittala, Voipaala Art Centre in Valkeakoski and Visavuori Museum in Sääksmäki. Together, these three destinations create a compact art experience around Lake Vanajavesi, about one and a half hours north of Helsinki along the E12 highway.

Naivistit Iittalassa presents Finland’s best-known annual naive art exhibition in a historic wooden school building. The summer exhibition features around 50 artists and more than 500 new artworks each year, offering a broad overview of contemporary Finnish naive art in a relaxed and welcoming setting.

Voipaala Art Centre in Valkeakoski hosts changing exhibitions of contemporary art, photography and design in a lakeside manor environment. The centre combines historic surroundings with diverse artistic content and cultural programming throughout the year.

Visavuori Museum in Sääksmäki introduces visitors to the former home and studio of sculptor Emil Wikström. Alongside sculpture and cultural history, the museum also presents works by caricaturist Kari Suomalainen, whose expressive political cartoons played an important role in Finnish visual culture.

Because the distances between the destinations are short, all three can easily be explored in a single day as a self-guided cultural route.