Guided Walking Tours in Oulu

Culture, ghosts, and fateful stories. Come and get to know Oulu with a professional guide. Themed walks offer a variety of stories from Oulu: fascinating tales about the city’s history and culture along with facts about today’s Oulu. Guided tours are organized by Oulu Regional Tourist Guides, City of Oulu and GoArctic.

Tickets to the tour are 10 €. Get your ticket in advance from the Tourist Info (Market Hall) or from the web store. You can find the web store from the “More Information” section below. Tours are organized both in Finnish and in English.

Themes of the English walking tours 2024:

Oulu, born from the sea on Wednesday 24.7. (6 p.m. – 8 p.m.) and on Saturdays 3.8.,10.8. & 17.8 (1 p.m. – 3 p.m.)
Oulu Oddities on Wednesdays (6 p.m. – 8 p.m.): 31.7., 7.8. & 14.8.
Ghost and crimes on Wednesdays (at 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.): 21.8. & 28.8. and on Saturday (at 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.) 24.8.

Starting point: Toripolliisi-statue in Market Square, Kauppatori 1.

A family of four with a guide walking in front of the Oulu City Hall
Tour guide with a group of people in front of a statue.
Summer picture with a girl on a dock
Oulujoki-river delta view from above
Group of people in colorful clothes playing air guitars
Pikisaari Island from above
Hupisaaret city park with trees and white benches
Pink Jugend style building
Old buildings in Oulu, Aleksinkulma
Close up of old wooden building in Oulu
Close up of the Ajan kulku - statue
Close up of the Oulu City Hall
Old black and white picture of a criminal with half shaved head in front of a wooden building
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