Good to know

Facts:
There are 12 106 farms in Southern Ostrobothnia.
There is the world's biggest village shop Veljekset Keskinen Oy in Tuuri, 60 km from Seinäjoki

Celebrities from Southern Ostrobothnia:
Lauri Tähkä ja Elonkorjuu-orkesteri (a band)
Rehupiikles (a band)
storekeeper Vesa Keskinen

Movies on people living in Southern Ostrobothnia:
Häjyt
Lakeuden kutsu

Dialectal cartoons:
Isoon talon ankka (Aku Ankka = Donald Duck)

Dialectal books:
Parahia tarinoota kersoolle ja aikuusille (traditional fairy tales in the Southern Ostrobothnian dialect)

Dialectal words:
tryskööt = a party or a dance

Stereotypies:
The people in Ostrobothnia are always right and the others are wrong.
The people in Ostrobothnia are frank and honest.
Laihia is a town near Vaasa. The people living in Laihia are believed to be extremely stingy. Read some of the funny stories of the people in Laihia! (in Finnish)