Palosaari, Vaasa
Palosaari is a major district of the city of Vaasa, Finland about two kilometers north from the Vaasa city centre.
Palosaari is a major district of the city of Vaasa, Finland about two kilometers north from the Vaasa city centre. It is a former island, that is due to tectonic uplift now connected to the mainland. Palosaari is an old working-class area that has gradually become a student neighbourhood since the 1980s. Among other educational institutions the University of Vaasa is based there.
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Worth seeing in and around Palosaari, Vaasa
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Hietalahti Stadium
Hietalahti Stadium, also known as Lemonsoft Stadion for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Vaasa, Finland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Vaasan Palloseura.
3.2 km · Football stadium in Vaasa, Finland · Wikipedia - 02Wasa Theater
Wasa theatre is a professional Swedish-language theatre in the Finnish city of Vaasa. It is the regional theatre of Österbotten and was founded in 1919.
1.6 km · Finland-Swedish theatre in Vasa, Finland · Wikipedia - 03Vaasa University of Applied Sciences
Vaasa University of Applied Sciences also known as VAMK, is an international higher education institution in Vaasa, Finland. VAMK educates Bachelors of Business Administration, Engineering, Hospitality Management and Social Services as well as Registered Nurses and Public Health Nurses in Finnish, Swedish and English.
2.2 km · university of applied sciences in Vasa, Finland · Wikipedia - 04Vaasa Church
The Vaasa Holy Trinity Church, or simply the Vaasa Church, is a church located in the city center of Vaasa in Ostrobothnia, Finland. The 900-seat red-brick church, designed by architect Carl Axel Setterberg, was completed in 1869.
1.8 km · church building in Vaasa, Finland · Wikipedia - 05Vaasa Market Hall
Vaasa Market Hall is a Gothic-style market hall in the city center of Vaasa, Finland. The market hall includes seven different shops, such as the fish store Ruostsala Snickars and the café Wasa Konditori.
2 km · market Hall in Vaasa, Finland · Wikipedia - 06Finnish Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is a monumental bronze sculpture complex located in the Market Square of Vaasa in Ostrobothnia, Finland. The statue celebrates the victory of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War in 1918.
1.8 km · bronze sculpture · Wikipedia - 07Ostrobothnian Museum
The Ostrobothnian Museum is a provincial museum of cultural history, which also serves as provincial art museum and a museum of natural science. The museum building, designed by Eino Forsman in 1927, and the museum’s exhibition wing, planned by architect Erik Kråkström in 1967 are located next to the Marianpuisto park in central Vaasa.
1.2 km · regional museum in Vasa/Vaasa in Finland · Wikipedia - 08Novia University of Applied Sciences
The Novia University of Applied Sciences is an institution of higher professional education in Finland. It offers Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes in Swedish in Vaasa, Turku, Raseborg and Jakobstad.
500 m · Finnish university · Wikipedia - 09Hietalahti baseball stadium
Vaasan Mailattaret is a Finnish women's pesäpallo team from Vaasa. It was founded in 2015.
3.1 km · stadium in Vaasa, Finland · Wikipedia - 10Tritonia Academic Library
The Academic Library of Tritonia is a library that serves the educational and research needs of three different universities in Vaasa, Finland. These universities include University of Vaasa, Vaasa University of Applied Sciences, and Novia University of Applied Sciences.
600 m · library in Finland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Palosaari, Vaasa
- Airports
- Vaasa (VAA), 11 km · Umeå (UME), 100 km · Tampere-Pirkkala (TMP), 215 km
- Stations
- Vaasa railway station, 1.9 km · Port of Vaasa, 3.3 km · Vaskiluoto yard, 3 km
- Tampere / Pirkkala → Palosaari, Vaasa215 km · quickest by road, 4h 19m · €25–35
- Oulu / Oulunsalo → Palosaari, Vaasa275 km · quickest by air, 5h 41m · €80–120
- Turku → Palosaari, Vaasa298 km · quickest by road, 5h 40m · €33–47
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- Get inE8 and E12 both continue to Norway: via Tornio to Tromsø and by ferry to Umeå and on to Mo i Rana, respectively.
- Get inThe ferry Aurora Botnia, operated by Stena Line/Wasaline crosses daily between Vaasa and Umeå, Sweden (with the port in Holmsund at the mouth of the river).
- Get inVaasa also has its own transfer bus between the ferry terminal and the city centre, part of the local bus services, see below.
- Go nextOr why not take the ferry over to Umeå in Sweden (see #By boat above).
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Next door to Palosaari, Vaasa
- Vaasacity in the region of Ostrobothnia in Finland1.8 km
- Vaskiluotourban area and 3rd major district in Vaasa, Finland2.4 km
- Palosaari4th major district of Vaasa, Finland500 m
- Hietalahtiarea consisting of two city districts in Vaasa, Finland3 km