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  • HOLIDAYS IN FINLAND WITH ANIMALS

    Every time you plan your family vocation, you have to think where to leave your pet. Your heart’s bleeding because your lovely dog or cat have to stay with your friends or even in the animal shelter?   After all, watching everyone enjoying the holiday, you can’t stop worrying and thinking of it? There is a […]

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  • CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW COTTAGE!

    Today, March 1, 2020, we begin the construction of a new cottage on our lake ILMAJÄRVI.  It will be only 1.4 km from ours and, in addition to all the advantages and amenities of a Finnish house, it is located on the very fishing spot of the lake, a muddy and grassy bay.  Those who […]

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  • CONSTRUCTION UNDER THE QUARANTINE

    Before quarantine, it was very important and desirable to set up posts at a specific time when everyone or else was at home in the morning before work or in the evening after work.  Now, in quarantine, everyone, I hope, is sitting at home, and I think the time for news to appear is not […]

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  • QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION

    Over the years of traveling and just different movements around the world, we saw different things and lived in completely different conditions, and therefore for a long time I have developed a stereotype of what I like and what not, what should be for my vacation and what quality.  This is not necessarily addictive to […]

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  • SAUNA REPAIR

    We built a cottage in 2007 and at that time I practically did not know anything about the construction and I will honestly take everything with a bang, the fact of building a house on the lake in the forest already brought joy.  The Finnish company built the project, with technical supervision and everything was […]

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  • FIREPLACE TULUKIVI

    What do we like and what surprises us in Finnish cottages?  Our cottages are also built of wood, also breathing, in all houses there are stoves and fireplaces of various configurations, and yet, almost every Finnish cottage has a Tulikivi fireplace. I have been in old cottages (30-40 years old) and unsuitable for year-round living […]

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  • IN A COTTAGE WITHOUT FIREWOOD?

    When we come to Finnish cottages we all want simple things necessary for relaxation: cleanliness, warmth and amenities.  In our understanding, the Finnish cottage has 2 business cards, a sauna with a real smell of wood and a fireplace.  In cottages, saunas are usually either electric or wood burning.  Tulikivi fireplaces or similar, without which […]

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  • CLEANING BEFORE THE FIRE!


    Of all the elements, fire attracts the most power of a person, his lack of control, the continuous variability of the flame, a variety of colors, shapes and sounds, as well as heat and heat, are a mystery to man, which is probably why it is literally impossible to take his eyes off of fire. […]

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  • MAGIC BOX

    One of the guests most favorite activities when they arrive at the cottage is the preparation of various dishes in the air.  You can actually arrange culinary competitions: kebabs, pilafs, mushroom dishes, fish soup and grilled fish, trout baked on wooden inclined discs, grilled sausages of all stripes, stews, grilled stewed vegetables and a lot […]

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  • VIEW DECK

    All people are different and they like different places on my lake, some have a cottage with a sauna, some have a large area of ​​untouched forest, some have a grill house and the opportunity to surprise everyone with culinary delights, some have fishing, children have a playground and  swimming on the lake.  But there […]

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  • CHILDREN WE US ARE INTERESTING AND FUN!

    Family vacations mean vacations with children, if the kids are busy and they are interested, then adults also have time to relax.  We don’t need to think about how to entertain children of different ages in our forest, all 3 generations of my daughters grew up here, so we know for sure – everyone will […]

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  • THE MOST FAVORITE PLACE FOR CHILDREN IN IMATRA

    Weekends in our cottage do not always take place in sunny weather and not always in the summer.  When it is raining, snowing, or “winter-autumn” outside the window, there are interesting places nearby where you and your children can have fun.  One such place is the Angry Birds Park, just a 5-minute drive from Imatra […]

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  • EXCELLENT PLACE TO WIN IN IMATRA

    Each person who visits the place he likes gets used to the good, the positive, where he is pleased and where he feels good.  The place where he wants to return and go if he is nearby.  I’m not picky about food, but I prefer fish and vegetables more than a burger with potatoes, simply […]

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  • SKIING NEARBY! WINTER 2020

    Real winter has come to Finland, it snows every day.  For lovers of downhill and cross-country skiing in Ruokolahti, winter began on December 5th.  From this day on, the FreeSki ski slope in Ruokolahti, which is the most favorite place for Russians in this region, is fully operational. This is not a professional ski resort […]

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  • WATER SAFETY

    Getting into Finland, in a wild forest, on the shore of a lake, we feel freedom and it happens that these emotions dull the sense of self-preservation and security.  Those who were on oars on large lakes in Karelia and Ladoga know that the weather can change very quickly, a sharp strong wind can fly […]

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