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Old wooden houses in the Skata district

Jakobstad (Finnish: Pietarsaari) is a city in Ostrobothnia. The majority of the inhabitants speak Swedish as their native language.

Understand

Get in

By car

Jakobstad is situated along highway 8, the main road along the Finnish west coast.

By train

Most trains between southern Finland and Oulu or Rovaniemi stop at Bennäs railway station, some 15 km to the south. From there, take the bus to Jakobstad.

By bus

Buses between Vaasa and Kokkola stop in Jakobstad.

By plane

Flybe Nordic flies from Helsinki and SAS from Stockholm to Kokkola-Pietarsaari airport, 30 km from Jakobstad. Again, you can take the bus to Jakobstad from there.

By boat

Jakobstad has a guest port, so arriving by your own boat is always an option.

Get around

See

The former Strengberg tobacco factory
  • 1 Jakobstad's town hall and the Town hall square.
  • 2 Strengberg tobacco factory. The yellow industrial building and it's clock sphere on the roof is still one of Jakobstad's symbols, even as the factory has closed down.
  • 3 Skata. The wooden old town.
  • 4 Skolparken. The School Park is not just a park but a botanical garden with almost thousand different plants and flowers.
  • 5 Jakobstad Church.
  • 6 Jacobstads Wapen, The old port, +358 6 723 1796. A replica of a 18th century ship, anchored in the old port of Jakobstad. 1,60€.
  • 7 Nanoq, Pörkenäsvägen 60, +358 6 729 3679, fax: +358 6 729 3679, . "Finland's first Arctic museum" is a museum dedicated to the explorers of the North Pole, Greenland and Svalbard. adults 6€, children 3,50€.
  • Pedersore Church.

Do

Buy

Eat

Drink

  • O'Learys Jakobstad, Alholmsvägen 1, 68600, +358 6 7888399.

Sleep

Connect

Go next

If you are continuing towards Kokkola by car, you can take the more scenic route through the archipelago over seven bridges.

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