A charming yellow house with a red roof sits amidst lush greenery and tall trees, surrounded by a well-kept lawn under a partly cloudy sky. Peaceful atmosphere.
A single-story green house with a red roof sits in a forest clearing. Pine trees surround the home, and a red car is parked outside.
A signpost stands on a grassy circle, pointing to various destinations. Behind it is a red building with a green roof, surrounded by greenery and sky.
A calm lake reflects blue sky and white clouds, bordered by dense green pine forests. The peaceful scene is serene, natural, and inviting for relaxation.
An empty outdoor tennis court sits surrounded by trees and a wire fence, with sunlight filtering through the clouds and casting shadows on the ground.
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Learn healthy and sustainable living with health food and sauna in Rautalampi, Finland

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least 1 month

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  • Description

    Description

    I Vessi am an experienced sustainable farmer and passionate developer/inventor, preventive health-, forestry and interaction expert, a man with big warm heart and lots of energy. My wife Marie is a lot like me and super hospitable woman. We have a large historic (since 1651) but modern farm. We have a goal to develop a high quality community on co-operation base is for finally 30 + people can have peacefull, happy, healthy and rather self-sustainable life together. We live by clean and organic fields and berrygardens, forests, rivers and lakes but still well connected to towns, airports and trains in the neighbourhood. We wellcome 25 + year old serious professionals (for a minimum 1 month stay) with some degree allready to visit and see if our healthy and sustainable lifestyle and learn from it . We warmly welcome you to Sahala Farm !

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Language practice
    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
    Help with Computers/ Internet
    House sitting
  • Interests

    Interests

    Sustainability
    Culture
    Self development
    Farming
    Charity work
    Carpentry
    DIY & crafts
    Plant care
    Gardening
    Languages
    Photography
    Performing arts
    Animals
    Cycling
    Outdoor activities
    Winter sports
    Yoga / Wellness
    Nature
    Camping
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Our lifestyle is based of scinece and true experimental knowledge about nature, biology, health, social wellfare, economy and production. We share all our knowledge actively and willing to our visitors. That is why visitors learn here a lot.

  • Help

    Help

    Various sensible tasks related to forests, buildings, gardens and agricultural management. Training 2 riding horses is also wellcome.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Finnish: Fluent
    Swedish: Intermediate

    This host offers a language exchange
    You need to be fairly fluent in English. We also can get help from mobile translators.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We offer a warm and clean accommodation where you live together with others, but everybody in their own rooms with own fridge. This community house has a kitchen with refrigerators and deep freezees, big and homely living room with fireplace, .

    We also have an absolutely superior large group sauna sauna and 4 other lakeside saunas, which we use actively for our health, relaxation and togetherness. Sometimes we have also paying sauna groups. Sauna bathing is unbeatbale health hobby in community living and for warm social connection.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Free time activity possibilities are: using our fast internet, watch TV, spend time in beautifull forest / lake nature, go nightcamping in the forest, go horseback riding (riders), go walking with our dog, play tennis (we have ball cannon), play volleyball (2 times/week in the village), do handcraft work (we have free wood, metal and leather material for that), go shopping, row with a rowboat, paddle with our canoes, bicycle in the surroundings, go to gym (2 km), go to nearby new spa, heat some of our saunas and bathe with others or alone, sit and dream by the fireplace in the living room, cook and bake, use our massage room with some friend, pick garden berries, herbs and mushroms, fish, hunt, do birdwatching, join cultural activities in the village, go to movies, sit with a beer in a pub in the village.

  • 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

    Digital nomads can stay online in our community house (100 MB internet) when its important to them and do their work on the times when agreed together. We have a work station in the living room of the house plus wifi in the bed rooms.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    Outside the Kattis community house there are electric posts available for caravan use.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • My animals / pets

    My animals / pets

    Mimmi

    Very friendly, energetic and playful Alaskan Malamute!

    Sky and Star

    We have 2 young Irish sport horses for riding. Riding people are wellcome to to ride with them. Non - riders can brush and play with these super friendly and social horses.

Host ref number: 312799262247

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Photos

A single-story green house with a red roof sits in a forest clearing. Pine trees surround the home, and a red car is parked outside.
A charming yellow house with a red roof sits amidst lush greenery and tall trees, surrounded by a well-kept lawn under a partly cloudy sky. Peaceful atmosphere.
A signpost stands on a grassy circle, pointing to various destinations. Behind it is a red building with a green roof, surrounded by greenery and sky.
A calm lake reflects blue sky and white clouds, bordered by dense green pine forests. The peaceful scene is serene, natural, and inviting for relaxation.
An empty outdoor tennis court sits surrounded by trees and a wire fence, with sunlight filtering through the clouds and casting shadows on the ground.

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