What to do and see in Kokkola, Central Ostrobothnia: The Best Things to do

The ITE Museum is a Contemporary Folk Art Museum maintained by the city of Kokkola and Maaseudun Sivistysliitto. Its main task is to exhibit and promote Finnish contemporary folk art or ITE art. The building was built in 1813 as a living quarter for the Pedagogio’s teacher. In the ITE Museum in Kokkola you can see exhibitions based on the Collections, as well as visiting exhibitions.

Second-hand shop, cafeteria and Christian book store in a historical building in the heart Neristan, the wooden town of Kokkolas' old town. The building is one of the largest and most beautiful wooden houses in all of Neristan. You can walk around in many parts of the house and find treasures with a cheap prize to bring home. The inside yard holds a beautiful garden cafe.

Visit Kokkola operates as a tourism-, congress- and event service developer, marketer, seller and provider in Kokkola. Visit Kokkola: - Tourist information services - Selling and providing tourism products - Selling and marketing Congress Kokkola - Event planning and production: The Venetian Night Festival - Group Travel - Regional tourism marketing Services provided by Visit Kokkola: - VisitKokkola Online -booking system - Archipelago Cruises on the m/s Jenny - Travel services on the lighthouse island of Tankar - Travel services in the Kokkola and Central Ostrobothnia region - Booking for authorized guides - Brochures and maps (e. g. city, outdoor and hiking maps) - Group travel and incoming - Program Services

The construction of the house was finished in 1813. The design has influences from both Rococo and Gustavianism, Swedish neo-classicism. As a combination of architectural styles the Roos House is one of a kind in Finland. In here you can see how the Roos family lived. Karl Herman Renlund's art collection in the 2nd floor consists of approximately 50 works from the Golden Age of Finnish Art.