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several expeditions to the Arctic. There are Inuit tools, fossils, authentic Arctic huts from
Greenland and elsewhere, and various other Arctic souvenirs.
Eating
Café Fäboda
FINNISH
( 06-723-4533;
www.faboda.fi
;
Lillsandvägen 263;mains €18.50-32; noon-9pm May-Aug)
Right on the beach, this breezy, beach-house-style spot is the best place to dine for miles
around. Everything is made on the premises, condiments and breads included. Specialities
include gourmet cheese and bacon burgers, fried whitefish with lemon-butter sauce and
steaks such as rib-eye fillet with red-wine jus. Live music plays on the terrace on summer
evenings.
WORTH A TRIP
FINLAND'S WOODSTOCK
Kaustinen Folk Music Festival
MUSIC
( 040-170-1966;
www.kaustinen.net
;
Jyväskyläntie 3;1-/6-day pass €35/160)
Kicking off in early July, this 1968-established folk gathering in the village of Kaustinen,
53km southeast of Kokkola, sees more than 3000 Finnish and international musicians
perform over six days at concerts, bar gigs and endless impromptu jam sessions. The
festival's
accommodation office
( 068-229-811) can assist with reservations. Check the
website for details of festival express buses.
Kokkola
06 / Pop 46,720
The biggest attraction in Kokkola (Swedish: Karleby) is its charming Old Town, Neristan,
where the town's sailors and fisherfolk once lived. Until the 1960s fishing boats could sail
up the coffee-coloured river to sell fish in the kauppatori, but you wouldn't believe it to
look at the shallow water today. As with the
Kvarken archipelago
, the land around
