The most beautiful Vaasa on foot

See and hear the stories of the inner city sights, historical places and interesting people.

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Popular walking tours of Vaasa’s New and Old Cemetery. The guide will tell you about interesting figures in commerce, industry and the arts buried in the cemetery. No advance booking. Free of charge. Meeting at the gate.
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. No arranged transport. You can take local bus lines 1, 2,...
Vaasa-born Mathilda was a noble lady who became known as prisoner`s true friend. The walk passes her childhood and youth surroundings and starts at the Vaasa Court of Appeal, Rantakatu.
On the tour you will hear about heroic pilots, periods of oppression, smugglers, Russian military expeditions, jaegers, interesting villagers, and of course: the land uplift. At the end of the walk, we visit the leaning Church of Raippaluoto.