Pyhäjoki

Pyhäjoki is a town and municipality in the Western Oulu region.

Understand

In the late 2010s and early 2020s the town was probably best known in Finland for the Hanhikivi nuclear power plant project. Preparations were made to start the construction by the Russian state-owned Rosatom corporation, but in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine the project was canceled.

Get in

By car

Highway 8 between Kokkola and Oulu passes the town. Two regional roads connect to inland towns; 790 to Vihanti and 787 to Merijärvi.

By bus

Long-distance buses along Highway 8 stop here.

See

The Etelänkylä bridge crossing over the Pyhäjoki River

• 1 Annala Homestead Museum (Annalan kotiseutumuseo), Annalantie 20. A collection of 19 wooden buildings from old Pyhäjoki, mainly from the 19th century. (updated Aug 2023)

Eat

• 1 Ravintola Katri ja Aleksi, Vanhatie 48. Lunch restaurant. (updated Aug 2023)

Sleep

• 1 Kielosaari Riverside Cottages, Vanhatie 73, ☏ +358 50 336 2804, kielosaarenlomat@kotinet.com. As the name reveals, cottages next to the Pyhäjoki river. (updated Aug 2023)