{"id":827,"date":"2023-03-24T10:45:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T08:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/niittykahvila.web130.webhotelli.fi\/?page_id=827"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:38:22","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Niittykahvila Cafe of the Silent People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"slider-wrapper relative\" id=\"slider-2086143771\" >\n    <div class=\"slider slider-nav-simple slider-nav-large slider-nav-light slider-style-normal slider-show-nav\"\n        data-flickity-options='{\n            \"cellAlign\": \"center\",\n            \"imagesLoaded\": true,\n            \"lazyLoad\": 1,\n            \"freeScroll\": false,\n            \"wrapAround\": true,\n            \"autoPlay\": 5000,\n            \"pauseAutoPlayOnHover\" : false,\n            \"prevNextButtons\": true,\n            \"contain\" : true,\n            \"adaptiveHeight\" : true,\n            \"dragThreshold\" : 10,\n            \"percentPosition\": true,\n            \"pageDots\": false,\n            \"rightToLeft\": false,\n            \"draggable\": false,\n            \"selectedAttraction\": 0.1,\n            \"parallax\" : 0,\n            \"friction\": 0.6        }'\n        >\n        \n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_216724872\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill bg-loaded \" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-638382666\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-215683751\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3498551968\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h1>Unforgettable place for break<\/h1>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3498551968 {\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-3498551968 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_216724872 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  min-height: 720px;\n}\n#section_216724872 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);\n}\n#section_216724872 .section-bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Slider_1-scaled.jpg);\n}\n#section_216724872 .section-bg {\n  background-position: 50% 100%;\n}\n#section_216724872 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_216724872 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1288376456\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill bg-loaded \" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-639624925\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-960954667\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1845141383\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h1>We serve groups around all year<\/h1>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1845141383 {\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-1845141383 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1288376456 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  min-height: 720px;\n}\n#section_1288376456 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);\n}\n#section_1288376456 .section-bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_45.png);\n}\n#section_1288376456 .section-bg {\n  background-position: 50% 75%;\n}\n#section_1288376456 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_1288376456 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n     <\/div>\n\n     <div class=\"loading-spin dark large centered\"><\/div>\n\n     \t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1792548656\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1792548656 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-2087388219\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-296393873\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-361860140\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h2 class=\"alt-font\">Welcome To<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-361860140 {\n  color: rgb(204, 153, 102);\n}\n#text-361860140 > * {\n  color: rgb(204, 153, 102);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">Niittykahvila<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Niittykahvila Cafe of the Silent People offers an unforgettable experience for all motorists driving along Highway 5. If you need a cup of coffee between Suomussalmi and Kuusamo, this is the place to visit! Come and taste our proper fire-brewed, kettle coffee and delicious butter-baked Finnish crepes.We offer travellers a unique opportunity to travel back in time. Back to when haymaking took weeks and labourers slept in the barn. In our accessible facilities, it&#8217;s easy to come in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now, we are waiting for a new summer season, but in our Niittytupa- restaurang your group can have lunches, you can have your family parties and so on all year round.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_950164315\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hiljainen-Kansa2_Sanna-Kalmari-nettisivu-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hiljainen-Kansa2_Sanna-Kalmari-nettisivu-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hiljainen-Kansa2_Sanna-Kalmari-nettisivu-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hiljainen-Kansa2_Sanna-Kalmari-nettisivu-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hiljainen-Kansa2_Sanna-Kalmari-nettisivu-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_950164315 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"max-width:1280px\" id=\"row-364279126\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1124651565\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_452669152\">\n\t\t<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/en\/niittykahvila-cafe\/\"  >\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_452669152 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2900335770\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h4><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><a style=\"color: #222222;\" href=\"http:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/en\/niittykahvila-cafe\/\">Niittykahvila<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a5a5a5;\"><a style=\"color: #a5a5a5;\" href=\"http:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/en\/niittykahvila-cafe\/\">You can find Niittykahvila Cafe of the Silent People on the shoulder of the road by an old hayfield where the clothes of the peat-headed figures flap in the wind and where the wafting aromas of fire-brewed coffee invite you in.<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2900335770 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-763105815\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_4861421\">\n\t\t<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/en\/niittytupa-restaurant\/\"  >\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:67%;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/yo-pirtti.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/yo-pirtti.jpg 960w, https:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/yo-pirtti-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_4861421 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1153579609\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h4><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><a style=\"color: #222222;\" href=\"http:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/en\/niittytupa-restaurant\/\">Niittytupa<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a5a5a5;\"><a style=\"color: #a5a5a5;\" href=\"http:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/en\/niittytupa-restaurant\/\">Niittykahvila Cafe can now provide service to travellers with a wider range of needs and in any weather thanks to our new Meadow Cottage.<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1153579609 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-69950615\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1519602826\">\n\t\t<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/en\/the-silent-people\/\"  >\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1519602826 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-4047737362\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h4><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><a style=\"color: #222222;\" href=\"http:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/en\/the-silent-people\/\">The Silent People<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a5a5a5;\"><a style=\"color: #a5a5a5;\" href=\"http:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/en\/the-silent-people\/\">Almost a thousand silent people appear as a sudden sight to those who are driving by. These Hay heads are created by Reijo Kela, is located 30 km to north from Suomussalmi.<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-4047737362 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-86267207\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-86267207 {\n  padding-top: 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section dark\" id=\"section_439984402\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill bg-loaded \" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-1019312061\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-302472912\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-658344300\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Icon_1.png\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-658344300 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1219116964\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1219116964 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2881089985\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3 class=\"alt-font\">Ritva Huttunen used to look at the Silent People and travellers hitting their brakes while driving along Highway 5.<\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2881089985 {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-2881089985 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1790027250\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1790027250 {\n  padding-top: 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"#story-of-niittykahvila\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button primary is-underline\"  >\n    <span>Story of Niittykahvila<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-302472912 > .col-inner {\n  margin: 0px 0px -45px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_439984402 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  min-height: 600px;\n}\n#section_439984402 .section-bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tausta_1.png);\n}\n#section_439984402 .section-bg {\n  background-position: 50% 0%;\n}\n#section_439984402 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_439984402 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1425150020\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1425150020 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-640363248\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1170131732\" class=\"col medium-10 small-12 large-10\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1016832840\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h2 class=\"alt-font\">Experiences<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1016832840 {\n  color: #cc9966;\n}\n#text-1016832840 > * {\n  color: #cc9966;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-22341404\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-22341404 {\n  padding-top: 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"slider-wrapper relative\" id=\"slider-183708190\" >\n    <div class=\"slider slider-nav-dots-simple slider-nav-simple slider-nav-large slider-nav-dark slider-style-normal slider-show-nav\"\n        data-flickity-options='{\n            \"cellAlign\": \"center\",\n            \"imagesLoaded\": true,\n            \"lazyLoad\": 1,\n            \"freeScroll\": false,\n            \"wrapAround\": true,\n            \"autoPlay\": 5000,\n            \"pauseAutoPlayOnHover\" : false,\n            \"prevNextButtons\": false,\n            \"contain\" : true,\n            \"adaptiveHeight\" : true,\n            \"dragThreshold\" : 10,\n            \"percentPosition\": true,\n            \"pageDots\": true,\n            \"rightToLeft\": false,\n            \"draggable\": true,\n            \"selectedAttraction\": 0.1,\n            \"parallax\" : 0,\n            \"friction\": 0.6        }'\n        >\n        \n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-144341886\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1924991523\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-10\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 125%;\"><em>\u201dA clean, cozy place and worth of visiting. Delicious buns and warm customer service. A small boutique with local products, good takeaways from along the way.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-1925452656\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-228884695\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 125%;\"><em>\u201dA wonderful resting place. A pot of soot coffee and crepes with raspberry jam or reindeer filling will crown the day better.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-2094529890\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2008785764\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-10\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 125%;\"><em>\u201dTasty salmon soup, it takes your tongue away and the crapes melt in your mouth, and what a wonderful environment, it&#8217;s worth of push the brakes and experience this taste.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-1994988262\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1231333038\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 125%;\"><em>\u201dCozy, atmosphere, wonderful when we was leaving and everything was covered in blue twilight and the silent people were illuminated.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-316491248\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1665932668\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-9\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 125%;\"><em>\u201dThank you very much for a memorable moment at Niittykahvila! Your song will stay in our minds as a beautiful memory, history also like a string of pearls. You crowned our journey, refreshed our minds; we wish a blessing for you wonderful person.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-1935576930\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-16096706\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-10\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 125%;\"><em>\u201dI had never been in the nature of Kainuu or the Silent People, and I was genuinely left with the feeling that I can&#8217;t be the same as I was after this experience. The nature was so beautiful in a very special way.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n     <\/div>\n\n     <div class=\"loading-spin dark large centered\"><\/div>\n\n     \t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-1568093564\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-201622834\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-4125589116\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h2 class=\"alt-font\">We are open 2026<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-4125589116 {\n  color: #cc9966;\n}\n#text-4125589116 > * {\n  color: #cc9966;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-666995803\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-666995803 {\n  padding-top: 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3469223380\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u00a03.6. &#8211; 21.9. at 10 &#8211; 17<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3469223380 {\n  color: rgb(34, 34, 34);\n}\n#text-3469223380 > * {\n  color: rgb(34, 34, 34);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-346578012\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-346578012 {\n  padding-top: 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p>Embrace of Mother Nature Lunch every day from 18th of June until 9th of August. Pleace make a reservation in advance if you have a group more than 10 person.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1988211823\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1988211823 {\n  padding-top: 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3145283890\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Viitostie 547<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">89600, Suomussalmi<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Call +358 <a href=\"tel:050 362 0609\">50 362 0609<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3145283890 {\n  color: rgb(34, 34, 34);\n}\n#text-3145283890 > * {\n  color: rgb(34, 34, 34);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1153698497\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1153698497 {\n  padding-top: 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"http:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/en\/contacts\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button primary\"  >\n    <span>Ask offer for your group<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-852331542\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; 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The artwork of <span style=\"color: #666666;\"><strong>Reijo Kela<\/strong><\/span> surely makes you want to hit the brakes, and it became clear that people travelling along Highway 5 wanted to explore it further.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>During the cafe\u2019s first summer, Ritva set up a tent in the field, lit a fire, made a few cups of fire-roasted kettle coffee and offered rusks to the first of her first customers. Years went by and the smoke coming from the fire signalled that Niittykahvila Cafe was open to all travellers.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-231437225\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-231437225 {\n  padding-top: 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_300151014\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"481\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/niittykahvila.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_300151014 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-234494272\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-234494272 {\n  padding-top: 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p>As the number of customers grew, so did the cafe. 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