programme for groups
Spend a day in Saarijärvi
Group programme ideas
- approx. 1-2 hours / destination
- In summer:
- Stone Age village, Summassaari
- Gentry home museum/ Runeberg exhibition, Kolkanlahti
- Juhola, the childhood home of the Tapper artist brothers along the rapids route
- Veijari activity park, nice things to do for the whole family
- Through the year:
- Saarijärvi Museum: Changing exhibitions of art and cultural history
- Toivi Järvinen Art Home and Sculpture Park in the museum yard
- Herala artist’s home
- Saarijärvi Church – Finland’s largest wooden dome, the church was renovated in 1998, as a road church in summer
- Hernesalmi mill, at the Tarmo Mann memorial statue in Lannevesi (along the sightseeing route) – custom meals from the region’s nature according to the season, tel. +358 50 345 5011 / Ilkka Vesterinen
- Café-Restaurant Linnan Liisa, buffet lunch, tel. +358 40 521 0978.
- Country Hotel Mulikan HillTon, tel. 040 565 3716.
- Frisee, soup and salad lunches, tel. 040 518 4124
- Saarijärvi Handicraft Center. Open Mon-Thu 10-17, Fri 10-15, 1.6.-31.8. and in December Mon-Fri 10-17 and Sat 10-15, otherwise by appointment. High-quality handicraft and arts and crafts products. Tel. 010 387 1060. Next to the church.
- Halpa Halli & HH Cafe. Versatile department store, open Mon-Sun.
- Mahlun nuorisoseura’s theatre tel. 040 758 8258
- Saarijärvi Theater: tel. 0440 424464
- Traditional, popular summer theater Theater Lumpero in Saarijärvi. Tel. 0440 424464
You can inquire about a tour guide to the group’s own bus from Risto Pynnönen, who has traditionally worked as a guide in Pyhä-Häkki National Park during the summer season. Guidance opportunities depend on his work schedule. Risto can be reached by phone at 040 064 6286.
Sivulantie 11,
43100 Saarijärvi
014 4598 208 /
Saarijärven matkailupalvelut
travel@saarijarvi.fi
