Uusikaupunki is an idyllic small town on the west coast of Southwest Finland. It is famous for its well preserved wooden houses belonging to the chain of wooden towns that runs along the western coast from Turku via Naantali to Uusikaupunki and from there to Rauma and father to the gates of Lapland in the North. The sea is present everywhere in the town. Kaupunginlahti bays reaches right to the centre of the town and the long coastline offers a lot of room for recreation as well as for housing.
Uusikaupunki has some interesting sights from the famous seafaring past of its citizens. The guest harbor of the town has been nominated the best in Finland year after year. The idyllic restaurants with local delicacies, the famous Bonk Museum with the most incredible non functioning machines, pieces of art, really, the Crusell-week music festival in the end of July offer to the tourists a lot to se,hear, taste and enjoy. Uusikaupunki is certainly worth a visit.
The two pikes in the Uusikaupunki coat of arms can be found as the town emblem in the early town sign and seal. The colors date back to the coat of arms of the Count of Wasaborg, in the 1600´s (1646-1680) when Uusikaupunki was the centre of the Wasaborg County.
Uusikaupunki has left its mark in the European history. The peace of The Great Northern War - known as Treaty of Nystad after Uusikaupunki´s Swedish name - was signed in Uusikaupunki in 1721.
Founded by King Gustavus Adolphus on the 19th of April 1617
Since 1968 Uusikaupunki has been the home of car manufacturing site, founded as Saab-Valmet for manufacturing Saab cars. Currently the company name is Valmet Automotive and is currently manufacturing Fisker Karma
