You probably know Finland for a few things: sauna, northern lights, rally drivers, and Eero Okkonen. What you might not know is its propensity for excellent art nouveau architecture. And what better way to show that than with Eero’s fantastic, and enormous, model dubbed the Tampereen Pankki! Eero might be better known for his character models, but he’s clearly a dab hand at LEGO architecture too. This doesn’t depict a specific building, rather it’s an amalgamation of a few different bank buildings in Eero’s hometown of Tampere (hence Tampereen Pankki = Bank of Tampere). See, you’re even learning some Finnish thanks to this build!

As well as being an enormous model, it’s also incredibly detailed. The exterior is full of wonderful texturing – in particular the macaroni tubes above the ground floor windows. But go round the back, and it’s like a modular building on steroids! There’s a full interior showing a few slices of life in this apartment block. Just about the only thing missing is a sauna. I know it’s supposedly a bank, but in my experience there are few buildings in Finland that don’t have one! I guess even minifigures need some privacy though…