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Municipal daycare

City of Vaasa

In Vaasa, early childhood education and care services are available in daycare centres and in family daycare.

Information on fees: Fee-based service

The client fees for children’s daycare can be found on the web pages of the City of Vaasa.

Area: Vaasa
Available languages: en

Do the following

Exceptions are getting employed or starting studies, when the daycare place needs to be applied for by latest two weeks before the need for early childhood and care occurs. The right to day-care begins when the parental funding ends and the child is affected by the compulsory education.

If you would like to apply for a place for your child in a municipal or private daycare centre or in family daycare, please fill out our application online.

The possible cancelling of a day-care place shall be done in written form 14 calendar days before the last day-care day. Changing the child’s day-care place can be applied by filling in a form about the transfer.

To whom and on what terms

Early childhood education and care may be given to a child who has not reached the age of compulsory education.

Early childhood education and care may also be given to a child who has already reached the age of compulsory education if special circumstances so require and care cannot be otherwise arranged.

The service is provided by
City of Vaasa
Responsible for the service
City of Vaasa

Contact information

telephone service

Service coordination within early childhood education and care

The service coordination within the early childhood education and care give advice to the families about the services of early childhood education within the City of Vaasa and also inform the families on various alternatives of early childhood education in municipal and private services.

The Service coordination within early childhood education and care also gives guidance in matters related to the use of a service within the early childhood education and care. The service coordination covers client guidance within the services of early childhood education and care as well as reception and handling of the applications to the early childhood education.

You can contact the Service coordination concerning:

  • Municipal day care
  • Private day care
  • Applying for day care
  • Applying for the service voucher
  • Applying for transfer
  • Termination of a day care
Telephone times mon - fri 9.00 - 15.00
+358 6 325 2552
Service hours
Calling times:
Mon–Thu 09:00–15:00
Customer reception by appointment only.
service location

Customer services of the early childhood education

The service coordination for the early childhood education gives advice and guidance among others about applying for a day-care place and about registration for preschool education.

Customer service secretaries answers questions about customer fees.

Visit information

Raastuvankatu 29
65100 Vaasa
Service hours
Service coordination within early childhood education
Mon–Thu 09:00–15:00
Custom fees within early childhood education, calling times
Mon 13:00–15:00
Tue–Wed 09:00–11:00
By appointment only.
Currently open by appointment only.
more information

The webpages of the early childhood education

On the webpages of the early childhood education and care, you can find information about early childhood education and care as well as about pre-school education arranged by the City of Vaasa (in Finnish and Swedish). Day-care centres and family day-care in private families in the homes of the caretakers are included in the early childhood education and care.