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Congratulations to Visidon, winner of the International Employer of the Year in Oulu Award.

Every time I walk into International House Oulu's board game and networking evening, it feels like coming home.

The kiosk offers voice-guided customer service in multiple languages, making it easier for both locals and internationals to get information about city services.

There are many names for the dancing lights in the sky - Northern Lights, Aurora, Revontulet - but no words can quite describe the feeling you get when you see them with your own eyes. We want to celebrate the beauty of the Northern Lights with our latest competition.

Oulu is a city deeply intertwined with the natural world, whether it’s the lakes and parks scattered around the centre, the small river meandering past shops and cafés, or the larger forests a little further out, there is always somewhere to go and be surrounded by beautiful scenery.

If you are new to Oulu or planning a move, there’s one tradition you’ll quickly notice woven into daily life: the sauna.

Living in Oulu means having access to a whole host of berries and mushrooms practically on your doorstep. The many forests and wooded areas around the city and nearby neighbourhoods allow for a new hobby you might not have taken part in before – foraging!

Arriving in Oulu by plane or train and not sure how to get to your onward destination? Or just wanting a ride to the shops? Oulu Regional Transport is here to help connect you to where you need to go.

With a great emphasis put on recycling across Finland, it’s no surprise that second-hand goods are popular among residents. Second-hand stores offer great quality, used items that allow shoppers to give a new lease of life to items that would otherwise be added into the waste system.

Are you wondering about what to do in Oulu in your free time? Don’t fret – within this article you will find all free leisure-, culture-, and hobby activities that can be found in Oulu.

Moving to Finland can open the door to many new experiences, and one of the more surprising ones might be how seriously recycling is taken.

While many people are familiar with the long, dark winters of Northern Finland, have you ever thought about the other extreme? In Oulu, the summer brings incredibly long, bright days – and none is more iconic than Juhannus, the Midsummer celebration.