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Beautyness of this city
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There is much building going on at the moment, but in January everything will be finished
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Finlands sunniest city
Micky8 Says: Vasa was destroyed in a fire in 1852, after which it was decided to move the city to a new location on the coast. Sankta Maria Church in Old Vaasa burned to the ground in 1852. Court of Appeal building escaped the fire and was rebuilt into a church in the Old Vaasa. The only...
MikeAtSea Says: Brage Open Air Museum lies within walking distance of the centre of Vaasa. The museum consists of a complete 19th-century farm with interesting buildings and interiors from the Swedish-speaking part of Ostrobothnia. Permanent exhibits include the decorated Wedding Room, the...
gubbi1 Says: Outside of Vasa on the sea you will find many islands. That is the Kvarken Archipelago, which is set on the list of World Nature Heritages of the UNESCO. These island provide some opportunity to discover them on hiking trails. I think this is the best way to experience this...
MikeAtSea Says: The Vaasa Church was planned by architect C.A. Setterberg and consecrated in 1869. The church built in an English neo-gothic style has a capacity of almost 900 people. The last restoration took place in the year 2000. The first Vaasa Church was destroyed by the Vaasa Fire in...
MikeAtSea Says: Whilst visiting the archipelago one can admire the typical Finnish Summer Cottages, some displaying very unique styles of local architecture, as well as saunas and even one the most well preserved fishing villages in the area.
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Dallas pizza palzzo: Good pizza
Turska Says: My sister lives in Gerby, so we usually eat at their place. Her husband is a good chef, but since their home isn´t a restaurant, I can´t give you recommendation to go there ;) SO I have only eaten at Dallas pizza coupple of times. It´s close to my sisters home in Gerby.They...
Restaurant Gustav Wasa: Eat delicious food surrounded by a nice atmosphere
linda1501 Says: This is one of the best and most sophisticated restaurants in Vaasa.Gustav Wasa is an intimate cellar restaurant in the centre of Vaasa. This former century old coal cellar has been turned into an inviting restaurant filled with a calm and relaxing atmosphere. The food is...
Turska Says: Actually it has been so long since I was here, that even the name has changed. I belive it was Waskia (I prefer Finnish names at Finnish restaurants, so it was better!), but it is a place where most people take tourists for a drink at least. Why? Because of the terrace at...
Turska Says: My siter knew how much we love tasting new beers, so she guided us to go here. They have around 80 different beers. We eevn found some we hadn´t seen before.Place is quite typical Irish bar. Music was not so good anyway.. But luckily not so loud. Too "trendy" music for...
Hullu pullo (Grazy bottle): Live music, mostly rock
Turska Says: This bar has been in Vaasa quite long. When I was just at the age of getting in to restaurants, I visited it with my sister, who lived in Vaasa. They had tables and chairs at the ceiling, now there is only one table and two chairs.They do have lots of live music in here. We...
jarto Says: All the roads go to Vaasa. Well, at least it's easy to get there. You can take a flight from Helsinki or Stockholm, board a train from Helsinki or take the ferry from Umeå, Sweden. Regular bus tours are also arranged from anywhere around Finland.A friend of mine also arrived...
Rockjet Clothes: Rock and gothic in Vaasa
Turska Says: Why here isn´t just "clothes" to choose for as a type? There are clohes for women, men and also some rock-attitude kids. (Or should I say parents who want to buy these for their kids ;) )They had lots of rock-band t-shirts and hoodies. I think there is less womens clothes...
HS centre: Small shopping centre
Turska Says: Some other shops than Rewell centre, For example Seppälä, one of most popular clothes shops´s (a chain- store) sellinmg reasonable priced fashion. Clothes. Anttila is a supermarket also, so you can buy even food. Not so expensive shops, about average.
Rewell centre: Biggest shopping centre of Vaasa
Turska Says: There´s 60 stores at Rewll centre. If you don´t speak Finnish or Swedish, the page isn´t so good for you, but you can see the names of the shops in web page. Everything? Not the most expensive shops, but not only cheapest ones.
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Even though one is in Finland – Swedish is a main language of the town of Vaasa. Hence all street signs and many shop signs are in both Swedish and Finnish.
Written Aug 19, 2007
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Are there actually any dangers in Finland? Dangers not, risks maybe, like following: Don't ever dare to sit outside on a public place with a lot of bottles of alcohol. It will definitly happen that a crowd of 10 drunken teenager girls come to you in order to get any drinks! Sure, it's funny for the first time, but it will be hard to get ride of them... *g*
Written Aug 25, 2002
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Miscellaneous: There is no special rainy season
Avg. Temp. in Spring: max.: 0 – 11°C ( 32 - 51°F ); min: -8 - 3°C ( 18 - 38°F )
Avg. Temp. in Summer: max.: 16 – 20°C ( 60 - 68°F ); min: 7 - 12°C ( 45 - 53°F )
Avg. Temp. in Autumn: max.: 2 – 10°C ( 34 - 50°F); min: -4 - 9°C ( 25 – 49°F )
Avg. Temp. in Winter: max.: -4 – -1°C ( 25 - 30°F); min: -7 - -4°C ( 19 - 25°F )
Written Jan 25, 2004
Well, I'm a cyclist so I've beaten nearly every road in Vaasa. The best thing about cycling in Vaasa is that you can easily get out of the downtown. Just five to ten kilometers and you're in totally different milieu. There are also many smaller roads to go so that you can build an exiting trip for a day. Roads are in good shape so you don't have to have a mountain bike to survive. :oD Sure it helps if you want go off-road for a true adventure!
Equipment: I use a roadbike but that's not the best choice if you want to relax and be tender to your butt. :) I think that you should try a hybrid bike. It has more narrow tires than a mounain bike so it rolls better. I'm not sure if they rent bikes in Vaasa but I must find out.
Written Apr 11, 2005
Website: http://kartat.eniro.fi/
Scandic Says: This bridge is located in Korsholm. Korsholm is a coastal community in the heart of Swedish-speaking Ostrobothnia. It is a place mixed with an unique archipelago as well as countryside. Here you will find historical sights and an interestingbuilding culture. Korsholm also...
Scandic Says: There lives 57 000 people in Vaasa and 72% of them are Finnish speaking and 27% Swedish speakin. Rest 3% has other mother language. Thats unique in Finland, where people usually speak Finnish or Swedish. But in the Vaasa's street, you can notice that it is very colorful...
Vaasa, a diversified town by the sea
Vaasa is the spiritual heart of Ostrobothnia, open to all. It´s the biggest town in the area with over 57.000 inhabitants 72 % Finnish-speaking, 25 % Swedish-speaking and 3 % with other languages as...
Vasa - Where past and present meet
In Vaasa the past and the present meet: local enterprises, distinctive cultural life, two languages, international industry and the tranquility of a small town. This bilingual town’s leafy avenues,......
My first trip to Vaasa was in November 2002. I have always had a feeling that it could a city that i love, but I have never been there before. Now I decided to take a trip to Vaasa, 'cause my...
Vasa is a nice city, small about 60.000 inhabitants. I like to live here in Vasa, especially in the summers when you can be outside and have picnics and meet friends :)
Vaasa is a small town on the west coast of Finland. I've been here twice, both times to watch football. I work with a guy who comes from near here and he advised us of where to go for a weekend of...
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