Utran Uittotupa

Joensuu, Finland · Meetings · Weddings

Six spaces for 10 to 500 guests on the Pielisjoki riverbank in Joensuu, with sauna and covered arena

Hire a 150-guest hall, a 96 m² seminar room, a riverside pavilion, a wood-heated sauna or a covered 500-seat arena. Meetings, TYHY days, dinners and weddings, with catering to order, 6 km from central Joensuu.

Largest room: 150
With outdoor spaces: 500
Event spaces: 6
Ballroom or dance floor: Yes

Event spaces

Ahjoup to 30108 m², 10 to 30 people, former art workshop, small dinners
Sorvaamoup to 150130 m², 20 to 150, parquet dance floor, 120 seated or 140 without dance floor
Varppaajaup to 8096 m², 20 to 80, seminars or seated dinner, can join Sorvaamo
Saunaup to 20wood-heated, 10 to 20 people, licensed serving area
Rantapaviljonkiup to 2022 m² indoors for 20, covered terrace 10, jetty 20
Uittoareenaup to 500covered outdoor arena, 500 seats, stage 8 x 14 x 6 m

Getting there and practical details

Neighborhood: Utra, on the Pielisjoki river, 6 km from central Joensuu

Utran Uittotupa is an event and party site on the bank of the Pielisjoki river in Joensuu, Finland. Companies and private clients can rent six indoor and outdoor spaces that hold from 10 to 500 people, for seminars, strategy days, corporate dinners, Christmas parties and weddings. The venue also runs concerts, festivals and summer theater, so the production team is used to technical events of all sizes.

Seminars and company events

The official site lists meeting services, a representation format for business receptions, and a TYHY day, a team recreation day that uses the sauna as one stage. Varppaaja (96 m²) can be set for a seminar or a seated dinner for up to 80. Sorvaamo (130 m²) is the main hall and can host a larger meeting. Rantapaviljonki, a riverside pavilion, seats 20 inside and suits strategy days and small meetings. Sorvaamo, Varppaaja and Rantapaviljonki have wifi, a video projector and screen, and a sound system. Varppaaja is listed with a computer and two flip charts, and the other rooms can have them on request. Uittoareena, a covered outdoor arena with 500 seats, serves concerts, seminars and stand-up shows.

Weddings and receptions

The site lists weddings as a service, and the main building's interior is described as easy to adapt to a wedding. Sorvaamo seats 120 with a parquet dance floor, or up to 140 without it. Varppaaja can join Sorvaamo for groups over 150. The team can plan the whole day, including menu ideas and the program, or leave the couple to manage parts of it.

Rooms and capacities

Ahjo, a former art workshop of 108 m², takes 10 to 30 people. Sorvaamo, 130 m², takes 20 to 150. Varppaaja, 96 m², takes 20 to 80. The wood-heated sauna takes 10 to 20 people, with a licensed serving area and a hot tub on separate order. Rantapaviljonki has 22 m² indoors for 20 people, a covered terrace for 10 and a jetty for 20. Uittoareena has a stage of 8 by 14 meters and 6 meters high, a covered grandstand and eight boxes for 80 people in total.

Catering

Catering is arranged to order. It is served in the rooms or, for Uittoareena events, in a tent. Ahjo can work as a food pickup point. For arena events the venue also offers security, parking guidance and food and interval service. A sauna and three-course dinner package is also on the program.

History and setting

The yard grew out of a log-driving lodge. Log drivers, machine-shop workers and blacksmiths worked here, and the site keeps a tradition of handcrafts and respect for the North Karelian landscape. The buildings stand in the Utra district of Joensuu.