city in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia in Finland
Oulainen is a town in the Southern Oulu region.
Understand edit
Oulainen is a town on the Pyhäjoki river with around 7,000 inhabitants.
Get in edit
By train edit
Trains on the Helsinki–Rovaniemi line pass through, and stop at, 1 Oulainen railway station. As such you can get in also from e.g. Tampere, Seinäjoki, Oulu and Kemi without changing trains.
By bus edit
Buses connect to Oulainen from nearby towns such as Kalajoki, Oulu, Haapavesi, Ylivieska, Kärsämäki, Merijärvi and Vihanti.
By car edit
As usual in rural Finland, getting in by car is also an option. Highway 86 comes in from Oulu in the north and Ylivieska in the south, whereas regional road 786 comes in from Kalajoki on the coast and Haapavesi, Kärsämäki and Highway 4 in the east.
Get around edit
See edit
- 1 Oulainen church. Red wooden church, finished in 1753.
Do edit
Buy edit
Eat edit
- 1 Ravintola Divan, Oulaistenkatu 28. Pizza place.
Drink edit
Sleep edit
- 1 Hotelli Mesku, Rautatienkatu 3, ☏ +358 40 036 7708, mesku.oulainen@mesku.fi.