Public traditional Smoke Sauna Evenings

PUBLIC TRADITIONAL SMOKE SAUNA EVENINGS AT JÄTKÄNKÄMPPÄ, A REAL LUMBERJACKS' LODGE
Traditional public Finnish evenings are organised every Tuesday around the year and in the summer season also on Thursdays at Jätkänkämppä Lumberjacks' Lodge (jätkä = a lumberjack, kämppä = a lodge), which is an authentic lumberjacks' lodge from the 1950´s. Jätkänkämppä is located 600 metres from Spa Hotel Rauhalahti. Note: the smoke sauna is available also some certain Fridays in summer time. Check the dates and exceptions above.
This event is selected as a top wellness product in Finpro’s Visit Finland Finrelax growth programme. See the bulletin here. In addition, Jätkänkämppä's smoke sauna was picked by Culture Trip as on of their Finland Local Favorites 2017. Read the article, 10 of the best saunas in Finland.
PUBLIC EVENING PROGRAMME
❄️Winter/🌿spring Tuesdays until 7.5.2025 and autumn 2.9.-16.12.2025
- The lodge is open at 16-21, free entrance to the area
- Smoke sauna available at 16-21. Sauna time max. 2 hours. You can buy sauna drinks in the Lodge Jätkänkämppä and bring them with you to the sauna dressing room. Possibility to swim in Lake Kallavesi - when the lake is frozen, you can try ice hole!
- Traditional Finnish dinner buffet is served. You will find the menu here.Settings at 16.30-18.30 and at 19.00-20.30. Note: 18.11.-16.12.2025 the menu is typical Finnish Christmas menu (the price will be informed later).
- Live accordion and violin music at 17-21
☀️Summer Tuesdays 3.6.-26.8.2025 and Thursdays 26.6.-14.8.2025
- The lodge is open at 16-21, free entrance to the area
- Smoke sauna is available at 16-21. Sauna time max. 2 hours. You can buy sauna drinks in the sauna terrace. Possibility to swim in Lake Kallavesi.
- Traditional Finnish dinner buffet is served. Settings at 16.30-18.30 and at 19.00-20.30.
- Live accordion and violin music at 17-21
- Huge lumberjack's demonstration at 18.30 and 20.30, look more here.
🖤Special Friday night sauna evenings 27.6.-1.8.2025
In summer time it is possible to enjoy our smoke sauna also on certain Friday nights!
- Smoke sauna is available at 17-21
- Sauna time max. 2 hours. You can buy sauna drinks in the sauna terrace. Possibility to swim in Lake Kallavesi.
- Jätkänkämppä Lodge is not open for public use, only for groups on request. Read more here.
SAUNA VISIT
In the smoke sauna there are separate dressing rooms for women and men. In these rooms there are toilets, hairdryer, clothes hooks and benches (no lockers). In the corridor of the sauna there are a few small lockers for small items (use free of charge). Larger items can be left for storage by the staff. We recommand not to bring many valuables to the sauna area.
Since the sauna is shared by women and men (mixed-gender sauna), you must wear something covering up (towel, swimsuit etc). We do not have any swimsuit rental, but you can rent a towel (3 €). Alcohol and all glass bottles are strictly forbidden in the smoke sauna. You can have your sauna drinks in the sauna terrace and in the dressing rooms. In winter time you can buy sauna drinks from the Jätkänkämppä Lodge and bring them yourself to the dressing room. In summer time there is a bar open in the sauna terrace.
RATES
- smoke sauna vistit (sauna time max. 2 hours). Price for the sauna is 17 € / adult, 12 € / pensioner, 8,50 € / child 4-12 yrs. For our hotel guests 10 € / adult and 5 € / child 4-12 yrs.
It is possible to rent a towel (3 €) but we do not have swimsuits for rent. Bring your own swimsuit to keep it in sauna room and when swimming in the lake. In winter time there is an ice hole. Sauna drinks available from the Lodge Jätkänkämppä. - Traditional Finnish dinner buffet, prices: 32 € / adult and 15,50 € / child 4-12 yrs. Settings: 16.30-18.30 and 19.00-21.00.
If you have halfboard and want to change your hotel buffet to the traditional buffet at Jätkänkämppä, the extra cost is 9 € / adult and 4,50 € / child 4-12 yrs. - Package prices: sauna visit + dinner buffet 47 € / adult and 22,50 € / child 4-12 yrs . Hotel guests: package price 42 € / adult and 20,50 € / child 4-12 yrs.
- NOTE: the buffet rate will be different 18.11.-16.12.202, the menu is typical Finnish Christmas menu. More info later.
PAYMENTS
You can reserve the table for the dinner buffet before hand by e-mail myynti@rauhalahti.fi or tel. +358 (0)30608030. If you arrive without reservation, contact our staff. Sauna visits are non-stop (no reservations). In winter time you pay all purchases inside the Jätkänkämppä Lodge. In summer time you can pay your sauna and sauna drinks in the sauna terrace bar. If you are our hotel guest, you can make the reservations and payments in the hotel reception. Note that our hotel guests have special rates for Jätkänkämppä's services.
PRIVATE USE
The Jätkänkämppä Lumberjack Lodge provides a memorable venue for conferences, family functions, Christmas parties, weddings and corporate entertainment. Jätkänkämppä has its own menus for evening meals that also feature traditional provincial specialities. Entertainment options that can be booked for a function include an accordionist, a lumberjack show and various playful games. Find out more here.
MORE SAUNAINFO
Read more about Finnish sauna from Visit Finlands “10 sauna tips for beginners”: www.visitfinland.com/en/articles/10-sauna-tips-for-beginners/
HOW TO ARRIVE IN JÄTKÄNKÄMPPÄ
Read more here.
JÄTKÄNKÄMPPÄ VIDEOS: