VISIT KRISTINE­STAD

Considering setting up a business?⁠ ⁠ ⁠Considering setting up a business in Kristiinankaupunki?⁠ ⁠If there’s anything good in the recent corona pandemic, it’s the fact that after years of debate about why it wouldn’t work, all of a sudden remote working got possible for the majority of the developed world in one week.⁠ ⁠ ⁠You can, of course, establish any kind of company in Kristiinankaupunki, but if working remotely is possible for you AND you enjoy an idyllic, "human-sized" town with nature close by and lots of history, Kristiinankaupunki might be just the place for you.⁠ ⁠ ⁠Just head to the town’s Business Centre (@krs.business), where the helpful staff has all the information and resources to get you going from day one.⁠ ⁠ ⁠Setting up a company has never been this easy.⁠

How to travel (or live, for that matter) more sustainably?⁠ ⁠ Time to try vegetarian food?⁠ ⁠ It might, because the Finnish vegetarian food industry is booming!⁠ ⁠ There are many options to replace your animal proteins with vegetarian ones.⁠ ⁠ If you have the possibility to cook at your accommodation, visit almost any grocery store and ask for “Härkis” (a shredded protein made of broad bean) or “Nyhtökaura” (pulled oats).⁠ ⁠ Fun words and great products to substitute meat, for example, in a sauce. For a new way of adding milk to your morning coffee, try the many variations of oat and vegetable milk, often available also at hotel breakfasts.⁠ ⁠ Almost every restaurant in Finland has a vegetarian, or even vegan, options so when dining out you can also go for the greener option.

Finnish and swedish varied as the languages of Kristiinankaupunki right from the beginning, and sometimes they were mixed also in an official context.⁠ ⁠ For example, in a 17th century court document the town accountant Nils Persson had described a threat made by a man to another’s wife in a way that mixed both languages:⁠ ⁠ “Sijne Pärkellän ia förbannattu Ihminen, Jos mine siun Nänäs påis leikaisin ia löysin sinua wasta sutt.”⁠ ⁠ The direct translation goes something like this:⁠ ⁠ “You Son of a Devil and Goddamned human being, What if I were to cut your Nose first and only then were to hit you”.⁠ ⁠ Admittedly this is very hard to translate, because one would need to understand medieval swedish and finnish.⁠ ⁠ But: make it sound like 400 years ago and switch every other word to the language of your neighbouring country and you might get the hang of it. ;)

Coming to Kristiinankaupunki, but wondering what to do here?⁠ ⁠ Wonder no more by heading to our website (link in the bio) and checking out the section called “Doerz”.⁠ ⁠ There, you can, for example⁠ ⁠ * Book a city tour with Mrs Starck, the local captain’s wife⁠ * Explore art at @gallerigottorp⁠ ⁠ * Get yourself photographed in the “Insta Kristina” experience⁠ by the @hotelli_krepelin director.⁠ ⁠ * Go sup boarding in the city bay with @wildoo.fi⁠ ⁠ And many other things!⁠ Check out the Activities section on our website. Link in bio!

Want to travel and shop more sustainably?⁠ ⁠ Try the local flea markets!⁠ ⁠ In the Kristinestad area, several private house owners keep their own flea markets in the summertime so when you just walk around, you often see a “Kirppis” or “Loppis” sign (which mean “flea market” in Finnish and Swedish).⁠ ⁠ There are also a few fixed ones around:⁠ ⁠ @vintage_krs in the Kristinestad centre⁠ ⁠ @kirppisengellan in the village of Lappfjärd 5 kilometres east of Kristinestad⁠ ⁠ And two more in the town of Närpiö 30 minutes north of Kristinestad.⁠ ⁠ Come visit our office on the Raatihuoneenkatu street 2B after your arrival and we’ll show you on a map where everything is!