Malax

Malax occupies a low, wooded coastal plain beside the Gulf of Bothnia in Finland’s Ostrobothnia region. Known in Finnish as Maalahti, it is a bilingual municipality where Swedish is the majority language, reflecting the long-established Swedish-speaking culture of this part of the coast. Farms, forests and a dispersed network of villages shape the area between Vaasa and the outer archipelago. Offshore, the Kvarken Archipelago shows the continuing land uplift that followed the Ice Age and forms Finland’s UNESCO-listed contribution to the High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago World Heritage Site. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Malax and the Gulf of Bothnia coast relate to their surroundings.

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