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Vaasa - Finland's Sunniest City

Vaasa today represents the educational, cultural & tourist centre of Western Finland. The city's educational flagship is the University of Vaasa with its four faculties and ca 4.000 students.

It is the largest town on the west coast and is linked to two islands - Vaskiluoto to the west and Pikisaari to the north - by bridge. Almost 30% of the population of the city speak Swedish making it the largest distinctively bilingual town in the country.

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Cosmopolitanism is part of Vaasa's everyday life. The inhabitants of the city have had many years of experience in internationalisation through the businesses in the city.



Vaasa today represents the educational, cultural & tourist centre of Western Finland. The city's educational flagship is the University of Vaasa with its four faculties and ca 4.000 students.

It is the largest town on the west coast and is linked to two islands - Vaskiluoto to the west and Pikisaari to the north - by bridge. Almost 30% of the population of the city speak Swedish making it the largest distinctively bilingual town in the country.

Cosmopolitanism is part of Vaasa's everyday life. The inhabitants of the city have had many years of experience in internationalisation through the businesses in the city.

Vaasa has established many co-operative links with other European cities and regions.

The cultural life of the town is lively. The Finnish City-Theatre, the Swedish Wasa Theatre, and the bilingual Puppet Theatre, the City Orchestra, the Vaasa Opera Company, and numerous other musical groups and choirs ensure a bustling cultural life for the city. The Korsholm Music Festival is one of the most enjoyable musical events arranged in Finland during the summer. The Vaasa art collections and the Ostrobothnian Museum's folklore collection are among the finest in the country.

You’ll find many different restaurants gathered around the market square (kauppatori) or choose simply a boat restaurant offering live music around the harbour. There are also high-class hotels & restaurants to make your stay more enjoyable.

To have a bike is almost a must; biking is very popular amongst the students and it is a nice and practical way of moving from one place to another. There are a number of bike-paths throughout the city.

In the end of the Hovioikeudenpuistikko boulevard is the imposing palace of the Court of Appeal. The Orthodox Church, that is St. Nicholas church, was built in 1866. Close by the Vaskiluoto Bridge is the Aviation Monument, a statue of a sea eagle made by Kalervo Kallio in 1969.

The assembly room of the city hall, which was planned by the architect Magnus Isaeus in 1883, can take 400 persons. Different festivities and concerts are arranged in the hall.

There is also an extensive range of sporting facilities provided by athletic clubs, workers' institutes and private companies - all of these no doubt have something to offer to everybody.

The indoor hot bath complex Tropiclandia serves tourists all year round, while Wasalandia amusement park attracts young families throughout the summer season.

The barren nature of the outer archipelago of Vaasa is breathing peace. In the summer time people from Vaasa and other places nearby are moving to their summer cottages in the archipelago. The summer cottage period ends with a festival and fireworks.

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Vaasa - History

Vaasa city, the capital of Vaasa lääni (province), lies in western Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.

The history of Mustasaari (Mussor) as well as of Vaasa begins in the 14th century, when the seafarers from the coastal region in central Sweden disembarked at the present Old Vaasa, and the wasteland owners from Finland proper came to guard their land.

King Charles IX founded the town of Vaasa on October 2, 1606 around the oldest harbour and trade point in the Mustasaari church village ca. 7 km to the southwest from the present city. King Charles IX gave the town the name of his royal house.

The town was almost totally destroyed in a fire on August 3, 1852.

After the fire the it was soon rebuilt in a more strategic location some 5 miles (8 km) closer to the sea, and its name was officially changed to Nikolainkaupunki until 1917 (although its traditional name was always used locally). Vaasa was the provisional capital of Finland during the Finnish War of Independence 1918.

The city now is an important port, exporting timber and importing other raw materials. Its industries include flour and textile mills, a sugar refinery, large bakeries, machinery and soap factories. It has regular passenger and car ferry service to Sweden. Pop. (1993 est.) mun., 54,289.

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