HOLIDAY HOME SURKEENJÄRVI

A guaranteed atmosphere and warm welcome awaits you at Surkeenjärvi, a holiday home and a farm. The accommodation in the redecorated farmhouse is both affordable and enjoyable. The hearty farm food melts in your mouth and other activities according to your wishes make the most of you come again. Birthday parties and other family celebrations are our speciality. Do ask for our offer!

Peaceful nature, genuine experiences

Enjoy the countryside Yourself!
Holiday home Surkeenjärvi has provided accommodation and meals for the guests over 20 years in the heart of the Finnish countryside. You are welcome to join us for a relaxing, exciting, activity-filled holiday. We also offer a catering service and perfect surroundings for your all family celebrations.

Location: Holiday home Surkeenjärvi is situated in the Moksi village, 22 kilometres from the rural town Korpilahti and 40 kilometres from Jyväskylä.

Accomodation: We offer accommodation in two houses at the farm and in two self-catering cottages further away. The total amount of beds is 60 in the summer and 40 in the winter.

Food: The farm hostess cooks delicious full-board meals and party caterings. In the old farm-house there is a fully equipped kitchen at the guests disposal.

Activities at the barnyard
The barnyard bustles with varieties of activity. You can observe the children in their play while relaxing in the garden swing, or volleyball on our own court. Lax can be caught in the pond, and later prepared for dinner. At the summertime there are many small farm animals and pets around. The duck pond is busy with quaks and chucks. The old storehouse on the yard is converted to summer kitchen with a wood stove, fireplace and refrigerator. Sausages can be grilled on an open fire and pancakes baked. There even exists a small dance-floor for parties.

The Surkeejärvi lake is situated 400 metres from the farm. You can swim at a good, sandy beach, or borrow the boat for a rowing or angling trip. The lax pond doubles as a skating ring at wintertime, and a perfect sliding slope can be found in the near vicinity.

Routes for hickers
The Central Finland county trail goes trough the farm providing good hiking and cross-country skiing possibilities. Own, shorter skiing routes are kept in good condition the whole winter. There are three sheds with fireplaces within a short walking distance from the farm. A snowmobile route also passes nearby. In the summertime you can borrow a bicycle and get to know the idyllic life of a Finnish village.

Additional entertainment
One of the storehouses is nowadays a small peasant museum, where you can find for example a pair of wood skies or a butter churn. If requested, the massager living in the neigbourhood can pay a visit. The farm uses wood chips for warming the houses, and you can familiarise yourself with this natural option.

Village life
The annual activities at the holiday home, the Moksi school house and village hall are plentiful, and the guests are welcomed to take part in these occasions. Sliding Sunday in February, Mother's Day Lunch in May, summer dances, summer festivals, The Thousand Lakes Rally, Father's Day Lunch in November and Christmas Market are the most important ones.

Day trips:
* Riihivuori (28 kilometres) and Himos (40 kilometres) are popular downhill skiing resorts
* Sauna-museum in Muurame 
* Old wood church in Petäjävesi 
* Vaaruvuori nature reserve with its nature trails 
* Several museums, Garden Centre Viherlandia and many others in Jyväskylä (40 km)

How to find us
Driving the road E63 northwards, when you reach Korpilahti take the left turn by ST 1 -petrol station towards Petäjävesi. After 8 kilometres, turn left to Moksi. Drive along appr. 12 kilometres. Turn right when you see the sign Surkee and follow the road for 1,5 kilometres. Welcome!

Accommodation with the right atmosphere
The heart of the farm is the main building. The kitchen is hostess' realm, and she prepares the most delicious meals for bed&breakfast visitors and full-boarders alike. The big dining room accommodates 60 people at once. The homy livingroom with a fireplace and TV, sauna, washroom, terrace and playroom for kids are situated downstears. The total of six bedrooms both up- and downstairs have beds for fourteen guests.

The old main building is in the immediate vicinity. Old log walls and the large wood hearth give the greatroom its unique character. Four bedrooms up- and downstairs accommodate twelve guests. There is naturally WC and shower in the house. The old greatroom suits brilliantly for smaller weddings and other family occasions.

Cowshed is changed. It is changed a lot! Upstairs there is now a beautiful hall for any kind of celebrations. Decorations of the hall will be changed following the atmosphere. There is room for 100 guests in the hall. The hall suits also for larger meetings. Smaller meetings untill 30 participants can be held in meeting room donwnstairs. We have modern audio-visual aids for your meetings.

Cottage in the forest - Riihipiilo ("drying barn hideout")
Riihipiilo is located a bit further away from the main farmyard. The former drying barn is converted into a log cabin, and it serves as a perfect hideout for those looking for privacy. The spacious cottage accommodates two families easily. There is a living room with a fireplace, kitchen with modern equipment, sauna with washroom and comfortable beds for eight. Some people have seen the very shy barn elf which protects the building too...

A miserable story, but true
"During the Swedish-Russian war in early 1700 century a priest was murdered by drowning him into a lake nearby here. Thereafter the lake was called Surkeejärvi (= miserable lake) and the nearest farm got the name Surkee (=miserable) too." 
When the first guests arrived at 1981, the farm was called Holiday home Surkee. Now it is changed a little: Holiday home Surkeenjärvi. 
Putting the name aside, you can have the most enjoyable holiday there...

Welcome!
Mari-Anne and Juha Ahonen

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