Companies that utilise wild forest products in their range of services - Kainuu

Aittola Eräpalvelut is a wilderness service company located in the municipality of Puolanka, in the north-west corner of the province of Kainuu, Finland. It produces wilderness and outdoor activities for visitors and tourists in and around the beautiful natural terrain of Puolanka.

We belong to the network of Finnish organic tourism organisations (ECEAT Finland) and we offer mushroom-foraging trips for individuals and small groups during the mushroom season, along with instruction on making food using fresh or dried mushrooms. The clean natural surroundings are also a great place to pick berries and wild herbs. We put our energy into organic produce, recycling...

We offer icelandic horse treks of various lengths in most beautiful landscapes. We ride in the forest paths and roads by walk or tolt. Tolt is a special gait of icelandic horse, which is nice and smooth to ride. We can pick berries and mushrooms near the riding tracks.

Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival is the biggest and oldest chamber music festival in Finland. Festival's cafes and restaurants offer local delicacies.

Lentiiran Lomakylä offers cottage accommodation. 120 m² of saunas. Smoke sauna and electric sauna. We can arrange peat, tar and honey saunas. Lentiiran Terwa Ky www.terva.fi Tar products and more besides.

Campfire coffee with pancakes is very unique experience in a meadow. You can also enjoy our Meadow wrap with the House coatwheat pesto and rowanleaves juice. In our menus you can also find local vegetables and berries of the season. Some local organic products are available in our barn shop.

Perinnetila Tervamäki is a farm located in Kainuu, surrounded on all sides by the breathtaking views of misty, hilly Sumsa in Sotkamo. Tervamäki is also an organic farm with domesticated animals. It offers accommodation, activities and dining all year round as dictated by nature and tradition. No compromises are made to welcome guests to our accommodation and event facilities: we...

There is an exhibition about the Winter War at Raate Gate in Suomussalmi, as well as Lottakanttiini, a cafe and restaurant that serves lunch daily during the high season. We strive to use ingredients produced in Kainuu whenever possible. The berries used in our baked goods are from Kainuu. We arrange dining services for groups at any time of year subject to reservation. Our...

Ravintola Kultainen Kukko is renowned for its salad buffet, with specialities including marinated rufous milkcap and northern milkcap mushrooms. Our restaurant serves a berry-based lunchtime dessert almost every day. We strive to use local ingredients whenever possible.

Upitrek Oy is a nature tourism company established in Kainuu in 2000. Our activities focus on guided hiking trips lasting about one week. The trips involve hiking from one guesthouse to the next in the wilderness along the eastern border, cross-country skiing and snow-shoeing in the winter and hiking in the summer. Our programme of activities also includes canoeing, cycling and...