This is a picture-book about City of Oulu.Welcome to visit our home town!

OULU

The City of OuluOulu is the largest city in Northern Finland. Founded in 1605 by King

Karl IX of Sweden. Oulu is located on the shore of the Bay of Bothnia, along the Oulu River. We have 131,585 inhabitants in Oulu.

Oulu castleOulu Castle was built on an island in the delta of Oulu River in 1590. The castle was mostly made of wood and earth walls. The present-day ruins

remain from an even later castle, which was built in 1605. The castle was badly damaged in 1715, when Russian forces burned it. Final destruction

took place in 1793, when lightning set the other one of the powder magazines on fire. Wooden constructions on the remaining powder

magazine date from 1875 when the Oulu School of Sea Captains built their observatory on the site. The building has been a cafeteria since

1912 with a small exhibition on the castle history.

The Oulu CathedralThe Oulu Cathedral is an Evangelical Lutheran cathedral and it is located

in the centre of Oulu. The church was built in 1777 as a tribute to the King of Sweden Gustav III of Sweden and named after his wife as Sofia Magdalena's church. The wooden structures burned in the large fire of the city of Oulu in 1822. The church was built again on top of the old

stonewalls with famous architect Carl Ludvig Engel as the designer. The restoration works were completed in 1832.

The Market hallThe Market hall was built in 1901. It is located in the Market place . In our traditional Market hall you can buy fresh bread, meat and fish as well as

find various coffee sorts or local crafts.

The Market Square PolicemanAt the Market place of Oulu the local Toripolliisi (Market place policeman) welcomes you the Market Square. Policeman keeps standing on Market

Square day in and day out, steady and dependable as ever. During summer time, you can get to know Oulu from the sea by taking one of the sea cruises right from Market’s Square’s shore. Market Square is

also home to multiple events all throughout the year.

Oulu City Theatre and The City LibraryNear by the Market place are located also our City Theatre and City Library. You can enjoy yourself with a good book or theatre play.

The Science Centre Tietomaa Tietomaa is Finland’s first science centre. It is an interactive science

centre for the whole family. The exhibition themes at Tietomaa change yearly. The theme exhibitions present technique and different fields of science. Today at least two new theme exhibitions open every year.

Ice HockeyOur city Oulu is a true hockey town. The local Oulun Kärpät hockey team

has been making a habit of bringing the Finnish Championship Cup home in the spring time. The games are played at the Raksila arena in

Oulu. In the winter, the dozens of sports fields in Oulu offer a great opportunity for everybody to lace up those skates for some skating or

hockey.

The Beach NallikariThe beach Nallikari is located beside the sea, approximately 4 km from downtown Oulu. There’s plenty to do and experience in Nallikari for the whole family in a sunny summer day. You can enjoy the sun, ice-cream

and go to swim.

Thank you that you visited in our home town!

Picture-book was made by class 2A.