A bearded man, smiling woman, and black dog enjoy sunshine together on a porch in front of a rustic log cabin, radiating warmth, comfort, and happiness.
A woman sits on the grass in a forest, enjoying food. A small black table with a glass jar is nearby. A lake sparkles under blue sky.
A cozy log cabin interior with a burning fireplace, white rocking chair, table with a notebook, cup, pencils, soft lighting, and lockers in the background.
A birch tree is tapped with a tube, collecting sap into glass bottles. A metal mug sits nearby on a rustic wooden table beside a lake.
A cozy outdoor table set with cake, bread, fruits, and drinks, overlooks a serene lake surrounded by lush green forest on a sunny day.
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Enjoy the nature in a log house by the lake in Iitti, Päijät-Häme, Finland

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: No minimum

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Details

  • Description

    Description

    Hello!

    We are Riina (29) and Aku (33) with an old dog lady (11). We are a mix of a philosophical thinker and a practical hands-on people.

    We live in Southern Finland, Iitti, (2h from Helsinki) in a log house by the lake in the middle of forest. Our home is a never-ending project with all kinds of tasks in the home and gardening stuff to do.

    Our place offers lots of activities in the nature, SUPping, berry picking, wood cutting… Nature is wonderful here! Come and enjoy! 🤗

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Language practice
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Help around the house
  • Interests

    Interests

    Vegetarian or vegan
    Sustainability
    Self development
    Pets
    Movies & TV
    Charity work
    Writing
    Music
    Languages
    Gardening
    DIY & crafts
    Cooking & food
    Carpentry
    Books
    Animals
    Winter sports
    Yoga / Wellness
    Water sports
    Sailing / Boating
    Outdoor activities
    Nature
    Hiking
    Fitness
    Dancing
    Beach
    Adventure sports
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We offer you typical Finnish country-side stay in the woods. Our leisure is usually, swimming and going to sauna, building, spending time in the nature, cooking delicious, fulfilling plant-based food, burning fire in the fireplace, going to gym… Simple stuff.

    Aku is a professional builder so he can teach that stuff. Riina has worked in dance teaching and strength training coaching.

    We gladly would take our guests to the city also to do things like museums, bouldering etc… if you feel like it :)

    We also meet quite a lot Riina’s family members who live nearby, siblings in the city of Lahti and parents on a countryside as well. We have some French in our family also. :)

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    Most importantly we’d love to meet new people from all over the world since we can’t travel that much now since we have an old dog.

    Workawayers could help us with building and painting projects,
    perhaps teach us about gardening depending on the season,
    and spend time with the dog if we have errands.

    Also teaching us Spanish and Bachata dance would be fun!

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Beginner

    This host offers a language exchange
    Spanish is our favourite language so we’d love to learn it!

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Our house has upstairs where our guests would sleep. In our house there is a toilet, sauna and shower.

    We will cook together plant-based foods.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    We hope you would have some understanding about dogs, since our lady dog has some special needs and quirks with new people, but with calmness there’s no problem.

    Our household is vegan/plant-based (except for dog’s food) and we kindly ask our guests to respect that by not bringing any animal-based foods to our home.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    We have a WiFi connection

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    There is space for a campervan

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • My animals / pets

    My animals / pets

    Masu

    Old lady dog with a sensitive, playboylle and loving character

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A woman sits on the grass in a forest, enjoying food. A small black table with a glass jar is nearby. A lake sparkles under blue sky.
A cozy log cabin interior with a burning fireplace, white rocking chair, table with a notebook, cup, pencils, soft lighting, and lockers in the background.
A birch tree is tapped with a tube, collecting sap into glass bottles. A metal mug sits nearby on a rustic wooden table beside a lake.
A cozy outdoor table set with cake, bread, fruits, and drinks, overlooks a serene lake surrounded by lush green forest on a sunny day.
A bearded man, smiling woman, and black dog enjoy sunshine together on a porch in front of a rustic log cabin, radiating warmth, comfort, and happiness.

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