Lutheran Church and bell-tower of Kesälahti
Lutheran Church of Kesälahti lies in the center of the village. The restoration work of the church bell tower was granted the Europa Nostra award in 2009.
Sovintola
Sovintola is a beutiful meeting point in the center of Kesälahti. Visitors can find handcrafts, coffee house, second-hand bookshop, Summer Arts Gallery, and KitiKati-store of good mood textiles there. Sovintola is an old school building and a meeting point in Kesälahti.
Juhanantupa and Lönnrot’s tree”
Juhanantupa is a Karelian house built in
1989. It´s situated in the idyllic village of Hummovaara in Kesälahti. The house is an atmospheric café-restaurant which is well known for delicious food
and good service. Traditional Finnish cuisine is served with a modern
touch using local ingredients.
Nearby the Juhanantupa house there grows a monumental pine tree. It was under that tree that Elias Lönnrot, the compiler of Finland’s national epic Kalevala, had a local peasant named Juhana Kainulainen sing old Karelian runes for him in summer 1828. Many of the runes sung by Kainulainen appear in the Kalevala. (
www.juhanantupa.fi)
Museum of Kesälahti
The heart of the Kesälahti Museum is a Savutupa ’smokehouse’ built 1725 built large. In the museum there is a collection of
wares from peasant, hunting and fishing culture. Coffeehouse
Myllytupa offers home-made delicacies.
Please, find more information about the area of Kesälahti from the Tourist Guidebook above or contact us via e-mail keski-karjala@visitkarelia.fi or by phone +358400 606 946.