Melaniemi

Melaniemi is a suburb in Vaasa, Ostrobothnia and has about 1,990 residents. Melaniemi is situated nearby to the locality Bredviken, as well as near Aaltopuisto.

Type: Suburb with 1,990 residents
Description: district in Vaasa, Finland
Also known as: “Melmo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Korsholm Church and Vanha Vaasa hospital.

Korsholm Church

Church

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Korsholm Church is a church building in the city of Vaasa, in the region of Ostrobothnia in Finland. Originally the building was built for the Court of Appeal between 1776 and 1786, and designed by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz.

Vanha Vaasa hospital

Hospital building

Photo: Kotivalo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Vanha Vaasa hospital is a state-owned forensic psychiatric hospital located in Vaasa, Finland. It is one of the two state-owned psychiatric hospitals in Finland, alongside Niuvanniemi Hospital in Kuopio.

Hietalahti Pesäpallo Stadium

Stadium

Photo: Fisk, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Vaasan Mailattaret is a Finnish women's pesäpallo team from Vaasa. It was founded in 2015. Vaasan Mailattaret is playing in the top-tier women's Superpesis. The home ground of Vaasan Mailattaret is the Hietalahti Pesäpallo Stadium. Hietalahti Pesäpallo Stadium is situated 4 km west of Melaniemi.