12 Sights in Oulu, Finland (with Map and Images)

The Tuira Church is an evangelical Lutheran church in Tuira, Oulu. The church building has been designed by architect Harald Andersin and it was inaugurated as a chapel of Oulu parish in 1916. The parish of Oulu was divided into smaller parishes in 1966 and the chapel in Tuira was inaugurated as a church. At the time the first extension of the church was started according to plans of architect Mikko Huhtela. The current form is from 1992 when the second extension of the building was completed.

Wikipedia: Tuira Church (EN)

Hollihaa Park is the second largest park in the centre of Oulu. The park covers about a third of the Hollihaa district in Oulu. The park is bordered on the west by the Oulujoki estuary, on the north by Sonnisaari and the old wooden town area of Kuusiluoto, on the east by the Oulu Sports Centre and Hollihaa daycare centre, and on the south by the apartment buildings along Puistokatu, the most prominent of which is the Nuottala apartment building.

Wikipedia: Hollihaan puisto (FI)

Polskis is a sculpture made by sculptor Kari Huhtamo from polished acid-proof steel, depicting two divers just as they hit the surface of the water. The sculpture was completed in 1976, and it was one of the nominees in an invitational competition organised by the City of Oulu in 1975, in which a sculpture to be placed in front of the Raksila swimming hall was chosen. Polskis is the first public steel sculpture in the City of Oulu.

Wikipedia: Polskis (FI)

The Välinkangas water tower is a water tower built between 1967 and 1969 in the Välinkangas district of Oulu. The water tower is located along Highway 4 at the highest point of the borough and is a prominent landmark. At the top of the tower there has been an observation deck open to the public and the Oulu Arktos Observatory of the Astronomical Society. Today, the plateau is not open to the public.

Wikipedia: Puolivälinkankaan vesitorni (FI)

The osprey and salmon is a fountain sculpture in Pokkisenpuisto Park in Oulu. The bronze sculpture, unveiled in 1960, is handwritten by sculptor Oskari Jauhiainen and is Oulu's first actual public fountain sculpture. An animal -based bronze statue is located in the middle of a round pool, a natural stone lifted from the rapids. The sculpture is 195 × 100 × 105 cm.

Wikipedia: Kalasääski ja lohi (FI)

The Seaman's Home Museum is located in the Matila House in Pikisaari, Oulu, which is the oldest surviving wooden house in the city. The building also once served as a customs office, and its historical sources can be traced back to the 1730s. The building survived the Great Fire of 1822 unscathed. The museum is maintained by the Museum of Northern Ostrobothnia.

Wikipedia: Merimiehenkotimuseo (FI), Website

The Mannerheim Park is a small urban park in Vanhatulli district of Oulu, Finland. Renovations finished in 2019 changed the look of the park completely, and made it more suitable for small events. The park is a favorite hangout for many. The park is adjacent to the Kela building, and features a grill kiosk and a children's play area with rides and swings.

Wikipedia: Mannerheim Park, Oulu (EN), Website

Kyösti Kallio Park is a park in the Oulu City Planning Area in the Holliha and Lever neighborhoods. The four block -wide park extends from Aleksanterinkatu to Uusikatu, in the south the park is bordered by Puistokatu and formerly a former lane for light traffic in the north.

Wikipedia: Kyösti Kallion puisto (FI)

Oulu 1 is the outermost lighthouse of the fairway leading to the Port of Oulu, located north of Hailuoto in Finnish territorial waters off Oulu. It is located on the territory of the former municipality of Haukipudas. The lighthouse was built and installed in 1964.

Wikipedia: Oulu 1 (FI)

Oulu Cathedral is an Evangelical Lutheran cathedral and the seat of the Diocese of Oulu, located in the center of Oulu, Finland. The church was built in 1777 as a tribute to the king of Sweden Gustav III and named after his wife as Sofia Magdalena's church.

Wikipedia: Oulu Cathedral (EN)

The lighting road is a sculptor Laila Pullinen's environmental artwork in Raksila, Oulu, completed in 1986. The work consists of an abstract sculpture cast on a bronze, surrounded by a shaped lawn. The sculpture is a monument to Yrjö Kallinen (1886-1976).

Wikipedia: Valaistuksen tie (FI)

The Pentecostal Church of Oulu is a Pentecostal Church in the Finnish Pentecostal Church in Oulu, which consisted of about 1,250 members in 2009. The congregation was founded in 1931. Kauko Uusila is the leading pastor of the parish.

Wikipedia: Oulun helluntaiseurakunta (FI), Website