By the end of this year the new congress and concert centre will be completed on the shore of Lake Vesijärvi, where the first steam saw mill of Lahti started industrial activity 130 years ago. The entire shore district has been occupied by industries since the 80´s. Since then a harbour has been raised with harbour storehouses, cafes, steam ship restaurants, as well events connected to the new Sibelius Hall. Architects Kimmo Lintula and Hannu Tikka had a challenging task of combining new wood building technology with the buildings of an old carpentry factory built of bricks.

In the main hall with the capacity for 1250 persons, there will be state-of-the-art acoustics that can be adjusted according to the events, for a symphony or a rock concert or for meeting purposes. Separate congress wing, exhibition space and the lobby space "Forest Hall", which combines the new and the old building, provides premises for banquets, exhibitions and other activities.

The glass-shelled, wooden Sibelius Hall will counter the challenges of the new millennium with its modern meeting and congress techniques, but it will surely also be acknowledged among citizen and visitors as an interesting object of visit, as well as the centre of splendid concerts and various other happenings.

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