Metsähallitus Parks & Wildlife Finland has sold the Yllästunturi Visitor Centre Kellokas property to Markus Heikkilä and Mikko Saari. Saari acquired his share through his family’s investment company. The new owners plan to lease premises to businesses and other operators and to develop Kellokas into a lively and versatile place serving both local residents and visitors.
The sale includes a plot of more than one hectare as well as the visitor centre, an accommodation and maintenance building, the log building that has housed the Logging Museum, and storage facilities. The new owners will take possession of the property in February 2027. The purchase price was EUR 730,000.
“We know the Ylläs area well and want to develop Kellokas into a versatile and vibrant place that serves local residents, businesses and visitors alike. Our aim is to offer premises at Kellokas for rent to a wide range of businesses and other operators. The property offers flexible spaces suitable for many different purposes, and they can be adapted to meet tenants’ needs if necessary. We are open to new ideas and encourage businesses and other operators looking for commercial or office space in the Ylläs area to get in touch with us,” says Markus Heikkilä from Muonio, one of the new owners.
“It is great that Kellokas will have active new owners. The property attracted considerable interest, and there were several serious prospective buyers. We selected the buyers through a careful selection process. In addition to an acceptable purchase offer, we required the prospective buyers to submit an operational and development plan for the future of Kellokas,” says Tero Juhola, Property Manager at Metsähallitus Parks & Wildlife Finland.
Restaurant and bike rental remain open at Kellokas, hiking information and advice available on Luontoon.fi
Metsähallitus customer service at Kellokas ended at the beginning of November. The exhibition presenting the area’s nature will be removed by the end of January 2027. Metsähallitus will remain a tenant at Kellokas and will continue to use office space and part of the maintenance building.
The restaurant and bike rental business operating as tenants at Kellokas remain open. The current tenants are expected to continue their operations on the premises.
Information and advice for hiking and outdoor recreation in Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park will be available through the Luontoon.fi service, which has been developed to provide information to visitors regardless of their location. Rental huts can be booked through the Eräluvat.fi service.
“The role of Metsähallitus Parks & Wildlife Finland is to ensure that people in Finland and visitors to the country continue to have good opportunities to enjoy nature. We maintain trails and hiking infrastructure in national parks and develop our customer service to meet the needs of hikers and other outdoor enthusiasts,” says Elias Haapakorva, Director of Customer Relations at Metsähallitus Parks & Wildlife Finland.
More information
- Pallas–Yllästunturi National Park (luontoon.fi)
- Luontopalvelujen rakennuskannan kehittäminen (In Finnish)
- Sale of the Kellokas Property, Property Manager Tero Juhola, tel. 040 670 6406, Metsähallitus Parks & Wildlife Finland
- New owners of the Kellokas property: Markus Heikkilä, tel. 045 195 9270 and Mikko Saari tel. 040 5636 438