Rosbacka is a working farm in Riipilä, in the city of Vantaa, Finland, that rents out three event spaces, a log sauna and farm lodging for up to 24 guests. Company meetings, team days, private parties and summer weddings are all organised here, for groups from 5 to about 80 people and up to 140 standing in the largest hall.
Seminars and company events
Companies can book a meeting room alone or a full meeting package. The half-day format runs from 8:00 to 12:00 or from 12:00 to 16:00 and includes a morning or afternoon snack, coffee and tea, a soup lunch and a farm tour of about 30 minutes. The full-day format runs from 8:00 to 16:00 with breakfast, soup lunch, afternoon coffee and, after lunch, a nature activity or craft session of about an hour. The minimum billing is 8 people, and groups above 20 people are quoted separately. A custom package can be requested.
Optional activities include nature escape games, a forest obstacle course and karaoke. The wood-heated log sauna, with a lounge, a dressing room with a fireplace and a hot tub on the terrace, can be added to an evening. Its benches seat up to 10 people.
Weddings and receptions
In summer, from May to September, the whole farm can be rented for a weekend from Friday to Sunday, with every party and lodging space included. Kuivuri seats 80 indoors and holds 140 standing, and tents can extend the area outdoors. Salakapakka is the indoor option from March to November. Parties can run until 02:00, although music in Kuivuri must stop at 23:30 while Salakapakka may continue until 02:00. Partner companies can supply catering, decoration and entertainment.
Rooms and capacities
Kuivuri is a renovated hay barn of about 140 square meters on two levels, with a flat lower floor of about 90 square meters. It has a modular stage, folding tables and chairs, tableware for 80 people, a bar counter with a dishwasher, a sound system with a mixer, a video projector with a screen, Wi-Fi and three toilets. It has no kitchen, it is open only in summer and it is not heated. Access is step-free through large double doors on both levels.
Salakapakka is a former horse stable with seating for about 40 people and two covered terraces that add 20 seats in summer. It has a fully equipped kitchen, a projector with a screen, a sound system with a microphone and tableware for 50. Sikalan Vintti, an upstairs room above the farm animals, takes about 20 people for meetings. For larger events the farm recommends renting Kuivuri and Salakapakka together, since the kitchen is in Salakapakka.
Accommodation
The farm sleeps up to 24 guests in three buildings. Vanha päätalo, the old main house, has three bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room and a bathroom and takes up to 8 guests all year. Sikalan Vintti is an open loft of about 70 square meters with 12 sleeping places, also available all year. Helga-aitta, a barn, has 4 beds and a small kitchen and is used in summer only.
History and setting
Rosbacka is a farm of about 150 years in the Riipilä district of Vantaa. The buildings are old farm structures, a hay barn, a stable and a log sauna of nearly 100 years, converted for gatherings. Animals still live on the farm, and group visits with animals can be added to a day.
Getting there
The address is Kalmarinmäentie 17, 01760 Vantaa. The farm is open by arrangement, and a large car can drive up to the Kuivuri doors.
