Servin mökki, known as Smökki, is a party hall for about 200 guests in the Teekkarikylä student village of Otaniemi, in Espoo. It suits seated dinners, student-style sitsit celebrations and other large private parties. The Aalto University Student Union (AYY) owns and rents it out, and the site states that weddings have been held here several times.
Seminars and company events
The venue is presented for celebrations, not for conferences. The official page describes a main hall, a smaller side room and a large kitchen, and it does not list projectors, screens or breakout rooms. A company that wants a staff party, an anniversary dinner or an alumni evening for up to about 200 people will find the format that the building is built for. Anyone planning a working seminar should ask first what the hall can offer in terms of equipment.
Bookings are made through the student union's room booking system. Users with Aalto credentials book directly. Everyone else sends a room booking request through a separate form, which is the route for outside organisers.
Weddings and receptions
The page says that several weddings have been held in Smökki. The Otaniemi Chapel stands about 150 meters away, so a ceremony and a reception can be held within walking distance. The building is approved as a licensed serving area. A holder of an alcohol serving license can use the hall for that purpose when needed. The cloakroom in the entrance hall takes about 100 people.
Rooms and capacities
The main hall is the central space. It holds about 200 people for a sitsit dinner or a similar celebration. The hall has a sound system and a small mixing desk. Only the general rules of use limit the volume inside the hall, and hosts are asked to keep the level reasonable all evening because people live nearby.
The side room is called the Aquarium. Large windows with dark curtains separate it from the hall. It is normally the back room for events and the place where spare tables and chairs are kept. It can also serve as a quieter side room or as a space for a small after-party. It has two tall refrigerators.
The terrace of the building can be reached without steps from the outside.
Catering
The kitchen is a modernized commercial kitchen. It has a convection oven, two large cooking pots, a griddle, a dishwasher and a coffee maker. Cold storage consists of a cold room and a freezer room, plus several smaller cooling units. About ten people can cook at the same time.
For safety reasons the kitchen may only be used under the supervision of someone who has completed the student union's kitchen course, or by a professional such as a catering company. A host who has taken the course can apply through a form on the page, and AYY runs a few such courses each year. The kitchen can also be booked on its own, without the hall, as long as the noise does not disturb a group using the hall.
Opening hours and access
A night-use permit can be requested through a separate form and is charged separately. It extends the booking until 5 a.m., but the sound system stops working at 2 a.m. The event must end early enough for the space to be cleaned and empty by 5 a.m.
Getting there
The address is Jämeräntaival 4, 02150 Espoo, in the middle of the Teekkarikylä student village. The entrance is step-free and there is an accessible toilet. The page recommends arriving along the slope from the parking lot side, which is wider and gentler than the other approach.
