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)
Mies ja nainen istumassa metsän keskellä oranssin kupoliteltan edessä retkituoleilla makkaraa pienellä pallogrillillä paistaen. Taustalla puiden välissä näkyy valkoinen matkailuauto.

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)
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)
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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.