瓦尔考斯市位于芬兰东部的正中央。它从一个钢铁小镇快速发展成为一个重要的工业中心。工业化进程大约起始于1800年 ,当时的工业主要有 :面粉厂、铁厂、锯木厂。到上上世纪中叶又建成了一个机器制造厂、一个铸造厂和一个造船厂。到20世纪初期 ,随着一个发电厂、一个纸浆磨坊以 Varkaus is located in the very center of eastern Finland. It has rapidly developed from a steel town to an important industrial center. The process of industrialization began around 1800, when the industries mainly included flour mills, iron mills and sawmills. By the middle of the last century, a machine building plant, a foundry and a shipyard were built. By the early 1900s, along with a power plant, a pulp mill took