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Replot (Raippaluoto) Bridge in Korsholm (Mustasaari), Finland. View of the towers (facing east).
Boathouses at a distance in Grönvik village of Korsholm, Finland.
Björkö sits in Finland’s Kvarken Archipelago, part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Among the island's most distinctive features are the parallel De Geer moraines, a series of low ridges deposited as the ice sheet retreated at the end of the last ice age. This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 19 July 2026, shows Björkö set among dark blue waters, shallow inlets, and numerous smaller islets. Dense forest appears in deep green across the interior, while lighter fields and clearings form long, narrow strips around Björköby and along the island’s road network. Svedjehamn, a historic fishing harbour on the north-western coast, provides access to nearby nature trails. Copernicus satellite data support regular monitoring of shoreline change, vegetation, and land use.
Photo by Mika Kuusela
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Korsholm

Ostrobothnia, Finland · Europe

About Korsholm

Korsholm is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Vaasa, 36km from Kvarken Archipelago.

Korsholm is in Ostrobothnia, Finland, with about 17,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Vaasa, about 4 km away.

Korsholm (Finland Swedish: [korsˈholm]; Finnish: Mustasaari) is a municipality in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Korsholm is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Korsholm is approximately 20,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 112,000. It is

Read more the 55th most populous municipality in Finland. The town of Vaasa was founded in Korsholm parish in 1606 and today the municipality completely surrounds the city. It is a coastal, mostly rural municipality, consisting of a rural landscape and a large, fractured archipelago. The administrative center is Smedsby, situated 3 km (2 mi) from Vaasa center along Finnish national road 8. Korsholm is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 28% Finnish speakers, 68% Swedish speakers, and 4% speakers of other languages.

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Within an hour or so of Korsholm: Replot Bridge (15 km), Kvarken Archipelago (36 km).

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Korsholm is in Ostrobothnia, Finland, about 4 km from Vaasa.

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Quick Information

Population
17,176
Continent
Europe
Country
Finland
Region
Ostrobothnia
Timezone
Europe/Helsinki
Coordinates
63.1142, 21.6822

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Finland

Police
112
Ambulance
112
Fire
112
Driving side
right

Winter tyres mandatory December–February.

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Worth the detour from Korsholm

2 notable places within an hour's drive.

bridge

Replot Bridge

Finland's longest bridge, a 1,045 m cable-stayed span leaping into the UNESCO-listed Kvarken Archipelago near Vaasa. The gateway drive to a rising, glacier-sculpted island world.

15 km · about 30 min drive

natural wonder

Kvarken Archipelago

Finland's only natural World Heritage Site, where the land still rises nearly 1 cm a year after the Ice Age, spawning new islands. Drive the Replot island roads to boulder fields, stone labyrinths and wooden watchtowers.

36 km · about 40 min drive

Driving roads near Korsholm

  • Right hereReplot BridgeFinland's longest bridge, a 1,045 m cable-stayed span leaping into the UNESCO-listed Kvarken Archipelago near Vaasa. The gateway drive to a rising, glacier-sculpted island world.

When to drive here

May to September

Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.

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