Other Attractions in Jakobstad
Take a look at other interesting attractions in Jakobstad!
The range of attractions is enriched by interesting special museums, beautiful churches, art galleries and architectural sights.
Jakobstad-Pietarsaari museum
The museum of Jakobstad, established in 1904, has several locations in the city.
The most important one, Malmska gården or the Malm manor, is located on Storgatan and focuses on seafaring, shipbuilding, and the town culture. There are also several other buildings that are part of the Malm manor. The outhouses have various themes such as a hairdresser’s parlour and a store from the 1950s which also sells nice souvenirs.
In the summer you can also visit Runeberg’s cottage and mother Westmans’s cottage, both of which are closely linked to Finland’s national poet, Johan Ludvig Runeberg.
Malm Manor
Storgatan 2, tel. +358 6 786 3371
The Malm Manor is the most important of the locations of Jakobstad Museum. The house was built by ship owner and storekeeper Peter Malm. The collection includes a ship owner’s office from the late 18th century and several ship models.
Open Tue–Sun 12.00–16.00. Other times on prior agreement. Admission: 6 €/adult
Mother Westman’s Cottage
Visasbacken 1-5, tel. +358 6 786 3371
The Cottage of Mother Westman is the only private elementary school in Jakobstad to be preserved for posterity. It was J. L. Runeberg’s first school.
Open on prior agreement. Admission: 6 €/adult
Runeberg’s Cottage
Östanpåvägen, tel. +358 6 786 3371
The national poet of Finland, Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804-77), spent the summers of his childhood in this hunting and fishing cottage built in 1811 by Runeber’s father and uncle.
Open 27.6–12.8. Tue–Sun 12.00–16.00. Other times on prior agreement.
Exhibition Centre Tempus
Otto Malmsgatan 3, tel. +356 6 783 3371
To see the current exhibitions and projects, please check the museum’s webpage.
Open Tue–Sun 12.00–16.00. Other times on prior agreement. Admission: 6 €/adult
The Tobacco Museum
Skolgatan 25, tel. +358 6 786 3371
The Tobacco Museum provides the visitor with information about the history of tobacco. There are also tobacco-related items from Jakobstad and Finland.
Open 6.6–12.8. Tue–Sat 12.00–16.00. Other times on prior agreement. Admission: 6 €/adult
Other museums
Pedersöre Local History Museum
Trädgårdsgatan 6, tel. +358 50 3259 047, +358 50 3515 241
The local history museum comprises of several buildings and related collections of agricultural and fishing equipment, rustic objects, and textiles. The local history museum is located in the stone byre by the Rosenlund vicarage.
Open 1.7–31.7. Tue–Sat 12.00–18.00, 25.5.-13.8. Sun 12.00–17.00. Other times on prior agreement.
Churches
Jakobstad Church
Kyrkogatan 3, tel. +358 403 100 427, +358 403 100 470
Jakobstad church is an old wooden cruciform church built in 1731. The church houses i.e. a three-meter high seven-branched candlestick which originates from the 18th ceuntury.
Open on prior agreement.
Pedersöre Church
Vasavägen 118, tel. +358 403 100 477, +358 403 100 469
Pedersöre Church is a stone church which dates back to the 13th century. The church is one of the oldest churches in Ostrobothnia but it has lost its original appearance due to modification in the 1700s.
Open on prior agreement.
Tsasouna
Narsgatan 2, tel. +358 6 723 6278, +358 50 587 5717
Orthodox chapel.
Open on prior agreement.
Art galleries
Villa Sveden
Östanpåvägen 12
This romantic old villa from 1852 was pharmacist Victor Schauman’s and later his daughter Sigrid Castrén’s summer cottage.
Artist Olavi Tiala renovated it and nowadays Villa Sveden serves as a cultural center with an art gallery and a romantic summer café.
Open 3.7-27.7. Sun–Thu 12.00–18.00. Other times on prior agreement.
White Box
Runebergsgatan 8
A contemporary art gallery at Campus Allegro, Jakobstad.
Open Mon–Fri 10.00–20.00.
Glass Gallery JKH
Fredsvägen 10, tel. +358 50 590 3060
Glass artist Jari Hangassalo’s working/showroom. In the gallery you can find different kinds of glass art produced with different techniques.
Open Mondays 10.00–13.00. Other times on prior agreement.
Architectural sights
There are several architecturally interesting buildings in Jakobstad. What about going for an architectural walk? You can easily explore the architectural gems of Jakobstad on foot.
Jakobstad Fire Station resembles the Stockholm Olympic Stadium and the buildings are in fact designed by the same architect, Torben Grut. Jakobstad’s beautiful water tower is designed by Lars Sonck and the Art Nouveau building of Jakobstad gymnasium by Bertel Jung.
Östanlid sanatorium, a former tuberculosis sanatorium, represents functionalism. It is an example of how the knowledge of health care had an impact on hospital architecture during the first decades of the 1900s. Östanlid sanatorium has big balconies and windows and it is located in an area with xeric heath forest where the patients could enjoy the only then known cure for tuberculosis: clean air and sunshine.
Further information from the Tourist Information, Town Hall, Salutorget 1, tourism@jakobstad.fi.
