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Local food is a way of life
Local food is a way of life Jenny and Jussi Kurkela, the owners of Ostoferia, make everything from scratch in the restaurant kitchen. If there is...
Oulu2026 Cultural Personality:Havina
The Cultural Personality of the Week is the indie band Havina. Hailing from Oulu, the band makes highly evocative music in Finnish. Havina is...
Oulu2026 Cultural Personality: Sanna Korpi
The Cultural Personality of the Week is Sanna Korpi, who originally hails from Oulainen. Sanna Korpi completed her vocal teacher training at the...
Oulu2026 Cultural Personality:Tessa Astre
The Cultural Personality of the Week is Tessa Astre, a multidisciplinary artist and art teacher. Tessa teaches comics and animation at the Liminka...
Oulu2026 Cultural Personality: Iina Palokangas
The Cultural Personality of Week is Iina Palokangas, a singer-songwriter, music teacher, and cultural producer from Oulu. Singer-songwriter music...
Oulu2026 Cultural Personality:Kristian Heberg
Our Cultural Personality of the Week is Kristian Heberg, a 33-year-old professional choir director from Oulu. Heberg conducts the Cassiopeia choir,...
Oulu2026 Cultural Personality: Nelli Milan
Our Cultural Personality of the Week is Nelli Milan, a singer-songwriter and producer. Music and writing songs are something Nelli has been...
Congratulations European Capital of Culture Novi Sad, Kaunas and Esch
The European Capitals of Culture of 2022 in Kaunas (Lithuania), Novi Sad (Serbia) and Esch (Luxembourg) will celebrate their opening in the coming...
“It’s almost a miracle how nature has the energy to be reborn after so many months of frost”
Ever since I moved to Oulu from Northern Italy back in 2013, I have admired the connection people here have with nature. In the beginning, I thought...