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Nature trails and hiking routs in the Vaasa Region
There are many nature trails and hiking routs in the Vasa region. There are paths and routes of different lengths, so everyone will surely find a nice route to hike!
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Närpiö Church is a white stone church, which oldest part was built in 1435. The church has been rebuilt many times.
+358407117692
narpes.pastorskansli@evl.fi
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It happens sometimes that first time visitors to Närpes get a wide eye surprise when they go past the church right outside of the downtown core. Rows and rows of small, red, windowless buildings, app. 150 in total, can be seen there. These are the unique church stables. They were used in the old days for housing horses during the church service. The stables were built for the horses and the long protruding roofs were intended to offer protection for sleighs and buggies.
The oldest preserved church stables stem from the end of the 18th century, but some were built in the beginning of the 20th century. At the most 400 stables were once in use. Nowadays you can walk freely around the area of the church stables, but those who want to know more can also book a guide.
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The construction of the church in Pörtom started in 1781 and it was ready for consecration in September 1783. The bell tower was built in 1790, and the pulpit was made by Natanael Rönnlund in 1818.
+358 40 71 17 692
narpes.pastorskansli@evl.fi
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Operation Stella Polaris was a secret operation at the end of the Continuation War, aimed at moving sensitive intelligence material from Finland to Sweden to prevent it from falling into Soviet hands. The operation was based in the small fishing village of Nämpnäs in Närpes, from where the archive was shipped to Swedish ports. In memory of this, a monument in the form of a stone has been erected on Österfjärdsvägen in Nämpnäs.
In Öjskogsparken, there is the Stella Polaris Museum, which is built around the intelligence operation and provides the background and tells the story of Operation Stella Polaris. The museum is partially interactive, and we also display a number of unique radios from that era.
+358 45 231 5282
narpeshembygd@gmail.com
http://narpes.hembygd.webbhuset.fi/sv/besok_oss/stella_polaris/
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Öjskogsparken is an open-air museum with some 20 historic museum buildings. The main building, Bengtsgården, is an old 18th century farm house with a well preserved interior. Other buildings include Haga’s village store, the school house, the apothecary museum, the green house museum and other functional buildings, a drying house, a windmill and minor log-cabins. In the summer there is a guide in the park as well as many organized events. Guiding can be arranged according to agreement at other times. There is also the possibility to rent a restaurant hall.
+358 45 231 5282
narpeshembygd@gmail.com
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The church in Övermark was built 1875-1878, because the parish had been granted independency from the parish of Närpes by the tsar in 1871.
+358 407117692