Littoisten Työväentalo, a workers' hall of 1909 in Littoinen on the border of Kaarina and Lieto in Finland, is hired out for weddings, birthdays, dances and other private gatherings of up to 150 seated guests. Organisers can bring their own food and drink.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are the first use the hall lists. The festive hall seats 150 and the courtyard around the building gives room for outdoor moments, so a wedding party can be large or small. The building is more than a hundred years old and stands in a historic setting close to Lake Littoisten. The hall can also be booked for winter use, which is useful for couples and families planning outside the summer season.
Seminars and company events
The hall is not presented as a corporate venue. It describes itself as suited to many kinds of events, indoors all year and with a courtyard outside, for large or small groups. A company wanting a party, a staff dinner or an informal gathering outside the office can ask about it. There is also a meeting room, but the site says it is offered to local associations for meetings and short events, so confirm before planning a business meeting there.
Rooms and capacities
The main space is the festive hall with 150 seats. For dances the site mentions a floor of about 800 square meters, with room for a band, suited to traditional dance evenings such as waltz, humppa, foxtrot and jenkka. The building also has fireplace rooms, a kitchen, an entrance hall and a caretaker's apartment, and a cafe wing completed in 1939.
Booking terms
Hire is by the day or by the weekend. A day runs from noon to 1 a.m. from Sunday to Thursday, and from noon to 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. A full weekend runs from noon on Friday to noon on Sunday. Extra hours can be added, with a two-hour minimum. White tablecloths can be rented with the booking. A booking fee is paid within a week of confirmation and is not refunded if the event is cancelled, and the renter is responsible for any damage or missing items.
Catering
There is no in-house catering. The hall allows hirers to bring their own food and drinks, so you can choose a caterer or cook yourselves, using the building's kitchen.
History and setting
The Littoinen workers' association first held its parties in the reading room of the nearby cloth mill. After the mill owner ended that arrangement, the association built its own house. Construction began in 1906 and the house opened in 1909, with the kitchen and entrance first, then the hall and fireplace rooms, and finally the cafe wing in 1939. In 1962 the association leased the house to the Littoinen workers' sports club, which looked after it, repaired it and rented it out for decades, mostly through volunteer work. The annual Littoinen market is held in its courtyard. Littoinen church stands nearby on the hill, close to the old cloth mill.
Getting there
Use the address Vuorikuja 7, 20660 Littoinen in maps and navigation, as the site recommends. Littoinen lies on the border of Kaarina and Lieto, near Turku. The site does not describe parking or public transport.
