Christmas

1. A unique Nordic wooden town that never burned. Around 300 wooden houses are still left mainly in their original condition and are staying that way, because we live in them all year around. There are only two of such wooden towns left in the Nordics and the other is Røros in Norway.
2. Here you can find the Bötombergen nature centre with several different hiking trails and the pre-Ice-Age Wolf Cave that may be more than 74 000 years old.
3. We’re Finland’s only Cittaslow city
4. Kristinestad is also Finland’s second only Sustainable Travel destination as certified by Visit Finland. Read more here.
5. Thus, we strive to promote everything local, handmade and sustainable – the authentic local experiences

1. Go hiking or skiing IF there’s snow in the ground in the Bötomberg nature centre. More info here.
2. 10 minutes north of the square you will find the Pohjoislahti Nature Trail with routes of various lengths and where also lots of birds come to rest on their migration routes. The map of the trail and other hiking routes can be found here and the coordinates of the starting point here.
3. A longer walk can be made to the southernmost point of Kristinestad, Kanonviken. Coordinates here

“Christinae Stadh”, a hidden gem on the west coast, is an elegant wooden town that is unusually well preserved in Finland and protected from the great scourge of Nordic cities: fire. Well-kept wooden houses, mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries, regularly line the street grid, with a magnificent town hall at the centre.”

“Our own establishment, Hotel Krepelin, offers nostalgically elegant accommodation in Finland in a well-preserved former sea captain’s house from 1812. I rarely get a feeling in domestic destinations that this is almost like Europe – but now I did.”

“A beautiful old building and a friendly welcome. We’ll come here again.”