Trav­el

People photographed biking on the sea ice, shot directly from above. The sun throws long shadows of the bikers against the ice.

Sur­pris­ing sights, refresh­ing nat­ur­al des­ti­na­tions, deli­cious food, exhil­a­rat­ing experiences, and a good night’s sleep under­neath a bright, star­ry sky, if you feel like it – what more could you ask for on a hol­i­day? That’s right. And the des­ti­na­tion is all ready and wait­ing, too: the Oulu region is at your fin­ger­tips.

The Oulu region fas­ci­nates with its vari­ety. You can eas­i­ly take a trip from the urban city set­ting to the south­ern­most fell area in Fin­land or a geo­log­i­cal­ly rare nature des­ti­na­tion shaped by the Ice Age. Cul­ture, food, music, and oth­er thrills await you through­out the region that extends from ski slopes to the coast and the arch­i­pel­ago beyond. Wrap all this up with accom­mo­da­tion at a city hotel, a nature des­ti­na­tion, or a vil­la with a view, and a won­der­ful hol­i­day is guar­an­teed!

There are also plen­ty of inter­est­ing events to catch almost any day of the year, no mat­ter if you fan­cy sports, cul­ture, his­to­ry, or music fes­ti­vals. Trav­el­ling in Oulu can also be irre­sistibly respon­si­ble.

Dis­cov­er the bright­est stars of Oulu

Mem­o­rable moments, places, and peo­ple

The eight unique loca­tions in the Oulu region offer you unfor­get­table moments around the year – through four chang­ing, gen­uine sea­sons! You can dis­cov­er the entire region and its selec­tion of delec­table experiences through Vis­i­tOulu.

Read more at Vis­i­tOulu web­site (opens in a new tab)

Pohjo­la Route is packed with eas­i­ly acces­si­ble treats!

As easy as a hol­i­day can get: the Pohjo­la Route offers every­thing from des­ti­na­tions to restau­rants and accom­mo­da­tion to activ­i­ties. The invit­ing experiences of the Oulu region and its roads allow trav­ellers to choose the route of their pref­er­ence – this applies to motorists, fam­i­lies, nature enthu­si­asts as well as those favour­ing pub­lic trans­port. You can trav­el the full length of the Pohjo­la Route or just parts of it, for get­ting in touch with beau­ti­ful nature and a mul­ti­tude of things to see.

Vis­it the Pohjo­la Route web­site (opens in a new tab)
Mies ja nainen istumassa metsän keskellä oranssin kupoliteltan edessä retkituoleilla makkaraa pienellä pallogrillillä paistaen. Taustalla puiden välissä näkyy valkoinen matkailuauto.
Pikisaari bridge and Oulu Theatre in the summer evening

Suc­ceed with OCB

Oulu Con­ven­tion Bureau (OCB) is the offi­cial con­fer­ence office of the city of Oulu. They are a free-of-charge, inde­pen­dent expert ready to help you arrange a suc­cess­ful event. The event organ­is­er is respon­si­ble for the actu­al arrange­ments, but Oulu Con­ven­tion Bureau pro­vides assis­tance with their ser­vices, com­pre­hen­sive knowl­edge of Oulu as a con­fer­ence, con­gress and event des­ti­na­tion, and the con­nec­tions of a net­work of ser­vice providers and the city organ­i­sa­tion. 

Read more about OCB at Vis­i­tOulu web­site (opens in a new tab)

Learn with the Finnish Edu­ca­tors

The City of Oulu is renowned for its high-qual­i­ty edu­ca­tion in Fin­land, with its 90 ear­ly child­hood edu­ca­tion units, 46 com­pre­hen­sive schools, and 10 upper sec­ondary schools. Themes encom­pass e.g. Finnish edu­ca­tion, STEAM ped­a­gogy, sus­tain­able future, entre­pre­neur­ship, as well as well­be­ing. Whether you’re inter­est­ed in school vis­its, expert ses­sions, or full-scale pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment pack­ages, we invite you to request a tai­lored offer for your group today!

Learn more about Edu­ca­tion from Fin­land (opens in a new tab)
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An absolute must for a respon­si­ble trav­eller in Oulu is to ride around by bike. After all, Oulu is a world-famous cycling city – even enti­tled the win­ter cycling cap­i­tal of the world by some. So, act like a local and ride a bike, even a rental one.