Forest Café

At the Forest Café you can find local food, Lappish flavours, delicacies from Finnish nature and picnic dishes that you can prepare yourself on the campfire. Sit down in a warm and cosy laavu to enjoy delicious outdoor food, rest on hammocks or in a yurt and explore the forest.

In the Forest Café you can spend time easily, relaxing and resting in nature

The Forest café serves as a resting place, a community space and an excursion destination for hikers in the area. We are open all year round once a month on a Saturday. You can also find our opening hours on Facebook, Instagram or events page.

The café can be reached from the Kivalo hiking trail or along our driveway. If you arrive by car you can park in the parking lot of the hiking trail Kivalontie 1698 94500 Keminmaa or our yard Kivalontie 1650 94500 Keminmaa. The best way to find the address is to select Sointumetsä in the map application. In winter, there is also access to the Kivalo hiking trail (Lautiosaari-Puukkokumpu) see more information at https://www.infogis.fi/keminmaa/. When there is enough snow (January-April), we keep a 1.5 km long forest trail open in the Sointumetsäarea, which ascends to the top of Kaljupää-Helkkunen fell (the trail will be available again in winter 2027).

In the café area there is a warm shelter and a fireplace, a covered dining table, with seating for a total of about 35 people. In addition, there is standing room for about 10 people. Four smaller campfire sites have seating for a total of ten people. Laavu has warm seating, sheepskin blankets, blankets and cushions. The café offers seasonal activities such as drawing/painting equipment, nature games, magnifying glasses and nature books. The café area also has lovely year-round nap spots in hammocks, woods or yurts.