Lahti Tourist Traps

The cafeteria is small and too crowded to serve all the hungry cold spectators. Also they will rip you off with the prices.

Unique Suggestions: Take with you food & drinks, fruits and sandwiches to the competition. You do not want to pay over priced and queue all day long for coffee or something.

The Sibelius Hall with a sound like an instrument
Some people say a wooden building can never have decent acoustics. One place that has been proving them wrong since it opened in spring 2000 is the Lahti Symphony's home, Sibelius Hall. As far as we know, it is the only completely wooden concert hall in the world. Immediately after the first performance there, the critics praised it as the best in Finland and after the acoustics had been fine-tuned in the course of last year, Sibelius Hall was being talked of in Finland and elsewhere as one of Europe's finest concert halls.

City of Culture, Sports and Events

Lahti Symphony Orchestra has become internationally famous for its interpretations of Sibelius music. Sibelius Hall, the new wooden congress and concert centre by the lake shore opened in March 2000.

Lahti City Theatre has specialized in music drama. Anna Karenina, a grand musical based on Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece, had world premiére in September 2000.

The Radio and TV Museum, Skiing Museum and Poster Museum are some of the numerous museums in Lahti. Lahti as A Radio City.

Many regular culture events take place in the Lahti region, for example the Lahti Jazz Festival, Lahti International Organ Festival, Lahti International Writers Reunion, Poster Exhibition and the Pyhäniemi Summer Art Exhibition.