Oulujoki (Swedish: Ule älv) is a river in Oulu province, Finland. Its name in Finnish means literally "Oulu River", originally in old Northern Ostrobothnian...
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The Oulujoki Church is an evangelical Lutheran church in Kirkkokangas neighbourhood in Oulu, Finland. The wooden church, named the Church of the Holy Spirit...
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Oulujoki (formerly Oulun maalaiskunta or Oulu Rural Municipality) is a former municipality of Finland. The municipality had a population of 5,230 (1963)...
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European Capital of Culture for 2026. The city is named after the river Oulujoki, which originates in the lake Oulujärvi. There have been a number of other...
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Aarne Ervi (section Oulujoki)
hydro power plants and residential areas for the company's employees for Oulujoki Oy. One of Finland's largest hydro power plants in Pyhäkoski was designed...
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→Kiehimänjoki (these three 103 km together) → Oulujärvi (75 km course) → Oulujoki (107 km). The entire system above the lake Oulujärvi is also referred to...
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of the Finnish Army during the Second World War. Raappana was born in Oulujoki. From 1916 to 1918, he served in the 27th Jäger Battalion, a light infantry...
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Karelia on the Maanselkä watershed, which divides the estuaries of the Oulujoki and Iijoki from the estuaries of rivers flowing to the White Sea. The northern...
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lake of Finland and it is the 57th biggest lake in Finland. It belongs to Oulujoki main catchment area and it is situated in Kuhmo municipality in the Kainuu...
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Taivalkoski Tyrnävä Utajärvi Vaala Vihanti Yli-Ii Ylivieska Kajaanin mlk Oulujoki Paavola Rautio Revonlahti Saloinen Kestilä Kuivaniemi Pattijoki Piippola...
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university located in Oulu Oulu railway station Oulu Airport Port of Oulu Oulujoki, a river Oulujärvi, a lake United States Oulu, Wisconsin, a town Oulu (community)...
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benefits that offset this risk. Kalajoki Kemijoki Kiiminkijoki Kokemäenjoki Oulujoki Dalälven Ljusnan Ljungan Indalsälven Ångerman Ume River Skellefte River...
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Jormasjärvi (category Oulujoki basin)
Jormasjärvi is a lake in Sotkamo, eastern Finland. It is part of the Oulujoki basin, which drains west to the Bothnian Bay. The area of the lake is 20...
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Oulu-Oulujoki. pp. 8–9. ISBN 951-99570-3-0. Lintala, Esko (1984). Yrjö Saarela — painimattojen aristokraatti (in Finnish). Oulu: Lions Club Oulu-Oulujoki....
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power plants, such as the largest hydroelectric power plants along the Oulujoki river, Ingå and Naantali coal-fired powerplants and the Loviisa nuclear...
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post-glacial rebound. Pikisaari is located near the city centre in the estuary of Oulujoki River in between market square and Hietasaari island. Pikisaari was named...
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were Haukipudas, Kiiminki, Muhos, Oulu, Pudasjärvi, Utajärvi and Yli-Ii. Oulujoki municipality, closed in 1965, was also a neighbouring municipality. "Area...
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in the city centre, in the Pokkinen district, on the waterfront of the Oulujoki river. The Rotuaari pedestrian zone starts from the square behind the Toripolliisi...
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Lentiira is a medium-sized wilderness lake of Finland. It belongs to Oulujoki main catchment area and it is situated in Kuhmo municipality in the Kainuu...
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of the city centre of Oulu. Nuottasaari is bounded by the delta of the Oulujoki river in the Northwest, the Bothnian Bay and the Äimärautio district in...
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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...
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Viitanen (5 January 1913 – 22 January 1980) was a Finnish politician, born in Oulujoki. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). He served...
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(at Kemi) Simojoki (at Simo) Iijoki (at Ii) Kiiminkijoki (at Haukipudas) Oulujoki (at Oulu) Siikajoki (at Siikajoki) Pyhäjoki (at Pyhäjoki) Kalajoki (at...
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Lammasjärvi is a medium-sized lake in the Oulujoki main catchment area. It is located in the Kainuu region, Kuhmo municipality in Finland. List of lakes...
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Turkansaari is an island in the Oulujoki river with an open-air museum in the Madekoski district in Oulu, Finland. The museum is run by the Northern Ostrobothnia...
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'skerry', 'rock', 'point' and 'sound'. For example, Oulunsalo "island of Oulujoki" is a peninsula, with inland names such as Koivukari "Birch Rock", Santaniemi...
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begun by the 17th century in Finland (tukinuitto) with long rivers such as Oulujoki, Iijoki and Kemijoki being used. The total length of timber-floating routes...
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Lake Iijärvi (Ristijärvi) is a medium-sized lake in the Oulujoki main catchment area. It is located in the Kainuu region, northern Finland. List of lakes...
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Opening date 1948 (1948) Owner(s) Oulun Energia Dam and spillways Impounds Oulujoki Height 11 m Spillways 3 Spillway type gates Power Station Installed capacity...
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lossi in Finnish) is a single-operator cable-guided ferry operating across Oulujoki river between Pikkarala and Lapinkangas. The ferry route is a part of Pikkarala...
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