Laihia

Laihia is a town in Ostrobothnia, Finland. Like the inhabitants of Scotland and Gabrovo the locals have a reputation of stinginess which is the theme of the Laihia jokes. The town even has a Museum of Stinginess!

By car
Laihia is located at highway 3 between Vaasa and Tampere, where highway 18 to Jyväskylä branches off.

By train
VR connection buses from Seinäjoki to Vaasa pass through Laihia.

By bus
Buses from Vaasa eastward (e.g. to Seinäjoki) pass through the town. The Opas.matka.fi route planner has information about routes which are part of Vaasa regional traffic (e.g. line 341). The Onnibus line between Helsinki and Vaasa stops at the highway, stop name is Laihia Ratikylän liittymä.

Get around
Matka.fi route planner includes some information about regional traffic which can be used also for local trips.

See


In addition there are a couple of monuments dedicated to Santeri Alkio. Originally from Laihia, he founded what today is the Finnish Centre Party, was among the members of the first Finnish parliament in 1907 and stayed an important political personality during the first years of Finnish independence.