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Culture and History / Travel to Närpes, visa requirements / Get around / Närpes attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Shopping, Närpes souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Närpes nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Get outNärpes (Finnish: Närpiö) [1] is a town in Ostrobothnia, Finland.
Culture and History
Närpes is the Tomato Capital of Finland. In the greenhouses all around the local people grow the main harvest of finnish tomatos all year around. If you buy Finnish tomatos in any supermarket in Finland, chances are they come from here. And people are proud of that fact. Otherwise this place is spread out over a large foresty area and you need a car to get around.
Närpes is unilingually Swedish and thus many of the inhabitants do not speak Finnish that well, so it's probably much easier to speak English than to express Finnish "survival sentences" in the town. The town has its own, ancient Swedish dialect [2], so understanding the local lingo can be a real challenge, even for native Swedish-speakers.
Travel to Närpes - Visa Requirements
Tours and Getting around Närpes
- Car, distances too wide
Närpes tourist attractions and sightseeing
- The old church has one unique thing: over 150(!!!) little log houses which were built as stables so local people travelling all the way to Sunday church could keep them safe.
Närpes city tours
Närpes souvenirs and shopping
Tomatos
Närpes Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive
Närpes nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs
Närpes cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels and lodging
Get out
To Kaskinen (Kaskö), an idyllic harbour town, an enclave of Närpes and the smallest town of Finland.
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