A restored 1920s village school
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Design your nordic vacation at a restored village school in Tohmajärvi, North Karelia. Your design, our hospitality.
Experience Living Like a Finn
Do you want to avoid a vacation of hotel lobbies, a bus route, and a list of sights — and experience the Nordic culture firsthand?
Understand the traditions of sauna with a local. Visit a hard-working Finnish farmer. Understand what Sisu means, and why it's so unique to Finland.
Book your stay with us and pre-plan your activities for each day. You'll be hosted by Passi — a local host who is also a professional chef and photographer, eagerly waiting to share Nordic culture with you, cook for you, and take some photos if you'd like.
You'll be living in a restored school of forest studies, converted into a guesthouse by a local farmer family. Choose from a variety of activities we have to offer — this is your chance to experience real Nordic culture, in a farming village that has a lot to give.
A story worth knowing before your first night here
Old folklore tells of the tulikettu, a firefox that runs across the snow deep in the northern woods, its tail sweeping sparks into the sky. That, the story goes, is what lights up the winter darkness above Tohmajärvi.
"You're not just watching an aurora. You're watching for the fox."
Live geomagnetic (Kp-index) data from NOAA. Reflects activity levels, not local cloud cover — check the weather too.
A restored 1920s village school
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Included in every stay, plus one add-on
Open each one to see what it includes.
A real Finnish sauna, on your own schedule.
The outdoor hot tub, under open sky.
Recommended: take a sauna afterwardA cold-water dip, the way locals do it.
Recommended: take a sauna afterwardOut on the frozen lake with someone who's done this their whole life — no experience needed.
A cleared stretch of lake ice, skates provided. Quiet, cold, and genuinely fun.
Meet the farmers behind your dinner — berries, honey, meat — an authentic farm-to-table experience.
Nearby Koli National Park.
The process, start to finish
We're in pre-launch and not taking live bookings just yet — but you can design your ideal stay below and join the waitlist. We'll reach out personally as soon as we open, with real pricing and availability.
We're pre-launch — join the waitlist with your planned stay attached, so we can reach out with real pricing the moment we open. No payment, no obligation.
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