Vaasa

Doo-Bop Club

A jazz club under McDonald's in the northern end of the Market Square. Here you mainly hear jazz, soul and funk. The main principle is that the music is live.

Skafferiet

also known as Ritz

A place that tries to combine all forms of local and international culture on to one scene. The performers vary from artists that have travelled all over the world to those who are taking their first tumbling steps.

The Water Tower

Inside the tower there is a challenging indoor climbing wall. On Wednesdays and Sundays the walls are open to the public for an entrance fee of €5.

Tropiclandia

A tropical spa with various slides, saunas and Jacuzzis. Includes also an outside area in the summer. Located on the Vaskiluoto island just outside the city centre.

VPS

Vaasan Palloseura

VPS play soccer in Veikkausliiga the top tier. Their home ground (capacity 6000) is 1 km south of town centre. The playing season is April-Oct.

Vaasan Sport

Check out a hockey game during the winter with Vaasa's own Hockey Team Sport that plays in the Finnish ice hockey league "Liiga". The games are played in Vaasa Arena in Kuparisaari.

Zip Adventure Park

Climbing park, which also offers a 5-match, bungee trampoline and archery wars.

€25 for adults

Korsholm Music Festival

One of the most acknowledged chamber music festivals in Finland, brings its own mood to this coastal region as music resounds in concert halls, restaurants, museums and idyllic church buildings.

towards the end of the summer

Night of the Arts

Once a year the whole city is out witnessing different cultural events. There are free concerts, theatre, exhibitions and other happenings all over the city. Excellent night that should be experienced if you are in the neighbourhood.

Aug

Wasa By Night

An annual pub crawl arranged by most pubs, bars, restaurants and nightclubs in town.

arranged one dark autumn night every fall

Vaasa Choir Festival

An international large-scale choir music happening.

arranged at the weekend of the Ascension Day