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the best recreational fishing destinations
is Särkinen, near Vuokatinhovi . Vuokatti Sports Institute’s clear waters and
plentiful fish attract fishermen year-round. Fishermen (aged 18-64) need to pay a state fishing license fee. The easiest way is online. A license is required for each place that
you intend to fish. Licences for Vuokatti waters can be purchased in Vuokatinhovi, Vuokatin Sports Institute, Break Sokos Hotel Vuokatti, Vuokatti Travel, GoVuokatti and Vuokatti Safari offices.
RIDE ICELANDIC HORSES
Icelandic horses at Kainuun Vaellustalli will be happy to take you for a ride. Born and raised in the stable, they are well trained, quiet and comfortable in natural surrounds. They will take you through the forests and hills, with the route selected according to participant’s riding skills. Previous riding experience is not compulsory, provided you are at least 12 years old. All participants
are given basic training and necessary equipment for all weather conditions.
THEATRES & CONCERTS
Everything for theatre-lovers is available within 30 minutes’ drive of Vuokatti.
The only professional theatre in Kainuu province is the City Theatre of Kajaani, which works in co-operation with Oulu regional theatre, giving the performances in regional municipalities. Every year Kajaani theatre presents 5 premiers, two presenting
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the work of local theatres. Kuhmo, another neighbouring town, is famous for numerous cultural events, including the popular Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in July, with concerts in Vuokatti as part of its three-week programme.
TWO VILLAGE CHURCHES
The Lutheran church of Sotkamo represents the neo-gothic style of the later
Renaissance. Designed by Oldenburg, the wooden church was built in the 1860s during the Great Famine, opening its doors in 1870. The altarpiece representing the Resurrection of Christ was painted by Severi Falkman. Sotkamo Orthodox Churchs (Church of The Protection of the Mother
of God) situated at the cemetery near Rauhantie was built in 1961, a project of Teuvo Alapeuso, becoming a church in 1986.
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Rci AFFiLiATEd RESORT in VUOKATTi, FinLAnd
Holiday club Katinkulta #2247
On-site there is an 18- hole golf-course and outdoor tennis courts as well as an indoor leisure centre with sauna, poolworld, tennis, squash and badminton courts, golf practice range, children’s play and games rooms, restaurants and bars.
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