Pietarsaaren kaupunki

Youth service of Pietarsaari is a part of city of Pietarsaaris services. We are responsibility to supporter of all youth in our town. Our aim is to support youngsters’ social skills and their growth to an independent life. Co-operation, equality, safety and education are our keywords in our activities. All of our activities we do without drugs. We speak Finnish and Swedish at our youth centre. Our main activity place is youth activity center Tupakkamakasiini. Youth centre is a place for kids and youngster aged 7-18 years. We are open on Monday afternoon only for kids aged 9-12 years. From Tuesday till Friday evening the youth centre is open for youngsters. We have different kind of structured activities and clubs for kids and youngsters. We have also much co-operation with local upper level of comprehensive schools. There works four youth leaders in the youth centre and one youth secretary as a boss. There are also two youth leaders who work in a school project with pupils who have problems for example with their studies, health, free time etc. We have also a café in the youth centre. There are two workers. There’s also a janitor in the house. Pietarsaari is a city in Ostrobothnia on coast of Baltic sea. There are nearly 20 000 inhabitants in Pietarsaari. Almost half of them has Finnish as their native language and the other half has Swedish as their native language. Distance between Pietarsaari and Helsinki is 460km. The nearest cities are Kokkola 40km and Vaasa 100km. The nearest airport is located in Kruunupyy which is 30 km from Pietarsaari. The main employments in Pietarsaari are services and industry. One of the biggest employer is UPM (paper mill). There are plenty of gardens and parks to visit. One of them is just in the middle of city, Koulupuisto (School park). It’s a botanical garden of about 800 different species of plants. It’s founded on 1932. There are also museums and other interesting historical places to see in Pietarsaari. Fäboda area is very popular free time place in the summer time. There are very good changes to exercise in Pietarsaari. There is for example ice hall, swimming hall, soccer hall, gyms and very good changes for outdoor activities. The weather can be cold and windy during the autumn and winter time. More information of Pietarsaari you can find from http://www.pietarsaari.fi