Pikku-Hossa Rental Hut

Location 

• Oulu region and Kainuu, Hossa National Park, Suomussalmi  
• Directions to the Pikku-Hossa Rental Hut

Price 

• Rental period 1 June‒ 28 Oct
• Prices 2024 27 €/night, 399 €/week. 
• Midsummer Thu-Sun, a total of 220 €, Midsummer Thu-Sun, a total of 225 €. The prices include VAT (10%).

Facilities  

• The hut has two small rooms: the main room and a sleeping alcove.
• The sauna is located in the same building.
• Candles, a gas cooker with oven, an earth cellar, a wood-burning stove, a dry toilet.
• Take the drinking water from the spring close to the hut or from the visitor centre.
• Handsome lake views open out from both sides of the hut.
• A good swimming shore, distance to the shore 3 metres.
• A boat and life jackets.

Keys  

Information on collecting the key 

• Keys to the rental hut will be placed in the key box next to the door of the hut. A 4-digit key combination for opening the key box will be sent to you attached to your reservation confirmation by e-mail. If you have not received a booking confirmation and/or code please take contact to Visitor Centre Petola, tel.  +358 40 825 6060  or email petola@metsa.fi.
• The key must be returned to its collection point.
• Keys are not delivered by post.  

Directions  

• Address: Jatkonsalmentie 36, Suomussalmi  
• After the Hossa Visitor Centre, drive along Jatkonsalmentie Road for slightly less than 3 km and turn to the left. The road runs to the yard of the hut.
• Coordinates for the Pikku-Hossa Rental Hut: WGS84 lat: 28.1002 lon: 27.9059, ETRS-TM35FIN: n=7262886 E=614184
• Distances: Hossa Visitor Centre 3 km, the village of Hossa 8 km and Juntusranta about 35 km. No neighbours.

By Car  

• You can drive to the yard of the hut in the summer. 

Notices

• The hut will not be pre-heated before the beginning of the booking period. Due to the long distances, the maintenance services are not able to check the condition of the hut after the rental period of each customer. If the hut has not been cleaned or things are not as they should, please immediately contact the maintenance services of the hut upon arrival.  
• Hossa Visitor Centre rents out linen. Other visitor centre services: a café‒restaurant, maps and brochures, guided excursions and equipment rental (boats, canoes, kayaks as well as hiking and fishing gear).
• The area boasts 90 km of marked hiking trails and 60 km of cross-country skiing trails. The terrain is ideal for exercising.  
• Sights at Hossa: Värikallio Rock Paintings and the Lounatkoski mill (Luontoon.fi, in Finnish)
• Fishing and Hunting:
  • Fishing area 5502 Hossa (eraluvat.fi).
  • Small game hunting area 5602 surrounding the national park. A licence is required. Read more about hunting licences (eraluvat.fi).
• It is allowed to bring pets in the hut.

• Safety on hiking.

Maps

• Excursionmap.fi 
• Maps of the Hossa National Park

Maintenance and Management

Metsähallitus, Parks & Wildlife Finland.

More information Hossa Visitor Centre, tel. int. 0206 39 6041, 040 751 7221

Other Maps