Youth Centre Hyvärilä

Hyvärilä organizes and promote different kind of events in border of youth center (like seminars, workshops, etc.), participates in activities in the youth house of Nurmes, has cooperation with schools, other youth centers and NGOs. Youth workers which are involved in all these processes encourage activities of youngsters and give an opportunity to realize it. Concerning international relations Hyvärilä currently hosts 2 volunteers (from Austria and Belarus). Their main goal is the internalization of local youngsters, they take part in any kind of activities which involve children or young people.

Our facilities:

Beach sauna

• Holiday apartments (every building has 2 stages and included 2 separated rooms (2 sleeping places each), living room and kitchen, sauna, fireplace downstairs and 6 sleeping places upstairs)

• Beach sauna (Rantasauna) (included 2 separated saunas, kitchen, a fire place and living room, Jacuzzi)

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  Pielis Areena

  Course Center (Kurssikeskus)

• PielisAreena (new modern sport hall, which offers a wide range of different sport activities)

• Youth Hostel Rantatupa

• Near Hyvärilä there is lake Pielinen (the 5th biggest lake in Finland) which offers activities like swimming, canoeing, fishing or ice-skating and the forest around the area is perfect for hiking and cross-country-skiing during wintertime.

Course Center

• Pielis-Golf offers a 9-hole-field, a driving-range and a field for practicing. The golf course is open from May to October.

• Accommodation: 

1. Hotel in the main building: double rooms x 14 = 28 places
2. Holiday apartments (6 buildings): 10 persons per one = 60 places
3. Hostel: 15 rooms (1-8 persons per one) = 67 places
4. Pehtoori (Finn hostel): 6 rooms x 4 persons = 24 places
5. Cabins (available during summer time): 26 x 4 persons per one = 64 places
   Summary:  243 places

We also have 15 computers and Video-projectors. We have 5 meeting rooms and presentation auditoriums.

Holiday apartments

Target groups:

Hyvärilä is a part of the Finnish Youth Centre Association. Cooperation among this network is done more or less permanent. Also Hyvärilä releases different projects with local NGOs, social and public communities.As a youth centre Hyvärilä mostly aims at young people (both national and international), and as a holiday centre based on tourists from different countries like Russia, Holland, Germany, etc.

Our activities:

International youth activities, exchanges and voluntary work are of major importance at Hyvärilä. Various international youth projects are coordinated and promoted by Hyvärilä Youth Centre. These have included several European youth exchanges, seminars, youth camps and workshops, where participants across Europe and beyond have participated. Hyvärilä is active user of EU´s Youth in Action -programme, and member of the EURODESK, PLATFORM and ENYC networks. Hyvärilä provides also international youth information services for the youth in the region. Besides European cooperation, also cross -border cooperation, Nordic cooperation and the Baltic Sea cooperation are of Hyväriläs interest.

-Different kind of work with young people: hosting workshops and seminars, improving local youth work, promoting outdoor activities etc.

-Hyvärilä is visited by tourists and customers (restaurant, hotel) on weekly and daily basis.

-Film camps and the annual film festival take place at Hyvärilä’s facilities, but also private events or youth-projects are held there.

-During autumn and spring camp-schools with mainly outdoor-and teambuilding activities are offered for schools in Finland.

-Also sometimes markets and concerts are held on the area of Hyvärilä.

Youth Hostel Rantatupa

Number of staff: 26

Function of staff: organise and promote activites for young people, lead such kind of projects like  seminars, camp-schools, workshops, trainings, initiative activities of young people etc.    

Number of pedagogical staff: 6

Number of (regular) volunteers: 2

For more information, please visit our website here!