Youth Centre Syöte

Syöte Youth Centre is located in Finnish Lapland at the southernmost fell area of Finland. Distance from the nearest airports: Oulu 145km, Kuusamo 100 km and Rovaniemi 174 km.
The distinctive natural setting of the Syöte Youth Centre offers countless outdoor opportunities throughout the year.



Our facilities

 

• 5 meeting rooms, the largest meeting room; Syötesali; 250 seats. 

Wall climbing

• 4 restaurants, Deli & Buffee, Ala Carte, Bar, Cafe 

• Ski resort, 9 slopes, 5 lifts, 2 x street, half pipe 

• Observatory 

Observatory

• Wellness Center - SyöteSirius 

• Free Gym for hotel guests 

• Large selection of activities - all the Lappish Activities are available 

Accommodation

• The hotel was built in 1994, extensions and renovations in years 1999, 2008, restaurants and the the public areas renovation 2012. 

The hotel

• 82 rooms, economy, standard and superior room types, the accommodation capacity of 250 persons.

We also have four data projectors in our class or meeting room, a PA system in the main hall, a playstation and the games.

The island of Hailuoto

We operate a secondary location on Hailuoto, an island off the City of Oulu. The Centre is located on a ridge of the island that allows visitors to admire the sparkling sea and the wind-shaped sand dunes of the encircling Bothnian Bay. 

Island of Hailuoto

Our activities

Our target group are young people up to 29 years old. We work with many kind of groups. We have about 6000-7000 young visitors ( young people under 29 years old) in our programs every year.

* Group problem-solving tasks

* Indoor and outdoor climbing 

* Fishing and ice-fishing, making snow sculptures

* Hiking, snowshoe walks, skiing 

* Wilderness skills 

* Frisbee golf 

Snowboard on the slopes

* Archery 

* Mountain bike trips 

* Observing the night sky from our own observatory

* Art workshops (t-shirt printing, ceramics, wool-work)
* Trips to the National Park visitor centre, local reindeer farm, Ranua Zoo, Puikkari swimming hall in Pudasjärvi, husky safari

We also organize:

* recreational activities, accomodation, catering services and programme packages 

* Youth activities: camp schools, camps, social youth work and Nuotta coaching, adventure programs 

*Child activities: parent-child camps, adventure days for day care groups 

* international camps and groups 

* Meetings, training, different events, seminars

Mountain biking

Our regular staff is 20 people 

and 6 people are our pedagogical staff

Nearest airport: Oulu (52km) 

Nearest railwaystation: Oulu (62km) 

Ferry: Oulunsalo-Hailuoto (free of charge, 25 min.)



We are  also partners of Ministry of education, schools,  youth work municipalities, regional youth work and social work.

For more information please visit our website here!