Paltamo is a municipality in the Eastern Oulu region, Finland.

Understand

Paltamo is 37 km (23 mi) from Kajaani and 145 km (90 mi) from Oulu near Lake Oulujärvi.

Get in

Kontiomäki railway station

The nearest highway is the national road 22 between Oulu and Kajaani. In the village of Kontiomäki, Highway 5 (E63) runs between Kajaani and Kuusamo.

There are two railway stations in the municipality: 1 Paltamo railway station and 2 Kontiomäki railway station.

Get around

By bus

Coaches passing by can be used, see Matkahuolto.

By taxi

• Smartphone apps: Valopilkku, 02 Taksi

See

• 1 Paltamo Church (Paltamon kirkko), Puolangantie 14. A white-brick church from 1946. (updated Apr 2023)

Buy

• 1 S-Market Puolanka, Puolangantie 9. M–Sa 07:00–21:00, Su 10:00–21:00. A grocery store. (updated Apr 2023)

Sleep

Hotel Arctic Giant

• 1 Arctic Giant (Birdhouse Hotel Jättiläisenmaa), Kivesvaarantie 40 (in Melalahti village), ☏ +358 40 748 7391, posti@arcticgiant.fi. (updated Apr 2023)

Go next

• Oulu
• Vaala
• Kajaani