Villa Kivi Writers’ Residency

Kivi-talo säätiö – stiftelsen Villa Kivi – Villa Kivi Foundation
Iiris Haapala, residenssi@villakivi.com

There are two Residency rooms, Aleksis and Eino. Both rooms have a bed suitable for one (Eino) or two (Aleksis) persons, a writing desk and a chair. The furniture is basic. Linen and towels are included. There is a shared kitchen and a bathroom/toilet. The kitchen is equipped with e.g. fridge, filter coffee machine, an electric hot water pot, a toaster, a micro-wave oven and common utensils for cooking and eating. Residency guests have also access to a washing machine.

Writers’ House Villa Kivi has a Writers’ Residency  in the side building of the Villa Kivi Estate, Linnunlaulu Villa Area, downtown Helsinki.

Authors, writers and members of the literary community, who are not residents of Uusimaa province, Finland, are eligible to apply both for the Residency and the short-term accommodation. Applications for the longer-term Residency rooms require a working plan for a literary project during the Residency.