GUIDED TOURS
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The season 2024 is open for bookings, welcome on our guided walks!
Does Strömsö really exist?
Yes, it does! The idyllic villa that serves as the set of the TV show, is located in Vaasa and was built in 1852. Guided tours of the villa are available, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 28.6.-2.8.2025.
Must be booked 12 hours beforehand.
Guided walk on Kappelinmäki cemetery
Kappelinmäki cemetery dates to 1782. It is one of Finland´s oldest graveyards still in active use. Much of Vaasa´s ancient history lies buried in its soil.
Dates 2025: 10.6. | 25.6. | 24.7. | 4.8. | at 6-7.30 pm.
Buy your ticket at least 12 h in advance!
Guided walk at the Orthodox cemetery
We see e.g. the grave chapel for merchant Lisitzin and hear stories about the destinies of Russian soldiers and prisoners who were kept at the so-called discipline camp in the nearby forest.
Dates 2025: 4.6. | 11.6. | 7.7. at 6 p.m.
Buy tickets on-line at least 12 h in advance!
Guided walk in the Alkula garden
In the Alkula homestead, next to the old tobacco fields, August Alexander Levon established Finland's first steam mill in 1849. Levon's passion for gardening is still visible in Alkula's nature.
Dates 2025: 2.6. | 24.6. | 9.7. | 21.8. | at 5-6.30 pm
Buy tickets at least 12 h in advance.
Barracks walking tour
The Vaasa barracks area is one of the best-preserved 19th-century wooden barracks areas in Finland. On this guided tour, you get to know St. Nicholas Church and the barracks area.
Time: 3.July at 1:00 - 2:30 pm, 17 July 5 - 6:30 pm, 10 August at 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Bookings at least 12 h in advance!
Raippaluoto history tour
On the walking tour you will hear about heroic pilots, periods of oppression, smugglers, Russian military expeditions, jaegers, interesting villagers, and of course about land raising and much more.
Time: 5.6, 31.7, 5.8 At 13.00-14.30
Bookings at least 12 h in advance!
Evening Walk in Old Vaasa
King Charles IX established Vaasa in 1606 in the oldest harbour and merchant site of Ostrobothnia. King Charles III established Finland's second Court of Appeal in Vaasa.
Time: 6.6, 26.6, 8.7, 22.8. at 5-6:30 p.m.
Bookings at least 12 h in advance!
Evening walk in Präntöö better known as Palosaari
Vaasa's first suburban district has a special place in the city`s history. The history begins in the 1780s when the port was moved here from Old Vaasa. Authors, shipbuilders, artists and factory workers have shaped the history of the island.
Time: 17.6. at 17.00, 27.6. at 17.00, 29.7. at 13.00 ja 14.8. at 17.00.
Bookings at least 12 h in advance!
The most beautiful Vaasa on foot
See and hear the stories of the inner city sights, historical places and interesting people.
Time: 1.7. at 13.00, 19.7. at 13.00 and 1.8. at 17.00.
Bookings at least 12 h in advance!
Walk in Smedsby
Join our guide on a walk through the municipal center of Korsholm. We leave from Elly Sigfrid's square and walk through new Smedsby.
Time: 11.6, 15.7, 22.7 at 17.00-18.30.
Bookings at least 12 h in advance!