A beautiful piece of cultural history
AHLSTRÖM POTTERY
Ruukki in Noormarkku offers a great setting for a summer day out. The area is of great cultural and historical value and offers a wide range of refreshing activities. Ruukki's saunas invite you to relax and the Noormarkunjoki river invites you to swim.
Attractions include Villa Mairea, the Ahlström Voyage exhibition and the Sawmill Museum.
The story of A. Ahlström is a significant part of Finnish industrial, architectural, art and design history.
The magnificent pottery area and Ahlström's long-term efforts to maintain it are appreciated, as the Noormarkku pottery is a nationally significant built cultural environment (RKY) according to the National Board of Antiquities.
10 high standard 1-2 bed rooms.
Tahko ski slopes and Panorama Bar within walking and skiing distance, as well as Tahko Ski Resort
A la carte restaurant Havu Kitchen & Bar, breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Forest spa with 3 different saunas, heated pool and cold pool. There is also a pool pavilion with three hot water bridges and a fireplace.
Tahko is less than an hour's drive from Kuopio airport and 5 hours from Helsinki.
CHECK OUT THE SERVICES
Experiences are made to be found and life is made to be enjoyed. Below you'll find the best tips on what the region has to offer, from dining to shopping.
EAT
Havu Kitchen & Bar is a restaurant located at the top of Tahko, where Scandinavian purity meets Eastern woodland. The atmospheric restaurant serves seasonal dishes made from raw ingredients. Havu Kitchen's tasting menus consist of both four- and six-course dinners.
DO
Tahko offers a wide range of activities all year round. Our hotel is ski-in ski-out, so you can access the slopes directly from the steps of your landscaped suite. In summer, cycling is one of the most popular sports. Mountain bike trails run along varying altitude differences and take you to some of the most spectacular scenery.
RELAX
Forest Spa Lähde brings the seasons close, as all saunas and pools are located outdoors. The Nokisauna offers soft, smoky baths and the Landscape Sauna has a stunning view of the lake. In addition to the stunning views, the Latva sauna has the wonderful smell of a wood-fired sauna.
EVENTS
The unique setting offers a skyline in all its beautiful hues for both meetings and celebrations. The facilities are suitable for groups of 4-14 people, as well as for events for 80 people using the entire restaurant space.
AHLSTRÖM POTTERY
BEADS IN THE POND AREA
Over a period of more than 60 years and three generations, the Ahlström family built three important family residences in the pottery area, Isotalo, Havulinna and Villa Mairea, as well as many other notable buildings, such as the Head Office, the Club, workers' housing and officers' villas.
VILLA MAIREA
The most internationally famous of the buildings in the Ruuk area is Villa Mairea, completed in autumn 1939, shortly before the start of the Winter War, as the representative home of Maire and Harry Gullichsen. The progressive and open-minded couple were interested in the pure expression of modernism. The building was designed by Maire and Harry's friends Alvar and Aino Aalto, who found in Mairee an opportunity for free and experimental design.
From the beginning, Villa Mairea played many roles: it was the home of a family with children, the home of Maire's art collection, and the home where Maire and Harry Gullichsen's friends could enjoy the hospitality of the host couple. Over the years, the house has hosted many parties and has welcomed a wide range of top professionals, from musicians to artists, from home and abroad.
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