2/16/10

Facts about Alavieska, Finland


Alavieska is small town, near coast, establish in 1879. There are about 2800 inhabitants. Land area of Alavieska is 253,03km² and land area is mostly flat. River called Kalajoki goes throw Alavieska. Alavieska has shared in seven “villages”: Centre,( Saarenkylä, Jukulainen,) Taluskylä, Someronkylä, Kääntä and Kähtävä.

Alavieska is a nice and beautiful small village between two big cities. Here is a lots of countryside, but we also have many own services: restaurant, library, three grocery stores, bank, swimming hall, motel.. etc. And of course, if there is something you don’t find from Alavieska, you can always go to those two cities, Ylivieska and Kalajoki. For young people we have a youth centre, which is open every Monday, Thursday and Friday. There you can play billiard, hang out with your friends, watch TV and things like that. Sometimes we also have a disco in our youth centre. 







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