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Town in South Ostrobothnia, Finland
Photo: Ninara from Helsinki, Finland, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Ähtäri (Swedish: Etseri) is a town in Southern Ostrobothnia.
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Ähtärin eläinpuisto
Wildlife, mostly species of the taiga, such as bears, wolves and wolverines, and at the rare end: snow leopards (the two pandas left for China in 2024). Restaurant (M–Sa), hotel, cabin (by the bears), camping (tent/RV/cabin).
Pirkanpohjan taidekeskus
Art gallery.
Golf course next to the zoo.
Pizza and other fast food.
Lunch restaurant.
Hotel just next to the zoo, featuring a restaurant, spa, bowling alley and a night club.
The old clergy house has been turned into a hotel.
By car
Ähtäri is at the junction of highways 18 between Vaasa and Jyväskylä and 68 between Virrat and Jakobstad.
By bus
There are buses from Virrat, Seinäjoki and Alavus.
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Jyväskylän Maalaiskunta · Regional · JYV
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