“The most important thing is the encounter. It’s about giving people time. Just being there and listening. It’s very authentic. There are no pre-set treatment goals or...
Meet Lapinlahti people: Miisa Mondolin
Miisa Mondolin spent the summer of 2025 completing an internship at Lapinlahden Lähde. She had become familiar with the area through her therapy visits. She fell in love with...
Meet Lapinlahti people: Miia Pikulinsky
This time on ‘Meet Lapinlahti people’, we meet Miia Pikulinsky, the project manager of the Pro Lapinlahti Mental Health Association’s crisis support...
Meet Lapinlahti people: Nikoza Suokas
"Lapinlahti is nice to come to. It's a lovely place, cosy and friendly. I wish people would come and discover Lapinlahti," says Nikoza Suokas.
Meet Lapinlahti people: Jaana Järvinen
"I was studying to become a community nurse and together with my fellow students I participated in the Muuri demonstration in May 2000 in defence of Lapinlahti Hospital. There...
Meet Lapinlahti people: Katri Lento
"Every time I visit Lapinlahti, I get the feeling that this is such a wonderful place that I should visit more often."
Meet Lapinlahti people: Iryna Naumova
– I would like to help to make more people aware of this place and come and visit. Lapinlahti is a great place, and it offers a lot of free activities for people of all ages and...
Meet Lapinlahti people: Saara Hornig
In such a life situation, returning to work is really much smoother and more pleasant when there is trust, understanding and humanity.
Meet Lapinlahti people: Kasper Muttonen
"Lapinlahti is a unique place in Finland in terms of its atmosphere and historical milieu."
Meet Lapinlahti Dogs: Alma and Assi
The colourful community of Lapinlahden Lähde has two loyal and beloved members who have been rooted in local life from an early age on.
Meet Lapinlahti people: Anna Kobierska
In the middle of the bustle of the city, Lapinlahti has felt like a peaceful oasis, even though the uncertain future of the place has been causing turmoil beneath the surface.
Meet Lapinlahti Dogs: Irmeli
In the Meet Lapinlahti Dogs series we get to meet the tail-waggers who are enjoying their time in Lapinlahti. Dogs are welcome in Lapinlahti!
Irmeli is a well-being officer...
Meet Lapinlahti people: Eva-Liisa Kajas, Kristina Pappila, Irma Pillai, Marja Halla-Seppälä and Helena Lahtinen
Cheerful chatter echoes through the hallways of Lapinlahden Lähde, when Eeva-Liisa Kajas, Kristina Pappila, Irma “Ippa” Pillai, Marja “Maiju”...
Meet Lapinlahti people: Tiina Törö
Have you ever noticed a grey-haired woman sitting in Café Lähde with a sign in front of her that says “Saa istua seuraksi”? (Sit down with me) Tiina Törö is a...
Meet Lapinlahti people: Inka-Aletta
How long have you been a volunteer, and how did you end up volunteering?
I’ve been a volunteer at Café Lähde for almost two years. Before this, I did a six-month work...
Meet Lapinlahti people: Esa Sammallahti
Those who go out in the mornings in Lapinlahti may rub their eyes every now and then when they look out to sea and see a swimmer there, almost regardless of the weather....
Meet Lapinlahti people: osteopath Anneli Talvitie
“It’s lovely to take care of people in such a healthy atmosphere”.
This is said by Anneli Talvitie, an osteopath working in Lapinlahti, whom many...
Meet Lapinlahti people: artist Sanna Saastamoinen-Barrois
I needed a workshop in the city in addition to my atelier in Nuuksio, and a good friend gave a tip about a free space in Lapinlahti. Now I’ve had a studio in Aleksis Kivi...

















