Latest Past Events

Ancient music: Noiduin

Stage

Noiduin performs music based on Finnish mythology and folklore with traditional instruments, such as the jouhikko, kantele and frame drums, built by the performers.

The Mystic and the Conjurer

Stage

A pair of friends from the ancient times, the Mystic and the Conjurer, will take visitors on a magical journey. The performance adopts a humoristic approach and it is based on folklore, beliefs and superstition.

Fire making workshop with ancient methods

Workshops and demonstrations

This workshop, led by wilderness guide Pekka Mikkonen, will show how fires were started with various methods before the invention of matches and lighters. These methods include, for example, friction heat, quartz stones and steel spikes and tinderboxes. Various forms of friction heat were used in the Stone Age and are still used even today […]