Southern Finland FAM Visit to Lahti, Jyväskylä and Hämeenlinna 19.-23.05.2026

Lahti, the European Green Capital is the first real lakeside city you come to after departing from the capital Helsinki. The Lahti region offers a wide range of nature activities and urban events in the surroundings of the unique Salpausselkä UNESCO Global Geopark area where the whole landscape is created by water. The Lahti region offers a range of unique accommodations, including lakeside cottages, wonderful nature activities and genuine tastes to make your visit unforgettable. The Lahti region has been awarded the Sustainable Travel Finland destination label.

08.50 Flight from Copenhagen to Helsinki

11.20 Arrival in Helsinki, drive to Lahti

11:30 Whole group will meet Visit Finland host Hanna Muoniovaara at airport arrival hall

13.00 Arrival in Lahti, lunch in the restaurant Voitto in the Sport Centre of Lahti
Lahti Sports Centre is one of the town’s most fascinating tourist attractions for the whole family. Internationally known Lahti Sports Centre is the heart of the ski games. The Sports Centre is one of the most significant geosites within the Salpausselkä UNESCO Global Geopark.

14.00 Introduction of the main sites of interest in the City of Lahti (Sport Centre, City Centre with the Church of Cross and City Hall, Harbour area with Sibelius Hall). 

15.00 Hotel check: Solo Sokos Hotel Lahden Seurahuone
The history of the Solo Sokos Hotel Lahden Seurahuone begins in the 1890’s. This centrally located hotel is constantly renewing and paying high attention to sustainability. The hotel has the Green Key certificate and was rewarded with the Sustainable Travel Finland certificate in 2020. In October 2022 the hotel was selected as the most sustainable hotel of Europe in the competition World Luxury Hotel Awards. Fifty new individually designed rooms in Seurahuone Loft House guarantee an exclusive hotel experience.

15.30 Drive to HouseBoat basecamp

16.00 Introduction of HouseBoats and short experience on the lake
Houseboat is a unique combination of touring and nature adventure in the middle of the most scenic Finnish Lakeland. A houseboat enables you to experience the traditional Finnish cottage holiday, lake cruise, touring and active vacation in one package. Based in Heinola, the second city of the Lahti region, the company Houseboat.fi offers 11 modern houseboats for 2–8 persons. Each houseboat also has its own sauna onboard.

17.30 Drive to Lehmonkärki
Lehmonkärki is a high-quality resort on the shores of South Lake Päijänne, in Asikkala. In addition to rental cottages, high-quality villas and meeting and banquet facilities, Lehmonkärki offers a wide range of auxiliary programs, from snowmobile safaris to boat trips to Päijänne National Park. Lehmonkärki is paying high attention to sustainablity.

Haasi Mirror Houses offers something truly unique even for the experienced traveler. The walls of the accommodation room are full-height mirrored glass and the accommodation buildings are built on top of the pier structure on the lake. As you enter the room, a magnificent lake view opens to Lake Päijänne.

18.30 Accommodation, Aisti Sauna World, Dinner

Breakfast

Check out

10.00 Departure to Himos along the route number 314, the most scenic route of Finland.
In the southern end of the route we drive through the iconic Pulkkilanharju esker, cutting across Lake Päijänne, one of the best known and most instagrammable sites of Salpausselkä UNESCO Global Geopark. The narrow 8-kilometre-long esker belongs partly to Päijänne National Park, which protects the valuable archipelago nature of Finland’s second largest lake.

12.30 Lunch Lunch at the Restaurant Rinne @ravintolarinne
Himosmajoitus is a lodging company with restaurant services by Restaurant Rinne. The upstairs of the restauranta features a versatile lunch and holiday buffet, and downstairs you will find the Bistro & Burger Rinne. One of the famous Treats is "possumunkki" (freshly made doughnuts) and specialty coffees.

13:30 Bus tour in Himos and check in to accommodation in the cottages at Himos Holiday
Each tour operator has their own private cottage with sauna. Himos Holiday handles over 500 cottages and villas and almost 100 hotel and motel rooms with around 4000 beds in total. They have concentrated on the accommodation, safari, program, and restaurant services in Himos, all year round.

Possibility to have eFatbikes touring around Himoa

14:30 Break Sokos Hotel Himos inspection, host Teija Rosti @breakhimos

15:30 Himos Holiday company presentation in the Lakeside Sauna @himosholiday
With over 35 years of history, the Himos Holiday specializes in year-round holiday packages that integrate accommodation, activities, restaurant, and event services into a single reservation.

16:30-18:00 Activity:  golf,  introduction to Golf in the water range by Markus Lahitnen @himosgolf
Learn the basics of golf, enjoy a friendly competition with your group, use it as a team-building activity for your company, or simply practice your swings at Himos Golf’s water range.

19:45 Transfer to Patapirtti @patapirtti

20:00-22:00 Dinner at the Restaurant Patapirtti and transfer back to the accommodation
Patapirtti (officially Restaurant Patapirtti & Uusi-Yijälä Farm) is a traditional Finnish restaurant, berry winery, and guesthouse located in Jämsä, right next to the Himos Ski Resort. Housed in a historic log building dating back to 1842, it offers an authentic rural experience centered around local food and Finnish nature

7:30- check out

7:45-9:00 Breakfast at the restaurant Liiter

9:15 Transfer to the Moose Manor

9:30-10:30 Visit at the Moose Manor @hirvikartano
In the backwoods of Himos, in the middle of deep forest, lies Moose Manor. s a unique destination near the Himos resort featuring a restaurant and a zoo focused on close encounters with moose, reindeer, and fallow deer. It offers guided tours to meet the animals, and dining with a menu focused on local, wild, and game ingredients.

10:45-12:00 Guided tour at the Sauna Village @saunavillage_finland
The Sauna Village offers a genuine sauna experience and a journey into the history of Finnish sauna spanning over hundreds of years. Just over five minutes’ drive away from Himos and 12 km from the centre of Jämsä, the Sauna Village provides visitors with an opportunity to become acquainted with the most extensive collection of Finnish smoke saunas.Sauna Village has historic smoke saunas gathered all over from Finland. The oldest ones date back to the 18th century and the youngest smoke saunas represent the styles of smoke saunas built in the 1940s. 

12:00-12:40 Transfer to Jyväskylä

12:40-13:30 Guided tour in the Aalto2 Museum Centre @aalto2museum
The Aalto2 Museum Centre was opened to the public in the summer of 2023. The museum centre will encompass two separate museums: The Alvar Aalto Museum is the nationally designated museum of Alvar Aalto’s heritage of architecture and design. The Museum of Central Finland is the designated regional museum of Central Finland. Together these museums form a new museum hub focused on cultural heritage, the cultural environment, architecture, and design.

13:30-13:45 Transfer to the Lutakko Harbour
Lutakko Harbour is like a living room for locals. In winter the Lake Jyväsjärvi has an ice skating ring, and other possibilities for winter activities. In summer it is full of boats, water activities, and events.

14:00-17:00 Lunch cruise on the m/s Suomen Suvi @paijanneristeilythilden
A cruise by Päijänne-risteilyt Hildén, on the m/s Suomen Suvi offers a relaxing way to experience the lakeland scenery of the northern Lake Päijänne. Built in 1993 specifically for canal navigation, the vessel is known as a "sunshine ship" that combines modern amenities with traditional lake travel. The ship features a panoramic restaurant and its own onboard kitchen. A Finnish buffet is typically served, including seasonal salads, fish delicacies, and traditional meat dishes like Karelian stew.

17:30 Check-in to Original Sokos Hotel Alexandra @originalalexandra
Original Sokos Hotel Alexandra is a cosy and comfortable place to rest in the heart of a bustling city. The Travel Centre of Jyväskylä is only a short walk away, Jyväskylä City Theatre is next to Church Park, and there is a lively pedestrian street just around the corner.

20:00-22:00 Dinner at Bistro Kirkkopuisto and hotel presentations Boutique hotel Yöpuu and Hotel Verso @bistrokirkkopuisto

Breakfast

Check out

Transfer to Nuutajärvi

12.00 Arrival in Nuutajärvi 

12.15. Lunch in the Gallery Hall and meeting the CEO

13.15  Site inspection of the new glass workshop and its operations, which will begin in June 

13.30  Guided tour of Lasikylä, including visits to the Prykär Glass Museum and Oiva Toikka’s Lintukoto. The guided tour passes through the artists’ galleries, so everyone will have the opportunity to explore local glass art. During the tour, we may also see the artists at work in their studios.

15:00 Transfer to Hämeenlinna.

16:00 Site inspection of Iittala Glass Factory and Iitttala Shop
The story of Iittala began in 1881, when the glass factory was first founded in the village. Today, the factory, which nowadays operates as part of the Fiskars Group, is the only one of its kind in Finland and continues the long tradition of Finnish glass manufacturing. Even today, the skilled glass blowers at the factory make, among other things, Finland’s most internationally famous glass object, Alvar Aalto’s Aalto vase.

Check in to Iloranta

Dinner in Iloranta

Sauna and baking tikkupulla on campfire

Good night!

Breakfast

Check out

09.30 Transfer 

10.00 Cycling in Aulanko and Hämeenlinna by Nature 360 

12.00 Site inspection of Vanajanlinna and lunch
Steeped in history and protected by the Finnish Heritage Agency, Vanajanlinna today serves as an atmospheric venue for accommodation and celebrations, an inspiring setting for meetings, a paradise for golfers, and a cradle of culinary experiences.

14.00 The Finnish Glass Museum
The Finnish Glass Museum offers a comprehensive presentation of the glass industry from history to the present day, set in a space designed by Tapio Wirkkala. The changing exhibitions showcase international and domestic top figures in glass art and design from around the world. 

Transfer to Helsinki airport

16:00 Helsinki airport

18:00 Flight to Copenhagen

18:40 Arrival in Copenhagen

Thank you for visiting Finland!