Culture and Music in Kuhmo

HOTEL KALEVALA

The cosy hotel is located by the shore of Lake Lammasjärvi, three kilometres from the centre of Kuhmo. The distance between town centre and the hotel will be covered daily by bicycles or by prearranged transport. The hotel has 50 individually decorated rooms, a restaurant, and terrace and sauna department.

During your staying in Kuhmo at a hotel you will be able to enjoy the beauty and delights of the Finnish summer. That will call for not only attending scheduled programme, but also spontaneous plunges into the fresh lake, sauna bathing and marvelling the white nights.

This travel programme is designed to be applied during the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival from 14th to 27th July 2024 and it is aimed at groups of 10 persons minimum.

DAY 1 | PARIS / KAJAANI

Finnair flights to Kajaani. Arrival at the Kajaani airport, transfer to the Hotel Kalevala (approx. 1.5 hours). Check in, dinner at hotel’s terrace. Time for independent exploring of the hotel surroundings.

DAY 2 | CONCERTS / HISTOIRY / ART EXHIBITION(S) / SAUNAS AND CULINARY DELICACIES

Breakfast

09.00− Bike ride to the centre of Kuhmo (3 km).

11.00−12.00 Kuhmo Chamber Music concert at the Kuhmo Church.

12.00−13.00 Guided tour at the Kuhmo Arts Centre. You’ll learnabout the history of the Arts Centre, the Kuhmo Chamber MusicFestival and events around the year. The festival’s art exhibition is inthe lobby.

14.00− Free time to explore the city center.

There are for example plenty of other art exhibitions in the centre.Maybe you would like to enjoy a cup of coffee or tea with localdelicacies in one of the cafés? Festival shop is full of different kindsof festival products. Would you like to buy a festival T-shirt or a cd?

Return to the hotel, saunas with indoor and outdoor Jacuzzis.

18.00−20.00 Evening concert at the Kuhmo Arts Centre

20.00− After the concert, a three-course dinner in the pop-uprestaurant Salakamari. Salakamari is the place where audience andartists meet after the concerts. This festival restaurant is renownedfor its gourmet menu and festival wines.

DAY 3 | CONCERTS / KALEVALA / SAUNAS (& BEARS)

Breakfast, bike ride to the centre of Kuhmo.

10.00− Heart of the Day in Salakamari. Presentation of the festival day by a festival artist.

11.00−12.00 Kuhmo Chamber Music concert in the Church

12.15−13.00 Visit to Juminkeko, the Information Centre of Kalevala

Exhibitions and a multimedia programme on Finland’s national epic,the Kalevala. There is a summer exhibition devoted to the Kalevalaand one of the largest collections of various editions of the Kalevalain the world.

15.00−16.00 Afternoon concert of the Kuhmo Chamber MusicFestival, return to the hotel

16.00 Optional: Meeting at the hotel lobby and transfer to the bear-watching evening (with extra charge 135 €/person), return back tothe hotel at midnight.

Sauna and Dinner à la Kalevala for those who stay at the hotel.

Enjoy an authentic Dinner à la Kalevala, taste local delicacies.

21.00 – 22.00 Evening concert of the Kuhmo Chamber MusicFestival

DAY 4 | CONCERTS / FINNISH PREDATORS / CHURCH BOAT TOUR / SAUNAS

9.00−10.00 Visit to the Petola Visitor Centre.

Guided tour to the exhibition of large carnivores – brown bear, wolf,lynx and wolverine. Film show on Kuhmo nature and wildlife in the auditorium.

Bike ride from Petola to the centre.

11.00−12.00 Kuhmo Chamber Music concert in the Church

15.00−16.00 Kuhmo Chamber Music concert at the Tuupala School

Optional: Guided church boat tour 75 €/person.

The tour will start from the Kuhmo Arts Centre and the

group will row their way back to the hotel along the lake. Bonfirepicnic at the Kota “teepee” by the lakeside right next to the hotel.

Sauna bathing.

19.00 Dinner at the hotel.

21.00−22.00 Evening concert of the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival.

DAY 5| KAJAANI / PARIS

Breakfast. Free time. Transfer back to Kajaani airport. Finnair flight to Paris.

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