Ähtäri Zoo
Ähtäri Zoo is a 60-hectare zoo in Ähtäri, Finland. The zoo was founded in 1973 and closed in the fall of 2025 due to the bankruptcy of its parent company, Ähtärin Eläinpuisto Oy.Photo: Anu Korpinen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo in Ähtäri, Finland
- Also known as: “Mesi Zoo”
- Address: Karhunkierros 150, Ähtäri, 63700
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eläinpuisto-Zoo and Hotel Mesikämmen.
Eläinpuisto-Zoo
Railway stop
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eläinpuisto-Zoo is a railway stop, which is situated 510 metres east of Ähtäri Zoo.
Hotel Mesikämmen
Hotel building
Photo: Timo Suomalainen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hotel Mesikämmen is a hotel building, which is situated 560 metres south of Ähtäri Zoo.
Ähtäri Zoo
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Ähtäri, Kuusiokunnat, Southern Ostrobothnia, West Coast, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.53971° or 62° 32′ 23″ northLongitude
24.18184° or 24° 10′ 55″ eastInception
1973Operator
Mesi Zoo Oy;Vieraile ja välität ryOpen location code
9GJ6G5QJ+VPOpenStreetMap ID
way 123134603OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zooOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q3735534
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Ähtäri Zoo” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “艾赫泰里动物园”
- Dutch: “Dierentuin van Ahtari”
- Dutch: “Dierentuin van Ähtäri”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات اهتارى”
- Esperanto: “Zoo Ähtäri”
- Estonian: “Ähtäri loomapark”
- Finnish: “Ähtäri Zoo”
- Finnish: “Ähtärin eläinpuisto”
- Finnish: “Ähtärin eläintarha”
- French: “zoo d’Ähtäri”
- French: “Zoo d’Ähtäri”
- German: “Zoo Ähtäri”
- Inari Sami: “Ähtäri elleikärdi”
- Japanese: “アフタリ動物園”
- Northern Sami: “Ähtäri elliidgárdi”
- Russian: “Эхтяри”
- Spanish: “Zoológico de Ähtäri”
- Swedish: “Ähtäri djurpark”
- Swedish: “Etseri djurpark”
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