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Town in Kainuu, Finland
Photo: Hotelli Kalevala, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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Kuhmo-talo
The Kuhmo Arts Centre offers a great variety of high quality congress spaces right in the city centre of Kuhmo. The Lentua hall and Pajakka hall also offer facilities for groups from 99 – 668 people. The woodwork of the uniquely beautiful Lentua hall was crafted by local carpenters. Restaurant Juttua offers tasty meals during the intervals. As Kuhmo is famous for chamber music as well as traditional folk music, it is also possible to be entertained by musicians and artists from local students up to international celebrities between your meetings.
Cultural centre. Features one of the biggest Kalevala collections.
National park visitor centre. The Predators on the Prowl exhibition and short nature films. 0.5 km accessible nature trail. Information on national parks and similar destinations in the area; maps, souvenirs, fishing permits. Snowshoes for hire.
In the Winter War Museum you will find out how Kuhmo survived through the war time.
Tuupala is a residential museum in Kuhmo.
Kuhmon Kamarimusiikki
Leading chamber musicians transfix the town of Kuhmo in Eastern Finland every July with a skilfully designed festival programme, inimitable concerts, beautiful surroundings and sunlit nights that open the senses to new and sublime delight. The festival is the biggest chamber music festival in Finland (where most cities have their own), with some 70 concerts and 35,000 tickets sold. Concerts are held in the acoustically superb Lentua Hall of the Kuhmo Arts Centre, in the assembly hall of Kontio School, and in the town’s fine old wooden church. Although these venues are all within easy walking distance of one another, cycling remains the preferred mode of transport for both artists and audiences alike.
Hilpeä heinäkuu
Jolly July is an important part of the Kuhmo summer: a time when there’s plenty for all the family to do together – culture, nature and exercise. Grasp the activity summer with both hands! Don’t be put off by the heat or the rain. July is just for you and your children, just for you and your parents and grandparents. Fun, dreams, music, silence, feeling good, being together and surprises.
Kuhmon Talvi
Kuhmo Culture Celebrates Winter is held every year in the beginning of January. It is a joint arena for the organisers and artists of various events, some of them internationally-acclaimed, it is a showcase for some of the best Kuhmo culture: music of many kinds, dance, exhibitions, film, nature photo and literary evenings. The aim of Kuhmo Culture Celebrates Winter is to present a wide selection of culture both to local residents and to people from further away. It is organised by Juminkeko, the Sommelo Music Festival, the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, the City of Kuhmo, the Kuhmo Arts Centre and the Petola Nature Centre.
The best of forest nature that Kainuu has to offer, according to Metsähallitus. Mires, old spruce forests, beard lichens, lush stream banks and small lakes and ponds. Also two old farms (Levävaara and Latvavaara; entrance to main buildings requires advance agreement, except at happenings). Elimyssalo form the Finnish-Russian Friendship Nature Reserve together with a few other Finnish reserves and the Kostomuksha Nature Reserve across the border. Lean-tos and campfire sites along the trails. From the Saari-Kiekki parking in the south, Levävaara and the central parts of the reserve can be reached on a 13-km hike on a marked trail around the Elimysjärvi lake. The trail crossing the area is part of the UKK trail.
A 40-km² nature reserve with ridges, sandbanks, lakes, some mires, and barren pine forest (forestry until being protected in 1990). Important migration route and pasture for the wild Finnish forest reindeer. The trail through the area is part of the UKK trail. 30 km of trails. The 21 m/40-km Kalliojoki whitewater route (rapids of classes I–III) starts in Iso-Palonen, one of the larger lakes.
A 67-km² nature reserve consisting of most of the lake Lentua and some of its islands and shores. Primarily a boating or canoeing destination. Wilderness-like nature; the lake Lentua appears in Axeli Gallen-Kallelas illustrations of Kalevala and in novels by Veikko Huovinen. Part of the Finnish-Russian Friendship Nature Reserve. Open wilderness hut, lean-ẗos and other infrastructure. Parking, boat ramp, nature trail and lean-ẗos by the rapids Lentuankoski, the outflow of Lentua towards Kuhmo. The trail to the rapids is accessible by pram and wheelchair. The rapids are a famous sight. For whitewater sports, the upper rapids requires expertise (class IV; portage passage), while the lower rapids are easier. The 21 m/40-km Kalliojoki whitewater route (rapids of classes I–III) starts in Iso-Palonen in the Iso-Palonen–Maariansärkät Nature Reserve and ends in Lentua. The 150-km Tervareitti starts in Änättijärvi near Vartius and continues downstream from Kuhmo.
Wildlife watching tours in the Kuhmo area (hides and hiking), planned for seeing brown bear, wolf, wolverine or golden eagle. Also snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, smoke sauna, ice swimming, fishing, canoeing, walks in the silence of the Finnish forest etc.
Wildlife watching (bear, wolves, wolverine and birds). Elimyssalo nature reserve and Iso-Palonen hiking area are near by. Room accommodation in the middle of wilderness in beautiful place next to beautiful lake.
The one and only place to go drinking in Kuhmo.
Hotelli Kalevala
Caters to holiday, special occasion and business visitors. Almost all rooms (44 double rooms and 3 suites) have a great lakeview. Well-being department with saunas, massage treatments etc. Cuisine designed for international taste whilst using local produce, meats and techniques.
A holiday village for the whole family. Cottages year round. Beautiful, peaceful and fresh wildlife around lake Tulijärvi (swimming possible). Versatile terrain for hiking, berry-picking, hunting and many other activities. In winter a wide ski track network.
Hotelli Kainuu
Kuhmo lies amidst the forests and lakes of eastern Finland, some 600 kilometres north of Helsinki. The nearest railway station and airport are in Kajaani, with connections to Kuhmo by bus and taxi.
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