Siikajoki

Siikajoki is a municipality in Western Oulu region, stretching from the Siikajoki church village (Siikajoen kirkonkylä) at the coast along Siikajoki river as far inland as Ruukki.

Understand

Siikajoki church village

Get in

By train

There's a train station in Ruukki on the western main Finnish north-south line, with trains coming from as far as Helsinki, Kemijärvi and Kolari.

By car

Highway 8 between Kokkola and Oulu goes through the municipality.

See

• 1 Siikajoki church (a bit north of Siikajoki village). Wooden grey-ish church from 1701, laid out like a cross. At the churchyard there's a memorial to the 1808 Battle of Siikajoki in the Finnish War (part of the Napoleonic Wars) where Swedish troops stopped the Russian advance. (updated Aug 2023)

Eat

• 1 Merita Pizza Kebab, Ruukinkuja 6 (Ruukki village). Pizza and kebab place. (updated Aug 2023)

Sleep

• 1 Törmälän Tila, Toppilantie 20A (north of Siikajoki village), ☏ +358 50 599 2058, tormala@tormalantila.fi. Bed and breakfast and cabins. (updated Aug 2023)