The Sport Institute of Finland, an Olympic Training Centre and the official home base of every Finnish national ice hockey team. In January 2028 the hockey group games play here, and the resort is one of the main accommodation hubs for masters in every sport.
Vierumäki is where the Finnish national teams prepare. Two rinks, the Arena, a spa, gyms, a testing centre and four hotels inside one pine forest. Walk from your room to the rink in five minutes. Everything the team needs is on site, and the town of Heinola is ten minutes away.
The Sport Institute of Finland has trained coaches and athletes here since 1937. Today it is an Olympic Training Centre, a leisure resort and the busiest hockey campus in the country. For the Games it does two jobs: it runs the ice hockey group games, and it houses masters from every sport who want a resort week close to Lahti.
One sport on the ice, and a base for all of them. Vierumäki operates the hockey tournament end to end with the Heinola ice hall: group games here, finals in town.
Games sport
Ice Hockey 14–23 January 2028
Three waves of three days. Group games on the two Vierumäki rinks, play-offs and finals at the Heinola ice hall. Free familiarisation ice before each wave. Team age set by the youngest player.
Host city
Heinola Finals · disc golf · 10 min
Every hockey final and medal ceremony at the Heinola ice hall. Winter disc golf at Kippasuo. The town, the river and the spa.
Heinola page →All within a five-minute walk on the campus. Numbers refer to the campus map below.
Competition
Ice Sports · two rinks Map 5
The two rinks of the Sport Institute, home ice of the Finnish national teams. Group games of every wave, familiarisation ice, locker rooms and team storage.
Services
The Arena & sports hall Map 7 · 1
The dome and the sports hall: warm-up, team meetings, the Vierumäki service point and the team welcome evening. Gyms and the testing centre next door.
Recovery
Swimming pool & spa Map 27
Pools, saunas and the spa in the same building as the sports hall. Team recovery slots after the evening game, open to every accredited master and companion.
Vierumäki sits beside the Lahti–Heinola motorway. Games shuttles stop at Hotel Fennada on every game day, and coaches from Helsinki Airport come straight to the campus before each wave. Nearest railway station: Lahti.
5 Ice Sports · 7 Arena · 1 Sports Hall · 27 Swimming Pool & Spa · 35 Hotel Fennada and reception · 36 Sport Hotel Pihkala · 44 Country Club · 39 Valkjärvi saunas · 29 Frisbee golf.
Full map at vierumaki.fi ↗
Merch pre-orders are collected at the Vierumäki service point at Fennada or the Lahti Games Centre, whichever you reach first.
Picked with Vierumäki for a game week: short, on campus, and worth the evening.
01Lakeside saunas at Palmu, a hole in the ice, and the campfire hut. The Finnish evening, two hundred metres from the hotel.
Map 39 · every evening
02Ski and walking routes through the pines from the hotel door, lit sections for the dark hours. Recovery ski, Masters style.
Map 17 · from the hotelPools, saunas and the spa after the evening game. Day passes for companions and for masters staying elsewhere.
Map 27
04An 18-basket course on campus, snow on the fairways, and the walk round Valkjärvi and Suurijärvi when the light is good.
Map 29 · 1 hDinner at Restaurant V, the third period at Jatkoaika Bar. Country Club and Brasserie Rampsi by the golf course, Cafe Greeni for the morning.
Map 37 · 44 · 48Bookable experiences, spa passes and team tables appear in the Vierumäki marketplace once it opens. Prices and times from Vierumäki.
The night before wave 1, and again before waves 2 and 3: team captains' meeting, the familiarisation ice, then the Vierumäki welcome evening under the dome, linked live to the Opening Ceremony in Lahti on the 14th. Every final is in Heinola; every group night is here.
The questions we get about Vierumäki. Hockey rules and the wave programme are on the ice hockey page.
Cold and mostly dry. Expect −5 to −15 °C, colder on clear mornings, and about seven hours of daylight in Lahti. Lapland days are shorter. Pack for real winter and warm arenas.
At the Games Centre in Lahti or Levi (Alpine Skiers) before your first competition day. Opening times are published in 2027. One accreditation covers every host city and every sport you enter. Service points at the other venues are listed in the arrival guide.
No. Hotel, ice hall, Lake Pool, halls and restaurants are within a five-minute walk. Games shuttles run to the Lahti Games Centre every day and to Heinola on request. Parking is free if you do bring one.
Hotel rooms for comfort and the lake view, sport standard rooms for a team on one corridor, villas for a group under one roof. All are in the marketplace with Games cancellation terms and breakfast.
Vierumäki is about 30 km and 30 minutes from Lahti, Heinola about 35 km and 35 minutes. With your accreditation you travel Lahti–Heinola on local transport at a reduced rate, and a paid shuttle runs Lahti–Vierumäki–Heinola. Timetables and prices are published in 2027.
Yes. Vierumäki is one of the main accommodation hubs for the Games. Shuttles to the Lahti venues take about 25 minutes, and the resort week, spa and trails included, is what many masters from other sports come for.
Yes. Hotel guests have the pool and spa included; day passes cover everyone else. Trails, lakes and the frisbee golf course are open to all. Rink-side spectator areas are free.
Vierumäki leads the tournament on its own two rinks and at the Heinola ice hall, in co-operation with the organising committee, which handles registration, results, accreditation and medals. A Team Captains' Meeting is held on the arrival day before each wave, at the team's first venue.
Host city Heinola Every hockey final, winter disc golf at Kippasuo, the river and the spa. Ten minutes away. Heinola→
Host city Lahti Games centre. Eleven sports, the ceremonies, the Masters Village and every evening's celebration. Lahti→
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