Old Lapland Cottage: Sauna & Salmon Soup
Half a day at a wooden cottage by a forest lake: wood-fired sauna, a dip in the lake and salmon soup you cook yourself.
About forty minutes from Rovaniemi an old wooden cottage stands on the shore of a quiet forest lake. No spa, no crowds — just firewood, birches and the deep silence Lapland is famous for.
With your guide you cook a traditional Finnish salmon soup, while the driver heats the wood-fired sauna. Steam, rest on the porch and, if you dare, take a dip in the lake — the true Finnish way.
Between sauna rounds there is time to walk along the shore, take photos and try the swings, zipline and slide. Then everyone sits down at one table to enjoy the soup you made together.
How your day goes
- 1
Into the forest
We pick you up in Rovaniemi and drive about 40 minutes to the lake.
- 2
Salmon soup
In the old cottage kitchen you cook a Finnish salmon soup together with your guide.
- 3
Sauna & lake
Wood-fired sauna, rest on the porch and an optional dip in the lake.
- 4
At one table
Lunch together, hot drinks — and back to Rovaniemi full of warmth.
What's included
- Pick-up and drop-off in Rovaniemi
- Wood-fired sauna, towels provided
- Cooking and tasting traditional salmon soup
- Hot drinks and cookies
- Swings, zipline and slide by the cottage
- Small group — up to 7 guests
