Skip navigation
Nuoret

Youth

Vaasa has six youth clubs and a youth café. Rock School offers rock and pop lessons, including gigs and song writing for young people. Youth council influences the decision making in Vaasa.

Services for youth

  • Café Kultsa

    Café Kultsa is a cosy youth café located in Vaasa city centre.

  • Child-friendly municipality

    The Child-Friendly Municipality framework, facilitated by UNICEF, equips local authorities with tools to prioritise children's welfare within their administrative functions and everyday services. This model ensures the rights of all children, particularly those most vulnerable, are upheld.

  • General upper secondary school

    General upper secondary education given in is post-comprehensive school general education that provides the qualifications for studying at universities, universities of applied sciences, and in vocational education based on the upper secondary school curriculum.

  • Graffiti walls in Vaasa

    Interested in graffiti? Vaasa has several locations where you can see and create graffiti art.

  • Kuula-opisto

    Cello, flute or singing? We offer a wide range of music education for children, adolescents and even adults.

  • Meeting places

    Would you like to get to know your neighbours? Are you looking for new friends? Do you sometimes feel lonely? Here are some examples of places where you can go to meet other people and spend time in good company!

  • Outreach Youth Work

    Outreach youth work is intended for Vaasa-based young people aged 15–29 who want support in planning their future and managing everyday matters.

  • School of Rock

    At Rokkikoulu (School of Rock), people aged 13–17 in Vaasa play and learn all about pop and rock music in different styles.

  • Skateboard Hall

    The skateboard hall maintained by the Vaasa City Youth Services is located in Huutoniemi. The use of the skateboard hall is free for everyone and is open on weekdays. THE SKATEBOARD HALL IS CLOSED IN THE SUMMER. WE WILL OPEN AGAIN ON 1.9.25.

  • The project Skapa i Vasaregionen

    The aim of the project is to improve the accessibility and equality of art education for children and young people as well as to increase the range of art education.

  • Vaasa model for leisure activities

    Vaasa City organises leisure activities according to the Finnish Model for Leisure Activities, aiming to support the well-being of children and young people by enabling each child and young person to have an enjoyable and free hobby in connection to the school day.

  • Vocational Training

    Vocational training is aimed at both young people and adults at different stages of life.

  • Young people’s Influence

    It is important for everyone to be heard and everyone to be given the right to influence their own affairs.

  • Youth Clubs

    The City of Vaasa's youth services have seven different youth clubs, offering both guided and self-organised activities. The facilities are intended especially for secondary school children and older, but there are also activities for grades 5–6.

  • Youth Services' Camp and Hobby Activities

    In our camps and leisure activities, children and young people get to experience fantastic adventures in various environments. The activities are guided, encouraging, hands-on, and focused on shared experiences.

  • Youth Workshop Kartturi

    Workshop Kartturi (navigator) is aimed at young people aged 15–29 in Vaasa who want support in life management or in their plans for the future.

Events

Topical

News

6.6.2025

Sheep return to Vaasa’s meadows for the summer

These popular summer workers are back in action. This summer, the sheep will be working in Gerby’s Omenapuupuisto Park and opposite the Old Vaasa ruins.

Five sheep eating grass on a green meadow in a wooded area.
30.5.2025

Merikaarto to get new daycare premises in January 2026

New early childhood education and care (ECEC) premises will be built near Merikaarto School in Vaasa this year. The new daycare unit will be completed in...

23.5.2025

Plots for detached houses available to apply for in Teeriniemi

The City of Vaasa is offering thirteen plots for detached houses for application in the Teeriniemi area, on Kirjosieponkatu. The application period is from 16...

22.5.2025

LukuBattle reading challenge attracted hundreds of pupils: ‘60% of participants now read more’

The LukuBattle reading challenge, organised in schools across Vaasa, inspired hundreds of pupils to pick up a book. The challenge was part of the broader Lukeva...