An experiential way to vacation together! Onnela’s specialty at Wanha School is the school’s gym, which has space for children to frolic.
A favourite destination for families with children, Onnela at the Old School offers an experiential environment for holidaying together. A special feature of Onnela is the school gym, where children can play. While the children are unwinding in the gym, the adults have some peace and quiet in the upstairs dining area. Win-win! 🙂
The accommodation can accommodate more than one family, i.e. 10+7 people. This unique accommodation has been renovated in the original spirit of the Old School in 2020 and again in 2022, when we renovated the showers, toilets and kitchen.
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Onnela has a log sauna in the yard. You can also rent the attached sauna for 150€ / 1 day, 200€ 2 days.
Downstairs, Onnela has a living room with a Smart TV and a large sofa bed where you can relax after a hard day’s sport. There is also a games room in the hallway for table games.
The dining area can accommodate up to 20 people. The room is atmospherically decorated with earthy forest wallpaper. In addition to a large dining table, there is a sofa corner with a divan.
Onnela’s large kitchen has space to cook for even a larger group. There is a full range of cooking utensils, fridge, freezer, induction hob, convection oven, microwave, dishwasher and cutlery for 20 people. There is ample work space, as well as an island and two bar stools in the middle of the kitchen.
Do you also want time off from cooking? Ask your local Pölli restaurant owners forcatering services.
A favourite with children in Onnela is the school’s original 70m2 gym, with a trick track and a wide variety of toys and play equipment. While the children are playing in the hall, the adults can have a moment of peace and quiet.
As a special feature, the Old School has a popular yoga room / dojo / mini gym with tatami floor in the basement. The hall is open to school residents daily from 6am to 8pm.
Downstairs there are 4 separate bedrooms:
Mh 1: 5 persons. Loft 140cm, frame mattress 100cm, sofa bed 120cm
Bedroom 2: 3 persons. Loft 140cm, frame mattress 120cm
Room 3: 4 persons. Loft 140cm, frame mattress 90cm x 2
Mh 4: 3 persons. Loft 140cm, frame mattress 100cm
+ Bunk bed for 2 in the downstairs corridor
Onnela’s customers can use the log, wood-heated, open-air sauna “Akansauna”, which was completed in 2021.
The sauna is heated by itself. Heating the sauna is a favourite programme with the children, with fetching water and making a fire.
Onnela has air conditioning both upstairs and downstairs, free WiFi and ample parking, including 2 spaces for a block heater. (Not suitable for charging an electric car.)
Pets are allowed. Additional cleaning fee 30€/pet (allergy friendly cleaning), payable on site.
The room can be combined with a Family Apartment for a total of 20+9 beds.
You can bring your own sheets and towels or rent them from us for 28€/set. Please make sure to use sheets on the beds to avoid extra cleaning charges.
Onnela is entirely at the tenant’s own use. Other apartments in the building may have guests, but all spaces are separate. Only the yoga room in the basement is used by all residents.
The location for skiing is great. The house’s snowshoes, sledges and kick sleds were also utilized. The gym was heavily used and sausages were fried on the campfire site.
Nice accommodation for even a larger group. The private gym was very much to the liking of the children, as was the quiet courtyard.
Wanha koulu is located on the Western side of the Tahkovuori ski resort, in a quiet location in the middle of beautiful landscapes shaped by the ice age. There’s a 6 km distance to Tahko’s Western slopes and 14 km to the center of Tahko.
The environment of Wanha koulu offers lots of opportunities for leisure activities, both for adults and children.
In the summer, you can use e.g. a soccer field and a large campfire site. The mountain bike trails you access in 4km distance. For children, there are bicycles, a climbing frame built into a tree, a slide, a sandpit, swings and a ropeway. The surroundings also offer wonderful camping grounds with glacial ridges and valleys.
The nearby Tahkovuori ski resort offers a great environment for skiers in winter.
It is really convenient to go to the slopes from Tahko’s Western side, as there is always less traffic and you can park your car right next to the ski lifts. You can also buy the tickets here. The road to the famous Pehkubar and Panorama bar goes directly from the Western side.
In the summer season, on the west side of Tahko you can find wonderful camping destinations, e.g. Mäkiautio gorge and its scenic ledge, Rahasmäki ledge, and Huutavanholma.
In the summer, Tahko offers a wonderful environment for golfers, as well as for fishing, off-road electric cycling, shooting, paintball, kayaking, picking berries and mushrooms, and a spa. Also around the school, there are wonderful hiking grounds with glacial ridges and valleys.
To Tahko centre: 14 km
Ski lift: 6 km (to Länsirinte)
Illuminatedski run: 8 km
Sledging: 1 km (can be started from the yard)
Golf: Tahko Old Course 14 km, Tahko New Course 11 km, Tiirin Golf 20 km
Bus stop: in the yard
Airport: 50 km (Kuopio Airport)
Railway station: 39,7 km (Siilinjärvi)
Restaurant: 9 km to Pehku Bar, 6 km to Panorama Bar, 13 km to Tahko Piazza
Spa: 14 km to Tahko Spa (including, among other things, glow treatment, gym, hairdresser’s, massage, sports facilities for rent for hockey, badminton, etc., Home pizza)
To the doctor: Mehiläinen doctor’s surgery 14 km, Nilsiä Health Centre 14 km
To the shops: Nilsiä S-market and K-supermarket 14 km, Tahko Sale and K-market 14 km, Varpaisjärvi S-market and Siwa 14 km 14 km.
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