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Water taxi / Boat trips, leaves from Vaasa. Guiding included.
Our fast going water taxi travels swiftly and easily throughout the archipelago.
Cruises from the inner bays through the archipelago among summer
cottages to the World Heritage area.The company cooperates with the National Board of Forestry and all boats are inspected by the Maritime Administration.
The entrepreneur Kenneth Åberg has long experience in boating and knows the Kvarken Archipelago. He has the Archipelago and Coastal Certificate and the certificate for high seas navigation as well as the Maritime Administration driver’s license and is a certified Kvarken World Natural Heritage guide.
+358 50 5812920
info@neptune-service.fi
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In this guide, you will find a walking route that goes northwards from the City Hall and back along the shore with a lot of interesting things to see and learn on the way. There are also walking guides with other routes available.
We hope that this walking guide will help you to discover the rich variety of nature, culture and history that are in our immediate environment.
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An experience for those who have a wish to combine an extreme event with learning something new. Come as you are, get dressed into a survival suit and experience the feeling when the ice gives away under your feet, a feeling you won´t easily forget. A fun, safe, and unforgettable morning or afternoon on the ice, straight from the beach in Vaasa or the Kvarken archipelago.
+358 50 553 2338
info@away.fi
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Park Onkilahti is a popular recreational area for the city’s residents both in summer and winter.
The park consists of an open landscape and stretches around rhe bay Onkilahti. In the area, there is an activity park with beach volleyball courts, a petanque court, and a fitness station specifically designed for seniors. For children, there is a big playground.
In the park, there is a grill that can be used for picnics (bring charcoal). Park Onkilahti is also a popular spot for fishing with a fishing rod.
Also Vasa Skatepark is located in a central position within Onkilahti activity park.
https://www.vaasa.fi/sv/bo-och-lev/fritid/parker-och-gronomraden/parker/metviksparken/
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Have you heard about merchant Lisitzin and his family’s grave chapel? About Russian soldiers and prisoners of the discipline camp in the forest – all buried at Vaasa’s (Greek) Orthodox cemetery, founded in 1823.
Dates 2024: June 4, 6 pm | June 11, noon | June 18, 6 pm | July 9, noon
Duaration: 1,5 h
Start: Kappelinmäentie 140, Vaasa
Pris: 10 €/person, children under 12 years free of charge.Bookings at least 12 hours beforehand!
From the centre of Vaasa you reach Ristinummi with the local bus lines 1, 2 och 5. Check the routs and timetables.
https://vaasamustasaarioppaat.fi/en/kohteet/the-orthodox-cemetary/
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Vasa-Mustasaari Guide Club's summer walks
Summer 2025 invites you to join unique guided walking tours where the history, culture, and people of the Vaasa region come to life. Whether you’re intrigued by captivating cemetery stories, historic buildings, charming villas, or coastal village scenery – there’s something for everyone in the program.
Explore the picturesque Strömsö villa, follow in the footsteps of smugglers on Replot Island, or dive into the dramatic past of Old Vaasa. Each tour offers fresh perspectives and surprising details, even in the most familiar surroundings.
📅 Tours take place from June to August in Vaasa and nearby areas.
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We offer modern tourist buses, equipped with, among other things, air conditioning, toilet, radio, CD and DVD player, wifi and adjustable comfortable seats.
+358 6 318 4000
info@oravaistrafik.fi
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The Pilvilampi recreational area is located approximately nine kilometers east of the city centre. It makes up a proportion of an elongated ridge, of which includes Höstvesi and continues north of Vaasa. The recreational area itself covers an area of roughly 800 hectares. In the winter, the area is ridden with marked cross-country ski trails, which in summer are transformed into bicycle and hiking paths.
Download brochure for the nature path at Pilvilampi here.
https://www.vaasa.fi/en/living/freetime/naturevaasa/attractions/natural-environments/pilvilampi/
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Rent bikes around the year, for one day or for a longer periods.
+358 6 317 1423
jvier1@saunalahti.fi
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Would you like to just be and relax? Or would you prefer to enjoy a peaceful moment in nature, walking along paths and stopping to connect with nature, awakening your senses and relaxing with the natural surroundings?
Guided mind and body relaxations, sound baths, singing bowl relaxation, peaceful and therapeutic moments awakening the senses in nature, as well as Indian head massage, will soothe and balance your state of being.
Suitable for individuals, couples or groups. It is also great for promoting workplace well-being. Welcome to peaceful moments of well-being at Rento tila!
+358 40 356 7969
maarit@rentotila.fi
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Risö ja Ryövärinkari 4.9 kilometres
The Eteläinen Kaupunginselkä bay (the Southern City Bay) is located southeast of Vaasa city centre. There’s a nature trail and two bird towers in the area. Follow the signs ´Lintutorni` from the crossroad of the streets: Kanavasillantie/Hevossaarentie. Parking area at the end of road Ampujantie.
Coordinates: Euref-Fin (~ WGS84) lat: 63° 03.7663′ lon: 21° 41.9537’ETRS-TM35FIN N: 7003634 E: 232305
https://www.nationalparks.fi/kvarken/descriptionoftrails#RisoNatureTrail
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The winter swimming area in Vaasa’s Inner Harbour is open to all and free of charge. The winter swimming area is open from 6–21 daily during the winter swimming season.
The winter swimming area is located at the end of Hietasaarenkatu and has two heated changing rooms: one for men and one for women. In addition, the pier area is equipped with lights and recording surveillance cameras.
The opening in the ice is kept from freezing over by a pump. Swimmers can enter the water using a ladder or more gently inclined steps.
The changing rooms are open to all and feature benches and hooks for clothing. Each changing room also has four storage lockers that can be locked with a small padlock. Swimmers wishing to use the lockers should bring their own padlocks.
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We are the ultimate destination for letting loose, smashing things, and leaving your worries in a pile of broken pieces.
With us, you can also play pool, darts, football, PlayStation 5, SimWay shooting arcade, air hockey, and a bunch of other fun games.
We also have private rooms available for booking, and we can handle table and sauna reservations at Bock’s Corner Brewery.
We often host children’s parties and TYKY (well-being at work) days, and everyone leaves happy and satisfied.
If you’re thirsty, we’ve got both beer and soft drinks at the bar.
Our place is truly one of a kind in the area!
+358 45 272 0118
smash@smashroom.fi
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In Vaasa Zip Adventure Park you can play golf in a new way, with kicking skills without using your hands! Suitable for all ages from 7 years up!
Try a new sport with a friend, family, or group where you aim your football in a hole like golf. The fun and active Soccer miniGolf consists of an 18-hole course that runs in the woods of our park along the trails.
It takes about two (2) hours to play through the track. Soccer miniGolf works on a drop-in basis: you can just get in and start playing. No booking in advance is required. Before playing, you will receive instructions and a ball from our park staff.
info@zipadventurepark.fi
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A European pilgrimage route through coastal Ostrobothnia. Connects up with the Norwegian-Swedish route St. Olavsleden, which leads to Trondheim. A total of 500 km long when complete.
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We drive a hovercraft of the brand Slavir 6KO with an enviroment friendly engine Toyota 2GR V6 EFI 240hp. Max 7 passengers/1100kg.
We make our way on land, ice, snow and water. Max wave height is 60cm. Winter time on ice, no restrictions. Since we are approx 40cm up in the air we make our way where no one else can drive.
We have no established routes but we have many good suggestions. The customer decides where they want to be picked up and where they want to go. We usually drive in the Vaasa and Korsholm archipelago but of course in the entire Kvarken area, if necessary.
+358 40 147 9212
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If you go for a walk with the members of the walking club, you will get to know Vaasa and its inhabitants better at the same time! For 20 years, the club’s members have walked 10 km every Sunday. The Sunday walks always start from the market square (by the statue) at 10 am. and go in different directions around Vaasa, the pace is set by the participants and no one is left alone.
Organizer Vaasan Kävelyklubi ry, but you do not need to be a member of the club to participate in these hikes, all hiking enthusiasts are welcome.
Also note the Vaasan Marssi walking event in your calendar! The event, which is held annually in August, offers a chance to meet new people and see fantastic nature.
+358 407361238
helena.kyrolainen@netikka.fi
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Tennis Center Vaasa offers eleven different sports and thus the centre is the most versatile exercise arena in the area. The central location in Hietalahti Vaasa makes the centre easy to access.
+358 6 317 3700
tc@vaasantenniscenter.com
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The Club Billiard – Vasa’s only billiard hall, opened to the public in November 2020!
In the hall there is 1 full-sized Snooker table, 8 full-sized Pool tables and a pleasant lounge with, among other things, two dartboards and various board games. There is also a bar with a wide selection and student-friendly prices!
The Club offers everyone an opportunity to spend pleasant moments with their friends or company guests. Our unique program packages offer the company entertaining programs for recreation days, Christmas parties, customer events and team days.
info@theclub.fi