Town in Ostrobothnia, Finland
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Jakobstad (Finnish: Pietarsaari) is a nice small port town in Ostrobothnia. The adjacent municipality of Pedersöre is also handled in this article.
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The factory closed down in 1998, nevertheless the yellow industrial building and its clock sphere on the roof remains one of Jakobstad's symbols.
The wooden old town.
The School Park is not just a park but a botanical garden with almost a thousand different plants and flowers.
The old port, the port of Jakobstad until the mid 19th century, now a recreational area home to a marina, a shipyard/maritime museum and two old wooden ships, besides the beach and wood.
A replica of an 18th century ship, built according to blueprints by the famous naval architect af Chapman. She was launched at time when Anders Chydenius of nearby Nedervetil forcefully advocated free trade and important restrictions on international trades were lifted.
A wooden barquentine launched 1952, built as part of the war reparations to the Soviet Union. Some 90 wooden schooners were built for the purpose, of 300 tonnes deadweight, tern-rigged and built for coastal trade or barquentines for use as schoolships, and at least one barquentine for research (a non-magnetic one). Vega was built at the Laivateollisuus yard in Turku, which developed new building techniques to allow efficient serial production. Vega served as school ship based in Tallinn. A sister ship has survived as restaurant in Klaipėda.
The one place to eat warm sausage, hamburgers etc. when visiting Jakobstad. The menu has changed since the founding in 1973, and you can now find Korv-Görans in a few other towns, but check out the original.
A typical small-town hotel, clean and modern.
By train
Some trains between southern Finland and Oulu or Rovaniemi stop at the Jakobstad-Pedersöre railway station in Bennäs, Pedersöre, some 10 km to the south.
By bus
Buses between Vaasa and Kokkola stop in Jakobstad. The Onnibus route between Turku and Oulu uses the highway stop Edsevö Hotel Polaris, which is 11 km away from the centre.
By plane
Nordic Regional Airlines flies from Helsinki to Kokkola–Pietarsaari airport (KOK), 30 km from Jakobstad.
By boat
There is a ferry from Umeå, Sweden to Vaasa.
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