Kvevlax

Aero Flight 311, often referred to as the Kvevlax air disaster, was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Aero O/Y (now Finnair) between Kronoby and Vaasa in Finland. The aircraft, a Douglas DC-3, crashed in the municipality Kvevlax (Finnish: Koivulahti), nowadays part of Korsholm (Finnish: Mustasaari) on 3 January 1961, killing all twenty-five people on board. The disaster remains the deadliest aviation accident in Finnish history. The investigation revealed that both pilots were intoxicated and should not have been flying.

Smedsby (Finnish: Sepänkylä) is a village in Korsholm in Finland.

Vaasa Airport (Finnish: Vaasan lentoasema, Swedish: Vasa flygplats) (IATA: VAA, ICAO: EFVA) is located in Vaasa, Finland, about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south-east of Vaasa city centre. As of 2023, it is the 8th busiest airport in Finland with 153,781 passengers.Regular airlines at Vaasa airport are Finnair and Scandinavian Airlines. The airport is also served by several charters with destinations to Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Greece, Spain and Turkey.

Korsholm Church (Swedish: Korsholms kyrka, Finnish: Mustasaaren kirkko) is a church building in the city of Vaasa, in the region of Österbotten in Finland. Originally the building was built for the Court of Appeal between 1776 and 1786, and designed by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz. After the city, including the church, burnt down in 1852, the building was rebuilt as a church under the direction of Carl Axel Setterberg, who worked as a county architect for the county of Vasa. Much of the actual reconstruction on the inside of the building was designed and completed by Johan Lillros, a local builder, and a number of local carpenters.

Korsholm Castle (Finnish: Korsholman linna, Swedish: Korsholms slott, also known as Chrysseborg) was a medieval castle in Vaasa, Finland. Korsholm was probably built in the 1370s. It is possible that the castle was never more than a wooden fortification, surrounded by a moat. By the late 18th century Korsholm was ruined, and new buildings built on the mound had destroyed any medieval remains. Today a low mound is all that remains of the castle.Korsholm Castle was known to have functioned as one of the bases of the notorious Victual Brothers pirates who terrorized the Baltic Sea region in the Middle Ages. One of the Pirate Chiefs of the Victual Brothers, Otte von Peccatel, apparently ruled the castle until his death.

Korsholm (Finland Swedish: [korsˈholm]; Finnish: Mustasaari) is a municipality of 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.

The 2011 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships was the fourteenth edition of the IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship was held in Finland. The event proved a clean sweep for American Ryan Cavalieri winning both the 2WD and 4WD category.The track was hard packed clay and a little over 200 m in run length and 3 meters wide. The track was packed with obstacles in the form of single jump, corner table, quadruple jump, logs, moguls, hump with negative banking, two single jumps, high speed double jump, double jump and a speed bump.

Kaarlen kenttä is a multi-use stadium in Vaasa, Finland. It is currently used mostly for athletics. The stadium holds 7,500 people.

Vaasan Sähkö Areena (Swedish: Vasa Elektriska Arena, Vaasa Energy Arena) is a multipurpose arena in Vaasa, Finland. It was previously called the Kuparisaaren jäähalli (Copper Island Ice Rink) and locals often use the old name in conversation. The arena first opened in 1971 and has undergone renovation and expansion several times. It is located approximately three kilometres (roughly two miles) south-east of downtown Vaasa.

Jungsund is a village in Korsholm, Finland. North Jungsund has a population of 410, while that of South Jungsund is 175. The village is located in the middle of Finland on the Westcoast. The first known inhabitants, in the 14th century, were named in old documents in Sweden (Finland was the eastern part of Sweden for about 700 years until 1809 when it was lost in a war to Russia). The population in villages in this area has always spoken Swedish and even today about 90% still does.

Hietalahti Stadium (Finnish: Hietalahden jalkapallostadion, Swedish: Sandvikens fotbollsstadion), also known as Lemonsoft Stadion for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Vaasa, Finland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Vaasan Palloseura. The stadium has a capacity of 6,009 spectators.The stadium was originally built in 1935. It was expanded to its current capacity in 2015–2016. Prior to its 2022 Lemonsoft sponsorship deal, the name sponsor of the stadium was the Finnish telecommunications company Elisa.Hietalahti Stadium co-hosted the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in July 2018.

The Vaasa railway station (Finnish: Vaasan rautatieasema, Swedish: Vasa järnvägsstation) is located in the city of Vaasa, Finland. It is located along the Seinäjoki–Vaasa railway; it is one of the termini for passenger trains that use the line, and its neighboring station in the east is Tervajoki.