Come and enjoy lunch with your group in an enchanting cultural landscape and let the Silent People work their magic. Taste the delicious flavours of local food served at the Meadow Cottage restaurant. Feel the magic and power of the Silent People and find the reason, why these 900 figures are there in the middle of nowhere. Hear the story of the Silent People and share touching moments by the hostess of the Meadow cottage restaurant. Moments that you never forget. We have a room for 80 people in Meadow Cottage all year round Our Café-Restaurant is also nominated as Tastefull Countryside -company of the year 2020 in Kainuu region. We have also GreenKey sertificate and Visit Finland STF (Sustainable Finland) padge.
Programme description
The Silent People’s Niittykahvila Café and Niittytupa Restaurant – a Must-Visit Experience for Groups
In the heart of Kainuu’s beautiful nature, right along Highway 5, awaits an unforgettable stop: The Silent People, accompanied by the welcoming Meadow Café and the cozy Niittytupa Restaurant.
For group tours, the site offers a unique combination of art, nature, and local flavors. The hundreds of peat-headed figures of the Silent People evoke emotions and create a memorable photo opportunity. The visit is perfectly complemented by a traditional coffee break with fresh pastries at the Niittykahvila Café or a delicious local food buffet at Niittytupa Restaurant.
Why bring your group to the Silent People’s Meadow Café and Niittytupa Restaurant?
Convenient location directly on the main route
Tailored services for groups: coffee breaks, lunches, and dinners. At the same time, you’ll hear the incredible and touching origin story of the Silent People and the entire place
Local Kainuu specialties and unique treats, such as pancakes made over an open fire on summer time
An unforgettable cultural and nature experience in one stop
This is a place where your group can take a breath along the journey, enjoy authentic local tastes, and share touching moments together.
Programme information
PlaceThe Silent People Niittykahvila Café, Viitostie 547, Suomussalmi Finland
Person:Summer season May-October: Min. 15 person
Winter season November-April: Min. 30 person
Ritva Huttunen +358 50 3620 609 or ritva.huttunen@kuutamokeikat.fi
Duration1, 5 hour
Detailed programme
Lunch: Price list €/person Winter 2025-2026
Winter season, November-April, min. 30 persons, max 80 persons
30-34 persons €36,90
35-39 persons €35,50
40 + persons €33,90
Summer season, May-October 2026
Minimum 15 persons, max 80 persons €16,30
Embrace of Mother Nature Lunch Buffet
Our lunch buffet celebrates local flavors – fresh fish, seasonal vegetables, organic house bread, and summer herbs from our own garden. Guests rave about our creamy smoked salmon soup, often called the best in the world, while wild forest berries crown the meal with a deliciously rich finish.
Good to know
The environment in the field, in the middle of the nature, is present in our everyday work. It gives us boundary condition to honor and protect it and it`s a source of endless inspiration.We are one little part of a wonderful ecosystem. Cherishing that precious life, is our main principle.
We help to progress of local economy by selling local handicrafts and nature and organic products. The carbon footprint of our food, based on old haymaking tradition,is small. All ingredients comes from neighborhood and in summertime even from the field around the cottage.All our dishes are recycled, we use wooden salad plates and our pancakes are served on a shingle. Coffee spoons are made of the willow, which grows on the field. We don´t use any plastic in service process.
These little things shows us that we are in the right way. We continue expanding the Sustainable process by being involved in Visit Finland´s Sustainable Travel program. As a credit and appreciation of the work we done in the field of Sustainable development, Visit Finland has granted us Sustainable Travel -badge in June 2020.
You can also show your commitment and sign Sustainable Finland Pledge at
https://www.visitfinland.com/sustainable-finland-pledge
We have also been granted the key flag symbol as a sign of Finnish work.
GreenKey sertificate has been also granted for us
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