Products and sellers
Kuopio WIne festival goes Christmas Market
Welcome to enjoy the Christmas spirit in the heart of Kuopio!
At the Christmas Market, delicious flavors, a warm atmosphere, and a hint of wine festival vibes come together.
Join us for winter treats and drinks that bring the aromas of Christmas close.
We also sell wine festival tickets!
Taste experiences at the Christmas Market:
- Jerusalem artichoke soup – a velvety soup with pickled apple and toasted malt bread
- Christmas Market Burger – glazed, slow-cooked pork belly with red cabbage and apple in a pretzel bun
- Cherry-chocolate brownie – sweet finale with cinnamon syrup and cherry compote
A touch of Christmas magic in our drinks:
- House mulled wine – Portuguese red wine, lingonberry liqueur, and warm Christmas spices
- Mint hot chocolate & marshmallow hot chocolate – perfect winter treats
A warm welcome to experience Kuopio Wine Festival goes Christmas Market – the very best of Christmas flavors and atmosphere!
Facebook / Instagram @kuopiowinefestival
Elämystila Konttila Christmas restaurant
At Elämystila Konttila’s Christmas Restaurant, you can enjoy the true spirit of Christmas, delicious treats, and the friendly service of Konttila’s Christmas elves. The Christmas menu features the Lohiparoni’s creamy salmon soup and traditional Christmas porridge to satisfy your hunger, while sweet tooths can indulge in delightful holiday pastries. The wonderful scent of Christmas is brought to life by mulled wines from local producers.
www.elamystilakonttila.fi
Facebook / Instagram @elamystilakonttila
Leipomoliike Irene Partanen
In our traditional bakery, delightful taste experiences come to life. Irene Partanen specializes in handcrafted kalakukko, a Finnish fish-filled rye pastry, which has been awarded Finland’s best multiple times. Our skilled bakers also create a variety of other delicious treats, including meat pies, doughnuts, and sweet buns — all made from high-quality, locally sourced ingredients.
A.Asplund bratwurst
A.Asplund is a small familybusiness from Mäntyharju and in Kuopio Christmas Market they serve you with some delicious german bratwurst!
A.Asplundin quarkbuns
A.Asplund serves quark-filled buns that are made on the spot. You can eat them right away or take them home with you!
We are a small family business from Mäntyharju and we bake delicious quark-filled buns on the spot. We have been using the same great recipe for over 20 years now!
Facebook @Rahkamunkit
Zen Design
Zen Design jewelry is designed and handcrafted in Jyväskylä, Finland. The main product is earrings, but occasionally other pieces are created as well.
The selection can change quickly depending on the designer’s inspiration. Zen Design has been awarded the Design from Finland mark.
Facebook @zendgn / Instagram @zendesign_jkl
Design Sirkun
Design Sirkun creates fun and colorful feel-good felt jewelry and adorable baby booties using wet and needle felting techniques with wool from Finnish sheep.
Instagram @designsirkun
muotoiluhuone tuokio
It’s the little things that make everyday life special. Thoughtful, meaningful Finnish design — products where quality, timelessness, and responsibility come together. That’s TUOKIO. Each item is designed and crafted in Finland with special care and a big heart. With a hug, just for you.
Facebook/Instagram @muotoiluhuonetuokio
sukkamummo
Helena, familiar seller from Kuopio market place, knits quality woolsocks, mittens and half gloves for children and adults. At the Christmas Market there are also potholders and other Christmas themed handcrafts. With wollen products Helena prefers materials which can be washed in the washing machine.
Helena started making handcrafts as a child in her family´s farm by shearing wool from sheep. The wool was sent to spinning mill and the post brought back brand new wool threads for knitting. Enthusiasm for handcrafs and retirement age freetime let Helena maintain her entrepreneurship, playfully called “Sock Grandma”.
TOSSUPUOTI
Authentic sheep wool slippers bring warmth and comfort to your feet. Slippers are safe to use because there are sliding barriers on the bottom. Many studies have proven that sheep wool is good for your health. Sheep wool contains fibers which can improve blood circulation.
Family business Linella Oy sells high quality slippers in Christmas Market. By using these slippers you can turn your floorheating down and thus safe energy.
Styleone
StyleOne company travels all around Finland visiting various markets and events. Wool shirts, pants and socks are all made out of authentic finnish wool. Here you can also buy European wool products: alpaca and angora wool socks and gloves.
Kukka-Tuula
Kukka-Tuula is a Christmas vendor with over 30 years of experience, bringing beautiful wreaths, garlands, and decorative balls made from evergreens and moss to the Kuopio Christmas Market. Floral arrangements for the holiday season are especially close to her heart, and all products are crafted primarily from natural materials. Come get inspired and discover the most beautiful details for your own Christmas!
Babadum
Babadum® brings to the Christmas Market felted forest animal-themed finger puppets, Christmas decorations, animal slippers, home décor items, and felt boots. These handmade products are responsibly produced in Nepal, providing employment for women. The recipient, giver, and creators alike will feel joy, thanks to the Kuopio-based Babadum®.
Facebook/ Instagram @babadumshop
Miisku Design
MiiskuDesign is a one-woman business based in Helsinki. MiiskuDesign creates craft supplies, jewelry, and small home decor items made from certified Finnish birch plywood. The selection also includes hand-knitted merino wool beanies. All products are designed and handmade in the Helsinki-based workshop.
Facebook/Instagram @miiskudesign
Lasistudio Jan Torstensson Oy is a family business specializing in the design of recycled glass. The company combines ecological thinking, creativity, and a long family tradition of glassblowing. Jan Torstensson’s ancestors have been glassblowers since at least the early 1600s. Today, this tradition is carried on by his son, Antti Torstensson. Lasistudio Jan Torstensson is committed to preserving and honoring this long-standing glassblowing heritage.
Facebook/Instagram: @lasistudio
Tmi HarjaNi
Tmi Harjani makes a variety of handmade brushes from natural materials under the Annansilmät product line. The selection includes, for example, heart-shaped brushes, vegetable brushes, street brushes, floor brushes, pot scrubbers, cleaning brushes, bottle brushes, sauna brushes, and clothes brushes. The brush handles are made from materials such as birch, and the bristles are crafted from various plant fibers and horsehair.
Facebook @handmadebrushes / Instagram @tmiharjani
teranmäenpaja Oy
Teranmäki workshop has been operating since 2014 and the products have gained a lot of popularity all over Finland. Teranmäki offers unique handmade decorative and utility items as well as larger stuctures. The products are handmade in Jäppilä by blacksmith Tero Vepsäläinen.
Facebook @taontapajaarcturus
Instagram @teranmaen_paja
onnenpussi
“Sweet, popular & gentle handmade salt soaps and string soaps from Onnenpussi’s own soap workshop in North Karelia.
Gentle handmade salt soaps with plenty of sea salt, suitable for all skin types, especially dry, rough and atopic skin. The naturally antiseptic salt neutralizes skin bacteria making you feel fresh. The natural fats and oils contained in salt soaps and the minerals of sea salt help maintain the moisture balance of your skin. Suitable for the face, hands and the whole body.
Vegan, no palm oil, no animal testing, handmade in North Karelia, in Liperi, key flag mark.”
Facebook / Instagram @onnenpussi
You can find Onnenpussi´s products in the Christmas Market deli & gift shop.
luonteva
Luonteva is a small family-owned business from Veteli, Central Ostrobothnia, crafting natural cosmetics for over 10 years — with a kiss from the heart, just for you. Luonteva produces shower soaps, salt soaps, foot bath salts, a variety of hair and beard products, lip balms, and creams — including resin, chaga, shea butter, pain relief, and moisturizing creams.
Facebook /Instagram @luonteva
Maalta Käsin
Maarit Louhenvirta handcrafts candles in Iisalmi. She uses olive and soy wax as raw materials, both of which are biodegradable and vegan. Olive wax stands out for its natural qualities: no genetically modified ingredients are used in the candle-making process, and the products are not tested on animals. Each candle is unique. Variations in color and decoration add a personal touch to every piece. Maalta Käsin candles carry the Key Flag symbol, a mark of Finnish origin. These candles are designed to be not only beautiful but also responsible: they have a small carbon footprint and a meaningful impact. Handmade beauty, guided by nature.
Facebook / Instagram @maaltakasin
Kotokurun Hunaja
Kotokurun Hunaja makes highquality honey and unique handcrafted products in Kuopio. Discover delightful gift items for Santa´s sack or yourself! Kotokurun Hunaja is a small business that also offers customized gifts, such as honey with your desired labels or woodburned products personalized with the recipient’s name.
At the Christmas market, Kotokurun Hunaja will sell honey from Kuopio, soy wax-scented and beeswax candles, hand-tied stone jewellery, Mala necklaces, and bracelets made of genuine stone beads, wood-burned kitchen and decorative items, and hand-knitted hats with Bee Warm bee motifs.
www.kotokurunhunaja.fi
Facebook / Instagram @kotokurunhunaja
Nature art
Nature Art creates floristic products from natural and local resources.
joulupallo
Joulupallo offers handcrafted nostalgic Christmas tree ornaments, including hand-painted baubles. The selection features both glass decorations and ornaments made of plastic.
Facebook/Instagram @joulupallo.fi
Pliide
Pliide offers you personal and cheerful products. The entrepreneur from Savonia has exited over 20 cities and local newspapers and radios with their dialect magnets. They have done a bunch of other topics too and the fun of it is to do things together. They collect sayings in Facebook and the most liked ones are made as magnet series. There are over 400 texts now and naturally it didn’t stop with the magnet – there are other products available too. From Kuopio Christmas Market you can buy magnets, bookmarks and keychains with different text options.
You can find Pliide´s products in the Christmas Market deli & gift shop.
Kaunismaan tila
Kaunismaa farm in Leppävirta is a versatile sheep farm. The farm raises finnish sheep who’s wool comes in different shades and its softness and curl makes great threads and hides. Finnish sheep are a slowly growing breed so their meat is low-fat, mild and tender. Finnish sheep graze the natural fields efficiently and thus take care of natures diversity.
Kaunimaan Tila sells different kinds of handcrafts made from wool and hide like mittens, beanies, slippers and gnomes. They also sell products made from wild herbs like spruce sprout syrup, rowan bud syrup, herbal teas and nettle seeds.
Daiga Daiga Duu
Daiga Daiga Duu collection includes cheerful products made from recycled fabric. Colourful product selection has been growing little by little since the year 2008. Design basis are “happy look” and practicality.
Timo Satuli
Timo Satuli sells honey products, wild herbs and candles. Candles are made from beginning to end at his own estate in Rautalampi. Satuli is known by his handmade, unique patterned candles which don’t spread smoke or trickle. Honey comes from his own bees and wild herbs are handpicked. Satulis selection also includes lip balms and resin lotions etc.
Timo Satuli has been familiar operative at Kuopio Market for the last ten years and also from other events and markets!
Herkkukartano
Herkkukartano’s unique and beautiful treats are perfect for both the Christmas table and as gifts. Traditional candy canes, lollipops, festive lollipops, and beautifully giftable Christmas products are sure to bring holiday joy to everyone, from kids to grandparents! The products are also suitable for many special diets.
Facebook/Instagram @herkkukartano
Pure Garden
FIFTH FLAVOUR – Finnish Black Garlic Products
Black garlic is a dark and intriguing new product for the bold and for those who love to explore new taste experiences. Its unique flavor rewards the taster with a soft texture, deep black color, and an aroma that enhances the natural taste of ingredients—making good food even better. Black garlic is made by slowly aging regular garlic at a low temperature under carefully controlled humidity for several weeks. During this process, amino acids and reducing sugars react, giving black garlic its caramel-like aroma and dark color. As it transforms, black garlic reveals its true essence: a gentle sweetness and a rich umami flavor familiar from Asian cuisine. At the same time, the sharp smell and taste typical of fresh garlic disappear completely.
What does umami taste like? – Come and taste for yourself and be surprised!
Pure Garden’s black garlic is produced in Lehtimäki, Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland.
You can find Pure Garden products at Kolmen pientuottajan puoti.
Facebook @puregardenoy / Instagram @blackgarlic.fi
Rantakivi Foods
At Rantakivi Foods christmas cottage, you’ll find dandelion oil and dandelion pesto — also available in gift packages! Dandelion products have been developed at Rantakivi Foods in Punkaharju for years, and customers have received them wonderfully well. These vegan, lactose-free, and gluten-free products bring delightful flavor experiences to many recipes. The dandelions are hand-picked from the clean natural surroundings of Kerimäki and Punkaharju. The products carry the Destination of Origin Saimaa Finland origin and quality label.
Facebook @Cafè Rantakivi
taste savo pop up
The Taste Savo pop-up shop for local products showcases local producers, Europe-award-winning food gifts, and delicious, memorable North Savo treats and gifts to take home. Local food and the spirit of Christmas—welcome to gather the most mouth-watering ideas and Savonian experiences for Santa’s sack! Step in and embark on a flavour journey to the most delicious Christmas in all of Europe!
At the Christmas Market, the Taste Savo shop is operated by Ravintolamestarit. Its CEO, Eeva Mertanen—also the region’s official food ambassador—is a passionate advocate for local food.
This year, the Taste Savo glass-container shop features products from, among others: Kauraparta, Eväsmiehet, Ilmatar Natural, Vaittilan marjatila, Rantala Talakkuna, Hiekkala Farm, Alahovi Tila, Willimaku, Nenosen mansikkatila, Lignell & Piispanen, Sydännaiset, Tundra Natural, Paja Handcrafts, Zet Design, Leivonsaaren Puuseppä, Taito Shop Itä-Suomi, Tiukkapipo, VisioLaser, Kankaanrinteen Luomutila, Juulian Kotileipomo, HandMadeByEeva, Hunajakioski – and even treasures from Ateljee Keltainen Talo.
From Kajaani, we are also joined by a couple of delights: Kuiskiva Oy and Hapanjuuren Lumoa.
Poikain parhaat
Poikain parhaat is a young and innovative food industry company, which manufactures high quality beverage products as well as dry and berry products with a strong handcraft stamp and out of love for genuine ingredients. Story began in 2016 when we started mulled wine production in Tampere.
Faebook/Instagram @poikainparhaat
Gopalan Putiikki
Gopala’s delicious sweets are handcrafted in small batches in Finland. Melt-in-your-mouth fudges and toffees are available in over 20 irresistibly enchanting flavors. These fudges are perfect treats for the Christmas table — and delightful gifts for holiday stockings. They also have an excellent shelf life!
Namitupa, or Candy cabin, is a traditional caramel factory in Ilmajoki, Finland. Namitupa has been making handmade, classic candies for centuries, but today they’re known especially for their salty liquorice delicacies. Their wide selection has both traditional and new variaties: something salty, sour, sweet and strong. Addition to salty liquorice, Namitupa offers delicious and fun “Angel’s snack bags” which is simply the best small gift idea!
Facebook @namitupa
Instagram @namitupa_finland
JYVÄS-HAMPPU
Jyväs-Hamppu focuses on clean, domestic raw materials. The main ingredient is oil hemp, grown without pesticides in Oravasaari, Central Finland. The company was established to bring the healthiest, pure, ecological, and completely domestic local food to the market, suitable for everyone. Jyväs-Hamppu received the “Vuoden Lähiruokateko” award in 2023. At the Christmas market, Jyväs-Hamppu will sell hemp chips, hemp oil, hemp smoked salt, hemp protein, and hemp licorice.
Instagram / Facebook @jyvashamppu
Café Nazca
Café Nazca is a small coffee roastery founded in 2017 in Kuopio. It´s product selection includes coffees, teas, cocoas, and spices that are grown with ecological and ethical principles.
Facebook @cafenazcakuopio
Instagram @café.nazca
Ahontuvan Tarhat
Ahontuvan Tarhat is a small rural company that produces honey and creates all kinds of goodies from it. In the rural landscapes of Central Finland and near the pine forests, they produce top-quality honey. Dedicated to nature’s most delicious creation and combining domestic flavors with meticulous attention, beekeeper Antti transforms bees’ gold into pure taste delights. At the Christmas market, Ahontuvan Tarhat will sell honey and special beekeeping products, jellies made with honey, and berry & honey products.
Instagram / Facebook: @ahontuvantarhat
Natural products by Hujanen are authentically finnish! Tasty honey is from the forests of Savonia. Jam made from arctic raspberries has become a hit product at the Christmas market. After all you can’t find this delicacy from that many places. This company also sells mustard and many kinds of berry juices.
From the Deli & Gift shop you can find the popular Mualiman Napa products which are designed in Kuopio.