Getting there & away
Land
Bus
There are daily bus services from the terminal on Vöyrinkatu to all major western and central towns, and there are several express buses a day from Helsinki (€55.60, seven hours) and normal buses from Turku (€43.20, 5½ hours), both via Pori (€29.20, three hours). Buses run up and down the west coast pretty much hourly from Monday to Friday.
Train
Vaasa is off the main train lines, but there is a connecting line to Seinäjoki, where you can connect with trains to mainline destinations, such as Tampere (€30.30, 2½ hours) and Helsinki (€47.10, four to five hours). Trains to Seinäjoki run up to eight times a day (€8.80, 50 minutes).
Boat
From late June to early August there are one to two daily ferries (€41, four hours) between Vaasa and the Swedish town of Umeå (Uumaja) with RG Lines (320 0300; www.rgline.com). It also runs once-weekly to Sundsvall (Friday, eight hours). The ferry terminal is on the western side of Vaskiluoto (take bus 10).
Air
Finnair offers daily flights from Vaasa to Helsinki, Kokkola and Stockholm. The budget operator Blue1(www.blue1.com) also has flights to Helsinki and Stockholm
Vaasa
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