Travel Reference
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Regions at a Glance
West Coast
Fiesta Time
The west coast celebrates summer in style. Normally tranquil Seinäjoki kicks its heels up
for contrasting tango and rock festivals, while Kaustinen becomes a folk-music mecca.
Add Pori's jazz do and Rauma's bustling lace week and it's a busy season.
Wonderful Wood
Rauma, Jakobstad and Kokkola bring Finnish history alive with their rows of charming
wooden buildings, some of the few to have survived the years and the fires.
Coastal Pleasures
The Gulf of Bothnia isn't the likeliest of sun-and-sand destinations, but there are some
great family beaches here. The weird rising landscapes of the Kvarken archipelago are an-
other highlight.
