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 high 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. 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.
✨NOTE: 19.11.-17.12.2024 the buffet menu in Jätkänkämppä is traditional, typical Finnish Christmas buffet! The musicians play and sing Finnish Christmas songs🎅
Check the menu here.
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
PROGRAMME FOR TRADITIONAL SMOKE SAUNA EVENINGS ON TUESDAYS UNTIL 17.12.2024 AND AGAIN ON 14.1.2025 FROM
- 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. Settings at 16.30-18.30 and at 19.00-20.30.
- Live accordion and violin music at 17-21
NOTE: on Christmas time 23.12. and 24.12. the smoke sauna is also available! More info later.
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.
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