Turku is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (Varsinais-Suomi) and the former Turku and Pori Province. The region was originally called Suomi (Finland), which later became the name for the whole country. As of 30 September 2018, the population of Turku was 191,499 making it the sixth largest city in Finland after Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa and Oulu. There were 330,192 inhabitants living in the Turku sub-region, ranking it as the third largest urban area in Finland after the Greater Helsinki area and Tampere sub-region. The city is officially bilingual as 5.2 percent of its population identify Swedish as a mother-tongue.
Oulu is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of 208,939 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere and Vantaa, and the fourth largest urban area in the country after Helsinki, Tampere and Turku. Oulu's neighbouring municipalities are: Hailuoto, Ii, Kempele, Liminka, Lumijoki, Muhos, Pudasjärvi, Tyrnävä and Utajärvi.
Ylivieska is a town and municipality of Northern Ostrobothnia region, Finland. It has a population of 15,308, and it serves as the administrative centre for Kalajokilaakso and Pyhäjokilaakso, an area with about 90,000 inhabitants.
Oulu Airport is located in Oulu, Finland, 5.7 NM south-west of the city centre. The airport is the second busiest in Finland after Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, as measured by the number of passengers. There are around 20 daily flights to Helsinki. Oulu Airport is also extensively used by the Finnish Air Force for training purposes and the managing body of the airport is Finavia. Oulu Airport has offered free wireless network access for passengers since May 2007.
Hailuoto is an island and a municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia region, Finland. The population of Hailuoto is 953, which make it the smallest municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia and the former Oulu Province in terms of population. The municipality covers an area of 200.53 km2 (77.43 sq mi) of which 1.70 km2 (0.66 sq mi) is inland water. The population density is 4.75/km2 (12.3/sq mi). Of all the Finnish islands in Finland's sea areas, Hailuoto is the third largest after Fasta Åland and Kimitoön.
Oulun Lyseon Lukio is a Finnish upper secondary school in the city of Oulu in northern Finland. The school has over 60 teachers and about 750 students. In addition to the Finnish national curriculum the school provides the option to study the International Baccalaureate programme in English. Since 2018 Lyseo has a distance teaching campus in the small town of Tyrnävä. In 2018 255 students, of which 50 took the IB programme, were accepted to the school.
Oulun Energia Areena, also called Oulun jäähalli and previously Raksilan jäähalli, is an ice sport arena in the Raksila Sports Centre, located in the Raksila district of Oulu, Finland. The venue is operated by the City of Oulu.
Tampere Central Station is a functionalist building in Tampere, Finland, designed by Eero Seppälä and Otto Flodin, completed in 1936. The 36-metre clock tower was later added because the Finnish railway bureau required it. The city's main street Hämeenkatu begins at the railway station, continuing over the Hämeensilta bridge to its western end at the Aleksanteri Church. The Itsenäisyydenkatu street begins at the Tammela side of the station, continuing to the Kaleva Church.
Kaleva is a Finnish subscription newspaper published in Oulu, Finland.
Oulu University Hospital is a university hospital in Oulu, Finland. It is the northernmost of the five university hospitals in Finland.
Tuira is a district of the city of Oulu, Finland. It is located north of city centre across the Oulujoki River. After the first bridges over Oulujoki connecting Tuira with Oulu were built in 1869, population growth of Tuira accelerated and Tuira was annexed by city of Oulu from the neighbouring rural municipality in 1886. Until the 1970s Tuira was a neighbourhood of wooden townhouses, but the new zoning plan of 1969 changed it to a suburb of residential tower blocks.
Raksila is a District of the city centre area of Oulu, Finland. It is bounded by the Oulu railway station to the west, the Oulu Cemetery in the Intiö district to the north, the Finnish national road 4 to the east and the Finnish national road 22 to the south.
Vaara is a district of the city centre area of Oulu, Finland. Together with the districts of Pokkinen and Vanhatulli, Vaara forms the central business district of Oulu. It is bounded by the districts of Raksila to the east, Pokkinen to the west, Myllytulli to the north and Vanhatulli to the south.
Oulun Suomalaisen Yhteiskoulun Lukio is a Finnish-language upper secondary school in Oulu, Finland. The school is located in the Kuusiluoto neighbourhood in the Vanhatulli district in the central Oulu.
Satu Tuomisto is a Finnish contemporary dance choreographer whose pieces since the turn of the century have been performed in Britain, Finland and internationally.
Miika Sebastian Tynkkynen is a Finnish politician. He has been chairman of the Finns Party Youth and third vice chairman of the Finns Party. He was elected as a member of Finnish Parliament in April 2019 and was a candidate as Member of European Parliament for the 2019 elections.
In December 2018, it transpired that adult men, all of whom had arrived in Finland as asylum seekers or refugees, were grooming, and raping and otherwise sexually abusing, girls under 15 years of age in Oulu, Finland. One victim ended up committing suicide. The Oulu Police Department warned young girls and parents, while emphasizing that "not all people with foreign backgrounds are dishonest or criminals."
Fingersoft is a Finnish video game developer based in Oulu. Fingersoft is one of the most northern game studios in the world, located just 170km south of the Arctic Circle. It is best known for the mobile games Hill Climb Racing and Hill Climb Racing 2, which together have over 1.5 billion installations.
The Lahti bus station is located in the Kartano district of the city of Lahti, Finland.
Oy Merijal Ab was a Finnish candy factory based in Oulu. The factory was founded by pharmacist Y. W. Jalander in 1915. The original name of the company was Oy Merikosken Teknokemiallinen Tehdas Ab, but it was changed to Merijal already the next year. The factory worked for almost its whole existence on Koskitie street in western Tuira on the shore of the river Oulujoki.
