Space and Tranquility 40min from Helsinki and Helsinki Airport
The historical Wohls Gård can accommodate up to 80 nature lovers all year long. Nature paths start from the front of the house, depending on the season our Forest Sound Walks can include paddling, lantern snow walks under starry skies or singing on the frozen lake. Wohls Gård is located only a few minutes ride / 20min walk from the Meiko Nature Reserve and a beautiful wilderness excursion can be combined within the program.
Our host Elwira Catering accommodates the most demanding wishes from evening snacks and tasty breakfasts to festive dinner menus. The ingredients used are local, often also organic - during the summer time from the mansion's own garden.
Choose from our available activities and combine them with a breakfast / coffee / lunch / dinner / evening snack or let us plan a special combination for your group.
WOHLS HALF DAY
Breakfast
Introduction to the day's program (30min)
Activity of your choice (120min)
Wrap up (30min)
WOHLS WHOLE DAY
Breakfast
Introduction to the day's program (30min)
Workshops / Activities at the Wohls Gård (Voice, Performance and Body Language, Nature Activities) (120min)
Lunch
Forest Sound Walk through the Meiko Nature Reserve (240min)
WOHLS EVENING
Introduction to the evening’s program (30min)
Lantern Sound Walk / Paddling / Other Activity (120min)
Wrap up (30min)
Evening Snack / Dinner
![“They say that people who live next to waterfalls don't hear the water. It was terrible at first. We couldn't stand to be in the house for more than a few hours at a time. The first two weeks were filled with nights of intermittent sleep and quarreling for the sake of being heard over the water. We fought so much just to remind ourselves that we were in love, and not in hate. But the next weeks were a little better. It was possible to sleep a few good hours each night and eat in only mild discomfort. [We] still cursed the water, but less frequently, and with less fury. Her attacks on me also quieted. It's your fault, she would say. You wanted to live here. Life continued, as life continues, and time passed, as time passes, and after a little more than two months: Do you hear that? I asked her one of the rare mornings we sat at the table together. Hear it? I put down my coffee and rose from my chair. You hear that thing? What thing? she asked. Exactly! I said, running outside to pump my fist at the waterfall. Exactly! We danced, throwing handfuls of water in the air, hearing nothing at all. We alternated hugs of forgiveness and shouts of human triumph at the water. Who wins the day? Who wins the day, waterfall? We do! We do! And this is what living next to a waterfall is like. Every widow wakes one morning, perhaps after years of pure and unwavering grieving, to realize she slept a good night's sleep and will be able to eat breakfast, and doesn't hear her husband's ghost all the time, but only some of the time. Her grief is replaced with a useful sadness. Every parent who loses a child finds a way to laugh again. The timbre begins to fade. The edge dulls. The hurt lessens. Every love is carved from loss. Mine was. Yours is. Your great-great-great-grandchildren's will be. But we learn to live in that love.” ― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated
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Available from early October until late March.
Darkness lands in the forest with silent whispers and soothing sounds. Night sky with its endless stories and beliefs opens. Looking up we see the same sky that our predecessors have looked upon for thousands of years.
Welcome to experience the night as it was in older times. During the walk Sanni will lead you to the ancient tradition of folklore and nature singing, Luontolaulu. Together we’ll gather by the fire to explore sounds and stories like so many people in Finland have done for hundreds of years...