{"id":591093,"date":"2026-06-12T15:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/products\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T13:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:36:13","slug":"kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti","status":"publish","type":"visit_saimaa_product","link":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/products\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\/","title":{"rendered":"Kes\u00e4lahti Local Heritage Museum | Smoke Cottage, Traditions &amp; Huttujuhla Celebration | Kes\u00e4lahti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Step into the atmosphere of rural life and traditional harvest celebrations of days gone by.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the grounds surrounding Finland\u2019s largest traditional smoke cottage, you can shop for local products, meet local makers and discover traditional skills. The Riihilato barn hosts the Kuvien muisti photography exhibition, while a guide shares stories about life in the past and the photographs on display. There is also plenty to see and do for children. The museum caf\u00e9 will be open.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday at 18:00, the traditional Huttujuhla celebration will be held in the smoke cottage \u2013 a local tradition dating back to 1960. Tickets to Huttujuhla are \u20ac10.<br \/>\n___________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Groups<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We welcome groups and can arrange a guided tour or meals for your group. There is space for coaches in the courtyard. Please contact us well in advance.<br \/>\n___________________________<\/p>\n<p><I>We are proud to be part of Saimaan Satojuhlat, a celebration of the local flavours, traditions and culture of the Lake Saimaa region. Join us for an autumn festival where the rich tastes and heritage of our region come together.<\/I><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":572405,"template":"","meta":[],"servicecategory":[936],"actioncategory":[626],"relatedcontent":[2238],"class_list":["post-591093","visit_saimaa_product","type-visit_saimaa_product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","servicecategory-tarinat","actioncategory-nahtavaa","relatedcontent-kesalahti-seura-ry","product","culture-sights-info","stories","priority-3"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kes\u00e4lahti Local Heritage Museum | Smoke Cottage, Traditions &amp; Huttujuhla Celebration | Kes\u00e4lahti - Visit Savonlinna<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Step into the atmosphere of rural life and traditional harvest celebrations of days gone by. In the grounds surrounding Finland\u2019s largest traditional\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/products\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kes\u00e4lahti Local Heritage Museum | Smoke Cottage, Traditions &amp; Huttujuhla Celebration | Kes\u00e4lahti\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Step into the atmosphere of rural life and traditional harvest celebrations of days gone by. In the grounds surrounding Finland\u2019s largest traditional\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/products\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visit Savonlinna\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-19T10:36:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/kesalahti-2-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitsavonlinna.fi\\\/en\\\/products\\\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitsavonlinna.fi\\\/en\\\/products\\\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kes\u00e4lahti Local Heritage Museum | Smoke Cottage, Traditions &amp; Huttujuhla Celebration | Kes\u00e4lahti - Visit Savonlinna\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitsavonlinna.fi\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitsavonlinna.fi\\\/en\\\/products\\\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitsavonlinna.fi\\\/en\\\/products\\\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitsavonlinna.fi\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/kesalahti-2-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-12T12:34:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-19T10:36:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"Step into the atmosphere of rural life and traditional harvest celebrations of days gone by. In the grounds surrounding Finland\u2019s largest traditional\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitsavonlinna.fi\\\/en\\\/products\\\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/visitsavonlinna.fi\\\/en\\\/products\\\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitsavonlinna.fi\\\/en\\\/products\\\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitsavonlinna.fi\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/kesalahti-2-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitsavonlinna.fi\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/kesalahti-2-1.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":900},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitsavonlinna.fi\\\/en\\\/products\\\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Visitsavonlinna.fi\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitsavonlinna.fi\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tuotteet ja palvelut\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitsavonlinna.fi\\\/products\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Kes\u00e4lahti-Seura ry\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitsavonlinna.fi\\\/en\\\/companies\\\/kesalahti-seura-ry\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Kes\u00e4lahti Local Heritage Museum | Smoke Cottage, Traditions &amp; Huttujuhla Celebration | Kes\u00e4lahti\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitsavonlinna.fi\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitsavonlinna.fi\\\/\",\"name\":\"Visit Savonlinna\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitsavonlinna.fi\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kes\u00e4lahti Local Heritage Museum | Smoke Cottage, Traditions &amp; Huttujuhla Celebration | Kes\u00e4lahti - Visit Savonlinna","description":"Step into the atmosphere of rural life and traditional harvest celebrations of days gone by. In the grounds surrounding Finland\u2019s largest traditional","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/products\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kes\u00e4lahti Local Heritage Museum | Smoke Cottage, Traditions &amp; Huttujuhla Celebration | Kes\u00e4lahti","og_description":"Step into the atmosphere of rural life and traditional harvest celebrations of days gone by. In the grounds surrounding Finland\u2019s largest traditional","og_url":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/products\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\/","og_site_name":"Visit Savonlinna","article_modified_time":"2026-08-19T10:36:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/kesalahti-2-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/products\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\/","url":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/products\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\/","name":"Kes\u00e4lahti Local Heritage Museum | Smoke Cottage, Traditions &amp; Huttujuhla Celebration | Kes\u00e4lahti - Visit Savonlinna","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/products\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/products\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/kesalahti-2-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-12T12:34:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-19T10:36:13+00:00","description":"Step into the atmosphere of rural life and traditional harvest celebrations of days gone by. In the grounds surrounding Finland\u2019s largest traditional","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/products\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/products\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/products\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/kesalahti-2-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/kesalahti-2-1.jpg","width":1200,"height":900},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/products\/kesalahti-local-heritage-museum-heritage-recipes-and-the-huttu-feast-kesalahti\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Visitsavonlinna.fi","item":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tuotteet ja palvelut","item":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/products\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Kes\u00e4lahti-Seura ry","item":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/companies\/kesalahti-seura-ry\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Kes\u00e4lahti Local Heritage Museum | Smoke Cottage, Traditions &amp; Huttujuhla Celebration | Kes\u00e4lahti"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/#website","url":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/","name":"Visit Savonlinna","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"parent_company":569368,"source_id":"5572","source_url":"https:\/\/info.savonlinna.travel\/api\/find\/5572&language=en_GB","show_date":"2025-01-13T00:00:00Z","hide_date":"2026-09-13T00:00:00Z","images":"https:\/\/info.savonlinna.travel\/uploads\/IEDYHUFVXDDYH2OMRYWF4A8U9MA7A6ZE.jpg,https:\/\/info.savonlinna.travel\/uploads\/L2P7PXXZQNR42V3LAV8RPM1DL3V1FRHH.jpg","main_image":"https:\/\/info.savonlinna.travel\/uploads\/IEDYHUFVXDDYH2OMRYWF4A8U9MA7A6ZE.jpg","icl_translation_of":false,"icl_language_code":"en","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/visit_saimaa_product\/591093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/visit_saimaa_product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/visit_saimaa_product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"servicecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/servicecategory?post=591093"},{"taxonomy":"actioncategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actioncategory?post=591093"},{"taxonomy":"relatedcontent","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsavonlinna.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/relatedcontent?post=591093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}