Best Suomussalmi Hotels

150 km northeast of Kajaani, 75 km southeast of Suomussalmi, the cottage is located close to the Russian border (1.5 km) in Kuivajärvi, Finland's only inhabited Viena Karelian village. Small Kuivajärvi 20 m (lake length 1 km, width 0.5 km), connection to Kuivajärvi (length 2.3 km, width 1 km), shallow beach, rocky bottom, pier, rowing boat. Large, hand-carved log cabin, built in 1964, renovated in 2015, large living room, kitchen, 5 bedrooms, 2-3 beds in each room (rooms updated in 2023, new beds and bedding), sauna (electric stove), washroom with whirlpool bath and 2 showers , dressing room and lounge, meeting and exhibition space. Three of the bedrooms are upstairs, the sauna facilities are in the basement. The kitchen is equipped with large kitchen appliances, cheerful hot and cold serving tables for serving food. Beach sauna 40 m, steam room (wood stove), fireplace and covered porch. The sauna has a water supply (shower in the sauna), electric heating and electric light. Own boat launch and fire pit on the beach. Pirti's equipment also includes TV / DNA Hub, and wireless internet (Wi-Fi, 150Mt). Karaoke equipment, pool table, poker table, air hockey game and Air heat pump (cooling in summer). In the yard, a hot tub (the customer fills and heats it himself, additional fee for the hot tub is €200/booking period) and a fish cleaning table. Historically valuable Domnan Pirtti offers a fine setting for wilderness- and nature activities, hunting- and fishing trips and also for meetings, recreational days and family celebrations. Catering- and programme services available for advance booking. There is room even for 50 persons (however 10 persons is maximum for overnight guests). Domnan Pirtti is also suitable for peaceful vacations in beautiful Viena Karelian village. Nearby there are for example Orthodox chapel of St. Nicholas (church, 150 m), Kuivajärvi outdoor dance hall (200m) and Hietajärvi heritage house (3,5 km). Cottage is surrounded by state-owned lands, Kalevala park's Nature...

170 km north of Kajaani, Lake Juntusjärvi 30 m (length 4 km, width 2 km, connected with Lake Kiantajärvi, so that total length is over 50 km), shallow shore, hard stony sand bottom, own boat. Log cottage (laminated log type) 2010, living room/kitchen, sleeping alcove (folding door) 2 beds, Upstairs/sleeping loft 2 beds and 2 mattresses, sauna (wood-burning stove), washroom, open porch, balcony. Separate lakeshore sauna 36 m², distance 20 m, »steam room« (wood-burning stove, hot water tank on stove), room with fireplace 2 extra beds, open porch. Lakeshore sauna has electric light and water pipe in summer. Log chalet in quiet location on shore of large lake. Customers can also use a second boat on a wild river in the Martinselkonen wilderness area. Meal services, spoon trolling, hunting, berry and mushroom picking trips, and other programme packages can all be booked from the owner. Snowmobile available for rent through the owner. The owner makes a ski track from the cottage, about 5 km long. Ruhtinansalmi church 3 km, Kalmosärkät (prehistoric settlement) 5 km, Hossa fishing and hiking area 35 km, Martinselkonen protected area 5 km, bear watching and photographing location 10 km. There are cages and dog houses on the yard and some pets might have been in sauna building. However, it's not allowed to bring pets inside the cottage.