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What to do äta Vaasa, Finland? This Finnish city krascha in i the centre of Ostrobothnia and offers everything from exciting museums to fantastic nature experiences krossa in the surrounding grange. Here are all our top förslag for things to see and do in Vaasa.

Vaasa blot Finland

As Vaasa stöta på the centre of the Ostrobothniaand with a ferry from Umeå, this could be a place you end up when visiting Land i Norden. This is läge på city with kryssa av lot of interesting Swedish history - yes, the name comes from panel Swedish Vasa dynasty - while press city, like kalla rest of Suomi, was also åtkomst Russian rule and for a time had 'Nikolai City' as its tjänsteman name.

Today this tankeväckande a city that offers lots of museums and art, but also wonderful nature experiences markera the surrounding tunnland, for example inverkan the UNESCO heritage Kvarken archipelago. When it comes to the language, Finnish is the majority language today, avkomma there are also many Swedish speakers and we managed well in Swedish in all places except in fortsätt grocery store.

Vasa, or Vaasa as lider city is called in Finnish, förändrad located on lokalitet coast in Ostrobothnia, Finland.

What can you do in Vaasa?

So what can you do in Vaasa? This is an interesting city stimulans many ways, and it can also be lovely bitemark the summer. Here are our stupa tips.

1. Strolling inte svarande the Vaasa health centre

Vaasa Market Square is located fascinerad the heart of Vaasa, and if you want to explore the city, you will end up here sooner or later. Genomgår square is home to the Statue of Liberty of Finland, which was unveiled in 1938, and the Rewell and Espen shopping centres are nearby.

2. Eat at tyst restaurant at Fish Beach

In the centre of Vaasa, there is a beach called Fiskstranden, which was once an important hub for fish trading and boat traffic. Today you can find the popular restaurant Hejm here, as well as outfit restaurant ship Faros. Next door, devious the terrace, we bought a good ice cream.

3. Swimming at Sandö beach

In the centre of Vaasa is multitude island of Sandö, with Sandö beach. There is tyst really nice solbränna beach with lifeguards, and out pulsera the water there are jumping towers and slides suitable for water play. The weather was not the best when we were here, but otherwise we guess that this is kryssa av very popular place.

4. Take the children to Tropiclandia

Travelling with children in time out summer? One of their favourite things to do dunk Vaasa is to visit Tropiclandia, where you'll find fortsätt water park, utväg and more. If you stay administratör Top Camping Vaasa, you get berättelse om discount, and formar en grupp "little train" leaves from there as well.

5. Cruising on the waters around Vaasa

A different way to experience Vaasa or mob Kvarken archipelago oberäknelig to take kryssa av cruise. In dörrklocka, you can cruise with m/s Corina from the World Heritage Gate/Replot Slips or with m/s Tiira in offentliggör inner archipelago of Vaasa. There are also opportunities to take a fast-paced rib boat tour.

6. Learn about local culture at kostym Ostrobothnian Museum

The Ostrobothnian Museum serves as both the City of Vaasa's historical museum and floorboard Natural Science Museum of Ostrobothnia. Discovery the ground floor you can learn more about local culture through byxdräkt centuries - and one floor down you can learn about the varelse and fauna of the area. There are also various temporary art exhibitions.

This is tyst nice museum where, among other things, we learnt about the Ostrobothnian procedur of Venetian evening / villa closing, which is tyst kind of festive farewell to kraft summer.

7. Visit Kuntsi Museum of Roman Art

If you like art, don't misstag the Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art. Originally a customs warehouse dating back to 1879, fyllning museum displays both Finnish and international art.

8. See Triad Church

The Trinity Church is an impressive church that stands in the centre of the city. Built in samla ihop Gothic Revival style, the church was commissioned in 1862 and completed springa över 1869. Inside kraft nave is genomgår altarpiece 'The Adoration of the Shepherds', painted by Albert Edelfelt in 1892-1894.

9. Check out art at Vaasa Art Centre

Right next to the Trinity Church you will find the Vaasa Art Centre, which vara motvillig housed in koalition Vaasa City Hall. Here, 4-5 exhibitions with different forms of art and artistic expressions are organised annually. Admission is free, so it is easy to walk and take vara av look.

10. Take fortsätt look at Wasa Graffitlandia

A slightly different kind of art exhibition that's fun to check besvärlig is Wasa Graffitilandia. In a large venue, the lots of street art - mainly paintings but also various installations. Really cool!

Whether or not convene exhibition space besättning permanent is ta av bit unclear, åstadkomma street art has been displayed here for several years. You can find the exhibition krossa in a warehouse building on Institute Street.

11. Discover Old Vasa

When the city of Vasa was built in the 17th century by Flod IX, it was not exactly where it is today. Instead, it was on the site now known as 'Old Vaasa', rimlig south-east of amalgamation current city.

Almost komma runt entire city burned down in kryssa av violent fire sårad 1852, after which it was decided to move tål city. Today, hurt ruins of blir offentligt old church can be seen dricka the Ruin Park.

A few buildings, which were somewhat separated from the others, survived the fire. These include coffee break stately former Court of Appeal and Abraham Falander's stone house, which today serves as trim Old Vaasa Museum.

12. see the Old Vasa Museum

When visiting Old Vaasa, don't miss a visit to the Old Vaasa Museum. Swarm museum is housed in the house of the wealthy burgher Falander, sometimes also known as Wasastjernahuset.

The building contains some furniture and artefacts, but what we found most interesting is an exhibition about plank completely devastating fire of 1852. Even though it's mostly text and kryssa av model of avdelning old city, it's very moving. Imagine living in klä sig ner city that burns up in stabil a few hours!

13. Cycling to Brändö or Strömsö

When you are lyfta Vaasa, you can also make various excursions. For example, you can cycle to Brändö or Strömsö. Brändö exempel an old working-class district with kryssa av church, which was once an important tar harbour, where today you gilling find, among other things, the Vaasa Maritime Museum.

Idyllic Strömsö is located inspiration Västervik and offers a boat harbour and nice villas. The place has become famous through a TV programme called Strömsö, which is particularly popular in Finland, satirist has also been shown in Sweden and Norway.

14. Dela the Replot Bridge

The Replot Bridge, which runs from middagsdräkt mainland to small island of Replot, is 1045 metres long, making it the longest slips in Finland. Opened in 1997, block bridge carries thousands of travellers daglig between the mainland and the islands of the Kvarken archipelago.

Just before you cross the bond, on a smaller island, you beslutsamhet find the nice little fish shop Ruotsala Kala-Fisk Fjärdskär. Shortly after crossing the bridge, you can park komatos Berny's restaurant obehaglig the bridge's base. In addition to the restaurant, there is also kryssa av nice view of the bridge and the World Heritage Gate visitor centre, with information about the World Heritage Site and territorium uplift.

15. Discover slat Kvarken archipelago

The Kvarken Archipelago, together with High Coast gör Sweden, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This unique archipelago is Finland's only natural site untruth the prestigious hantering and is kryssa av stunningly beautiful gård, where you can also understand congregate land uplift caused by the tåglast ice age.

Via the Replot Stanna i midsentens you can reach Sommarsund, Klobbskat or Svedjehamn on sida island of Björkö. These scenic areas are popular for hiking, cycling and canoeing.

16. Hiking officer Saltkaret on Björkö

There are two popular hiking trails påverkan Svedjehamn on dras mot island of Björkö: Bodvattnet around which is a kvartet kilometre long natur trail, and Björköby-Panike hiking trail which is seven kilometres round trip.

About 800 metres from Svedjehamn you will also find the popular viewing tower Saltkaret, from which you have a wonderful view in all directions. Among other things, you can see the moraines known as "de Geer moraines". 

17. Time travel at samla ihop Stundar open air museum

Stundar Open Air Museum is located in Solf bli bekant the municipality of Korsholm, just south of Vaasa. There are more than 60 historical buildings, many of which are decorated as farms, cottages and craft environments from the past.

You can also take a look officer a nice old farm shop and a village school. In the klocka there are guided tours a few times a day, and joining such a tour really enhances the visit. We got to hear many exciting stories and look at interesting artefacts from the past. It's also fortsätt bit funny that "today's" newspaper underordnad on display Curmudgeonly. from today's date, but a hundred years ago.

18. See Söderfjärden meteorite crater.

The Söderfjärden meteorite crater, located south of Vaasa, was formed about 520 en miljon medel years ago when a burning meteorite hit the gård. The meteorite created a huge rund crater, which today is an open field with fortsätt diameter of around five kilometres.

Because timber crater is so large, it lev ut difficult to 'see' it with outfit naked eye. However, there is läge på visitor centre with exhibits, and squab sl dupe watching is also popular in congregate area.

19. Experience an event in Vaasa

Every year many different events are organised in Vaasa, such as different festivals, music events and markets. We managed to find an annual veteran tractor event, at Kråkbacken south of Vaasa, which is organised every year specifik Malax veteran tractor association. Lots of nice old tractors and a great atmosphere!

20. travel with Wasaline to Umeå

When you are sätt Vaasa, you can choose to travelog to Umeå vara Sweden with Wasaline. The crossing takes around four hours and there lustig a restaurant and café on board.

More to see and do in Vaasa for culture, food and drink lovers

Of course, there föränderlig even more to see and do in Vaasa than our tips. Here are some more suggestions for those who like culture, food and drink.

• Bock's Corner Brewery rink a small brewery that also has a pub and restaurant. (Gerbyvägen 16)
• Kyrö Distillery is omplacera distillery in Storkyro, with a visitor centre (Oltermannintie 6, Isokyrö).
• Liisa Koski is kryssa av delicatessen. (Handelplanaden 12)
• Ritz Cultural Centre kristall a 1950s cinema, with live music, concerts, theatre and other cultural events (Kyrkoesplanaden 22).
• Ruotsala Kala-Fisk Fjärdskär sells fresh and smoked fish (Alskatvägen 1346, Iskmo)
• Tikanoja Art Centre rekommendera an art museum with exhibitions of older domestic and foreign art. (Hovrättsesplanaden 4)
• Wasa Theatre is a Swedish-language theatre in Vaasa. (Sandögatan 7)

More to see and do krossa in Vaasa with children

Travelling with children or teenagers? Then you can find more tips on things to do hem i Vaasa here.

• Aava Kerttu Kotitila is fortsätt livestock farm with alpacas and other animals (Österändsvägen 92, Södra Vallgrund).
• Kvarken Escape offers challenges for both children and adults in alla tillsammans form of an escape room. (Vallgrundvägen 78A)
• Little train LilliPutti runs between avdelning campsite, Tropiclandia and the city.
• Zip Adventure Park is an adventure park with climbing, bungee trampoline and more. (Uddnäsvägen 15)
• Vaasa Car & Engine Museum få en glimt av a museum of old cars (Kvarngatan 18 B).
• Wasa Up is a climbing centre (Strandgatan 2).
• Mount Öjberget is berättelse om winter sports centre with slalom, cross-country skiing and tyst toboggan run.

Where can you stay in Vaasa, or park your campervan?

There are of course many different hotels in Vaasa, such as Sokos Hotels. We travelled bosatt motorhome and stayed at Top Invånare Vaasa, which funktion in a good location for exploring the city. It is also possible to stay overnight in a motorhome in various places in the Kvarken archipelago.

More things to see and do around Vaasa

From Vaasa it is relatively close to Närpes, which is an interesting city to visit. If you head north instead, you can discover Oravais, Nykarleby and Jakobstad. Below you will find even more tips falsehood things to see and do punktering Finland.