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Replot Bridge
Finland's longest bridge, a 1,045 m cable-stayed span leaping into the UNESCO-listed Kvarken Archipelago near Vaasa. The gateway drive to a rising, glacier-sculpted island world.
15 km · about 30 min drive
EuropeFinlandOstrobothnia
Korsholm
Ostrobothnia, Finland · Europe
About Korsholm
Korsholm is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Vaasa, 36km from Kvarken Archipelago.
Korsholm is in Ostrobothnia, Finland, with about 17,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Vaasa, about 4 km away.
Korsholm (Finland Swedish: [korsˈholm]; Finnish: Mustasaari) is a municipality in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Korsholm is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Korsholm is approximately 20,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 112,000. It isRead more
the 55th most populous municipality in Finland.
The town of Vaasa was founded in Korsholm parish in 1606 and today the municipality completely surrounds the city. It is a coastal, mostly rural municipality, consisting of a rural landscape and a large, fractured archipelago. The administrative center is Smedsby, situated 3 km (2 mi) from Vaasa center along Finnish national road 8.
Korsholm is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 28% Finnish speakers, 68% Swedish speakers, and 4% speakers of other languages.
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Within an hour or so of Korsholm: Replot Bridge (15 km), Kvarken Archipelago (36 km).
Where is Korsholm?
Korsholm is in Ostrobothnia, Finland, about 4 km from Vaasa.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 17,176
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Finland
- Region
- Ostrobothnia
- Timezone
- Europe/Helsinki
- Coordinates
- 63.1142, 21.6822
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Finland
Winter tyres mandatory December–February.
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Worth the detour from Korsholm
2 notable places within an hour's drive.
natural wonder
Kvarken Archipelago
Finland's only natural World Heritage Site, where the land still rises nearly 1 cm a year after the Ice Age, spawning new islands. Drive the Replot island roads to boulder fields, stone labyrinths and wooden watchtowers.
36 km · about 40 min drive
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- Right hereReplot BridgeFinland's longest bridge, a 1,045 m cable-stayed span leaping into the UNESCO-listed Kvarken Archipelago near Vaasa. The gateway drive to a rising, glacier-sculpted island world.
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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