Original Sokos Hotel Valjus

Good location in the heart of Kajaani. Room was nicer than expected - bathroom was gorgeous, room was small but fine. Wifi was too weak to stream Netflix, fine, but otherwise a winner. Best part - it was -35C but had zero concerns as my car was in an attached heated garage for 8 euros that kept it at around 2C. After a freezing cold trip, thank you!

Lower than basic level, outdated hotel waaaay below usual Sokos Hotels average. Contacted the hotel beforehand and asked for a room with a tub. Got a reply saying the hotel will try and arrange this. Didn’t happen – the room had a shower. When I returned to rec. to ask about tub the receptionist replied straight up that ”unfortunately all tub rooms were full!” Like they would know and remember this detail just like that! The basic level room had no mini fridge, the shower tap was from the 80’ies (because I had one just like it in my childhood home!), shower tiles and groutes were covered in brown dirt, pillows were mushy, the arm chair was dusty. A total joke were those Lumene brand shampoo and conditioner bottles that had been refilled with some cheap not-even-close-product! To be frank: I am amazed they still keep this place as it only weakens the current brand.

Sokos Hotel Valjus is located right in the middle of Kajaani. It has been partly renovated and I was lucky to be assigned a renovated room. The service at the reception was very friendly. The room was new and, clean offering no frills but instead was very basic. The bathroom design is silly; when taking a shower you are about to make the whole bathroom floor wet. Breakfast was quite basic with nothing special. The selection of teas was poor (just "basic Lipton and cheap fruit teas) and so was the coffee selection. When you pay nearly 200 euros for a room per night you would expect more.