Sibelius Forest

Sibelius Forest is a nature reserve of approximately 100 hectares established in 2018 east of Lake Aulangonjärvi. The area has an aging natural forest, heath forest and groves. The cliffs of Levonkallio and Kärmeskallio have spectacular views over Lake Aulangonjärvi on to the Aulanko nature reserve and the observation tower. Sibelius Forest is home to many different species of birds and animals, including tawny owls, ural owls and flying squirrels.

Sibelius Forest is named after the composer Jean Sibelius, who has wandered in these forests and observed the nature. Sibelius got inspiration for his compositions from nature. Through the Sibelius Forest there is a nature trail with eight different information boards that tell about the nature of the area and the relation between Sibelius and nature. The Sibelius Forest is part of a hiking trail around Lake Aulangonjärvi.

Aulanko Nature Reserve

Aulanko has been a popular destination with visitors for more than a hundred years. Nowadays, there is a lot to see in Aulanko Nature Reserve, in addition to the beautiful scenery. The forest park of Aulanko, its sights, and the view from the scenic lookout tower of Aulangonvuori Hill over the national landscape attract more than 400 000 visitors every year. The area is best suitable for day trips.

The English-style park, which forms a part of the nature reserve, was constructed in 1883 – 1938 and, with its buildings and cultural history, it is a nationally valuable site. To maintain the spacious park landscape, the forest park is actively managed. The nature reserve also includes forest landscape in its natural state.

The forest park of Aulanko has had a significant impact on the Finnish park culture. Nowadays, Aulanko area belongs to the first National Urban Park in Finland (hameenlinna.fi).
Metsähallitus manages Aulanko Nature Reserve.

Aulangon Tornikahvila

Lookout Cafe Aulanko – an oasis in the national landscape.

You will find the tower café by the Aulanko historic observation tower. Take a refreshing break in the tower cafe during hiking in the park. In the surroundings of the café you will find the magnificent scenery of the observation tower, the Karhuluola (Bear Cave) and many other interesting sights to see!

Aulanko Tower

Aulangonvuori Hill is dominated by a 33-metres-tall granite tower built during 1906 – 07. This landmark-like tower resembles a castle tower, and it is designed by architect Waldemar Aspelin.
One of the Finnish national landscapes, the valley of Lake Vanajavesi, can be seen from the scenic lookout tower of Aulangonvuori Hill. The tower is open from 8 am to 7 pm daily during the summer. Admission is free.

Scandic Aulanko

A fabulous conference and spa hotel that caters to every need in the scenic and cultural landscape of Hämeenlinna. Our hotel offers pampering, activities and great experiences within good transport connections.

Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna, Hämeenlinna

Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna is being renewed and the hotel will be closed from 1 December 2024. All the facilities of the hotel will be renovated. The hotel will reopen in the summer of 2025.

Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna, Hämeenlinna – The happiest lake hotel in Finland!

Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna has a strong sense of authenticity, happiness, joy and relaxation. This hotel is a “happy people’s hotel and restaurant by the lake”.
The hotel offers you the opportunity to relax by the Vanajavesi lake, cycle or walk a beach route with a fantastic view, or perhaps go canoeing to enjoy the wonderful nature. In winter, the lakeview will take your breath away. In summer, you can feel a refreshing gust of wind from the lake on our terrace, just a railing’s length from the lake.

The hotel’s unique restaurant is called Le Blason. It is French for a coat-of-arms – Vaakuna, the hotel’s name in Finnish. The restaurant is strongly committed to high-quality ingredients, honest flavours and dining together.

Welcome to the happy Sokos Hotel Vaakuna in Hämeenlinna!

Hotel Emilia

The privately owned Hotel Emilia is located in the heart of the town of Hämeenlinna. Our hotel is recently renovated and we have 41 comfortable rooms, all equipped with individually controlled air conditioning, bathroom, TV, telephone and wireless internet access. Additionally, we have some pet rooms and a room specially designed for physically disabled people.
On the top floor we have minisuite, which has its own sauna and a balcony.

All our rooms have been decorated with Marimekko fabrics to create comfortable Scandinavian atmosphere.
Our hotel also has its own night club, Emilia Klubi, which is open on weekends. In the summer time you can enjoy breakfast, coffee or fresh drinks on our terrace.

Café Ahvenisto

Café Ahvenisto in Ahvenisto Activity Park, Hämeenlinna, offers a wide variety of typical coffeehouse products. Our speciality is an Italian style artesan gelato ice-cream, made in Finland. Café Ahvenisto also sells tickets to the Ahvenisto pool and Flowpark Adventure Park. You can also rent SUP-boards from us.

Traditional Public Sauna by the Lake Ahvenisto

This traditional public sauna by the lake Ahvenisto is located in the city of Hämeenlinna. Lake Ahvenisto is known for its pristine waters and beautiful sceneries. It is the perfect way to relax after a fun and adventurous day in one of Ahvenisto’s top three activity spots: the Flowpark adventure park, nature trail of Ahvenisto and public open air swimming pool. The sauna can be booked online.

Ahvenisto Outdoor and Nature Reserve

Ahvenisto Ridge area is a popular outdoor district in Hämeenlinna. At its core is the 64-hectare nature reserve, of which six hectares are primeval forests. There are many marked exercise and outdoor trails, a sawdust track and forest paths in the area. Rare vegetation can be seen in Ahvenisto. Häme pasque flower, wich is the county flower of Häme, grows in the area.

Lake Ahvenisto is a popular place for swimming. In winter you can go ice swimming. The Ahvenisto sauna can be rented by anyone and there are also general sauna shifts. Ahvenisto also has an outdoor swimming pool built for the 1952 Olympics’ modern pentathlon swimming section. Other pentathlon competitions were also competed in Ahvenisto. There is a small Kahtoilampi bond on the other side of the Ahvenisto Ridge and on further north Hirvilampi bond.

In addition to swimming and jogging, you can play beach volley, go SUP boarding or climb in the trees of Flow Park tracks. There is a hut near the beach where you can light a campfire. During the summer there is a cafe near the beach.

In winter, there are skiing trails and several toboggan slides in Ahvenisto.

Scandic Aulanko

A fabulous conference and spa hotel that caters to every need in the scenic and cultural landscape of Hämeenlinna. Our hotel offers pampering, activities and great experiences within good transport connections.

Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna, Hämeenlinna

Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna is being renewed and the hotel will be closed from 1 December 2024. All the facilities of the hotel will be renovated. The hotel will reopen in the summer of 2025.

Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna, Hämeenlinna – The happiest lake hotel in Finland!

Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna has a strong sense of authenticity, happiness, joy and relaxation. This hotel is a “happy people’s hotel and restaurant by the lake”.
The hotel offers you the opportunity to relax by the Vanajavesi lake, cycle or walk a beach route with a fantastic view, or perhaps go canoeing to enjoy the wonderful nature. In winter, the lakeview will take your breath away. In summer, you can feel a refreshing gust of wind from the lake on our terrace, just a railing’s length from the lake.

The hotel’s unique restaurant is called Le Blason. It is French for a coat-of-arms – Vaakuna, the hotel’s name in Finnish. The restaurant is strongly committed to high-quality ingredients, honest flavours and dining together.

Welcome to the happy Sokos Hotel Vaakuna in Hämeenlinna!

Hotel Emilia

The privately owned Hotel Emilia is located in the heart of the town of Hämeenlinna. Our hotel is recently renovated and we have 41 comfortable rooms, all equipped with individually controlled air conditioning, bathroom, TV, telephone and wireless internet access. Additionally, we have some pet rooms and a room specially designed for physically disabled people.
On the top floor we have minisuite, which has its own sauna and a balcony.

All our rooms have been decorated with Marimekko fabrics to create comfortable Scandinavian atmosphere.
Our hotel also has its own night club, Emilia Klubi, which is open on weekends. In the summer time you can enjoy breakfast, coffee or fresh drinks on our terrace.

Elves of Torronsuo

Join us to hear Daria Kalevidoughter´s stories about the history of Torronsuo and its former inhabitants.
This largest oasis swamp area in Southern Finland in Torronsuo National Park is about 8,500 years old. A swamp this old has many stories to tell, but it needs an interpreter for its words so that we can understand.
The Elves of Torronsuo tour takes its travelers to the mystical nature of the marsh and Häme to the bygone era, old customs and natural beliefs on the journey of a woman scientist for the whole day.
The trip will introduce you to the thousands of years old history of Finland’s deepest oasis swamp, Hämeen Härkätie trade routes and trade customs, as well as centuries-old ways of life and the essence of living. We will also reflect on recent life in the swamp and the life of the surrounding villages, as well as the influence of history during a leisurely six-hour vacation.
Do you happen to know what was the most valuable trade item in Häme almost a thousand years ago or for what purposes the plant treasure trove of the swamp was used. After this trip, you’ve greeted Tapio, dived into a swamp and reached into a pine tree.
At the end of the trip, we enjoy spruce bud -spiced root vegetables and meat stew with side dishes in the shelter by the campfire and talk about thoughts and moods. From the nature tower, you can admire the enormity of the bog with a steaming cup of coffee.
Maybe you will find your roots and your inner self.

Torronsuo National Park

Walk safely over Finland’s deepest bog along sturdy duckboard trails. A high birdwatching tower offers fine views over the vast open bog, which is visited by many migrating cranes and geese in spring and autumn. In winter cross-country skiers come to the bog to explore the wide open white wintry scene.
In nature conservation areas, everyman’s rights do not apply in the normal way.Please always check the rules of the destination before making your trip.
National parks are nature reserves, whose key task is to safeguard biodiversity and enable people to enjoy and relax in nature on theterms of nature conservation. All national parks in Finland are managed by Metsähallitus.

Eerikkilä Villas and Holiday Apartments

The Eerikkilä Sport & Outdoor Resort provides a variety of accommodation options for everyone. Whether you are a team of junior football players or a couple looking for premium holiday accommodation, we got you covered. All our accommodation options are located near to our activities. The modern & spacious log villas are the sizes of 190m2 and 132m2 and havre beds for 9-12 persons. A beautiful forest and lake landscape opens out from a huge floor to the ceiling window. The bright & modern furnished apartments have beds for 4 guests.

Canoe Rent in Liesjärvi National Park

Self guided paddling trip to the beautiful landscape of Liesjärvi National Park. There is a lot of unbuilt shore and during your exploration you can visit the Korteniemi Heritage Farm. There are two fireplaces on the shore where you can enjoy a picnic lunch.

One day rent cost 40€/canoe. Canoe vest and paddle included. Paddler must have a basic swimming skills. Also for children (under 40 kg) we can offer a life jacket.

Starting point is Kopinlahti in Liesjärvi National Park. Nearest parking place is located at Kansallispuistontie 203, Tammela.

Write an email ( in english or in finnish) to erarenki@gmail.com and we agree suitable time to give you a canoe. You can also send a text message or WhatsApp message to a phone number +358505454722

Liesjärvi National Park

Spend a day at Korteniemi Heritage Farm to find out how people used to live in rural Finland. Help out with farm chores, count sheep, and make hay while the sun shines! You can also head off along the old crofters’ paths to explore the surrounding scenic forests and lakes.

In nature conservation areas, everyman’s rights do not apply in the normal way. Please always check the rules of the destination before making your trip.
National parks are nature reserves, whose key task is to safeguard biodiversity and enable people to enjoy and relax in nature on the terms of nature conservation.
All national parks in Finland are managed by Metsähallitus.

Eerikkilä Villas and Holiday Apartments

The Eerikkilä Sport & Outdoor Resort provides a variety of accommodation options for everyone. Whether you are a team of junior football players or a couple looking for premium holiday accommodation, we got you covered. All our accommodation options are located near to our activities. The modern & spacious log villas are the sizes of 190m2 and 132m2 and havre beds for 9-12 persons. A beautiful forest and lake landscape opens out from a huge floor to the ceiling window. The bright & modern furnished apartments have beds for 4 guests.

Melkuttimet Protected Area

The area’s easy to travel ridge-side pine forests and lakes with exceptionally clear water by southern Finland’s standards tempt visitors to this area which was moulded by the Ice Age. The Melkuttimet area is an ideal day-trip destination for families with small children. There are good swimming spots along the shores of almost all the area’s lakes. There is an especially good shallow shored swimming spot at the east end of Lake Iso-Melkutin, which is equipped with a campfire site and lean-to shelter.

The Melkuttimet area is a Natura 2000 site, as well as a Shore Conservation Program Area and National Esker Conservation Programme Area. The shores are for the most part undeveloped except for a few cabins here and there and the area’s ridges gravel is untouched. Commercial forestry was practiced in the area up until the late 1990s, but Metsähallitus has initiated restoration work (www.metsa.fi) in order to return the area to its natural state and to increase biodiversity there. Many threatened and rare plant and animal species are indeed found in these ridges, which are part of the Salpausselkä ridge system.

In nature conservation areas, everyman’s rights do not apply in the normal way. Please always check the rules of the destination before making your trip. Melkutin area is managed by Metsähallitus.

Marskin Maja’s Restaurant

Marskin Maja’s restaurant offers dinners, corporate parties, meetings, workdays, group trips, weddings, birthday parties and other family celebrations.
It is possible to arrange events for clubs of 10-140 people

The calming surroundings of the historic Marshal Mannerheim hunting lodge and Lake Punelia create a great setting for organizing various events, celebrations and meetings. Here you can enjoy nature and wonderful taste sensations created by two experienced top professionals in the restaurant industry.

The area is home to a 75-seat private restaurant, a 70-seat Punelia Hall and Marski’s private sauna. In the summer, the summer restaurant serves tourists and diners, and the café’s delicious pastries are served with coffee or refreshments. Today, Marski’s hunting lodge serves as a museum, where a piece of the history of Finland and Marshal Mannerheim is gathered.

The original Marski hunting lodge now serves as a museum, where a piece of Finnish history has been displayed.