Ostrobothnia Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
region of Finland
About Ostrobothnia
Ostrobothnia is a region centred aroundVaasaon the west coast ofFinland, consisting of 17 municipalities. It borders with the regionsCentral Ostrobothnia,Southern OstrobothniaandSatakunta. Ostrobothnia is the only region in Finland (except Åland) that has a majority of Swedish-speakers (about 52%). The linguistic gap towards the Finnish, the cultural one to Swedish-speaking in the southern cities, the proximity toSwedenand the availability of radio and television from there have given the locals a regional identity separate from that of the southerners, only to a degree diluted with greater modern mobility. The area is dominated by agrarian culture in contrast to the forestry-dominated inland. Ostrobothnia was hit hard by bad economic conditions and famine during the 19th century and thous
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