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10 unusual facts about Oulu


1977 Men's European Volleyball Championship

It was hosted in Oulu and Helsinki, Finland from September 25 to October 2, 1977, with the final round held in Helsinki.

Air Guitar in Oulu

The film follows the quest of Andrew "Air Raid" Buckles as he attempts to raise enough funds to travel to Oulu, Finland for the Air Guitar World Championships.

Air Guitar Nation

Air Guitar Nation is a feature-length 2006 documentary about the first US Air Guitar Championships, following the top contestants, David "C-Diddy" Jung and Dan "Björn Türoque" Crane, to the 2003 World Championship in Oulu, Finland.

Bentley Continental GT

In early 2007, a Bentley Continental GT Speed equipped with Nokian Hakkapeliitta Sport Utility 5 studded winter tyres and driven by four-time World Rally Champion Juha Kankkunen, broke the World Speed Record on Ice - on the frozen Baltic Sea near Oulu, Finland.

Freetime Machos

Freetime Machos is a Finnish documentary film about the world's most northerly rugby club called OYUS Rugby based in Oulu, Finland.

Gustave Niebaum

Gustave Ferdinand Niebaum (originally Nybom) (b. 1842 in Oulu, Finland - 1908) acquired his maritime schooling in Helsinki, Finland.

Jarl Wahlström

His first appointment was assistant officer at the Oulu Corps.

Johan Albrecht Ehrenström

After the city of Oulu was devastated by fire in 1822, Ehrenström was tasked with drawing a new plan for it.

Maria Silfvan

Maria Elisabeth Silfvan, as married Lempke and then Westerlund, in Swedish called Maria Sylvan, (25 March 1802 in Turku – 10 September 1865 in Oulu), was a Finnish actor, among the first professional native actors in Finland.

Tuonela Productions Ltd

is a game development and publishing company from Oulu, Northern Finland.


Air Guitar in Oulu

The Globe and Mail called Air Guitar in Oulu "Lovely and Hilarious".

Finnish Resistance Movement

The Finnish Resistance Movement is active in at least the cities of Helsinki, Turku, Tampere, Oulu, Jyväskylä and Pori.

Flight 405

Finnair Flight 405, a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle that was hijacked on September 30, 1978 en route from Oulu to Helsinki.

Jalometalli

Jalometalli Winterfest, a metal festival held annually in February in Oulu, Finland.

Jalometalli Metal Music Festival, a metal festival held annually in August in Oulu, Finland.

John Paul Oulu

Oulu was shot and killed while sitting in rush hour traffic in Nairobi on March 5, 2009 along with lawyer and founder of the Oscar Foundation, Oscar Kamau Kingara.

Karair

On 5 February 1973, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (registered OH-KOA) crashed near Pudasjärvi in heavy icing conditions during a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Oulu to Kuusamo because of an engine failure.

Oulu Museum of Art

The Oulu Museum of Art (OMA) is an art museum in Myllytulli neighbourhood in Oulu.

PKL

Pikkarala railway station, station code Pkl, a railway station in Oulu, Finland on the Oulu–Kontiomäki railway

Radio KLF

Radio KLF was a radio station based in Helsinki, broadcasting on FM on the frequencies 100.0 MHz (Helsinki), 101.9 MHz (Turku), 101.6 MHz (Tampere) and 98.1 MHz Oulu.

Sakara Tour 2006

It contains live performances from the label's three bands Mokoma, Stam1na and Rytmihäiriö at Nosturi in Helsinki, Teatria in Oulu and Rytmikorjaamo in Seinäjoki.

Soder Airlines

The airline flew routes from Tampere to Kittilä, Ivalo, and Oulu and from Helsinki to Kittilä and Ivalo directly or via Tampere during the winter skiing seasons.

Supreme Administrative Court of Finland

Appeals are made to the Supreme Administrative Court from the decisions of the administrative courts of Helsinki, Turku, Hämeenlinna, Kouvola, Kuopio, Vaasa, Oulu, Rovaniemi and Åland Islands, the Market Court, and the Council of State.

Tuomo Mannermaa

Tuomo Mannermaa (b. 29 September 1937 Oulu, Finland) is professor emeritus of ecumenical theology at University of Helsinki.

University of Oulu

The University of Oulu is known among hackers as the home of the Internet Relay Chat and for the File Transfer Protocol server x2ftp, named after the basement / blast shelter area in which it was physically located.