Oulainen is a town in the Southern Oulu region.

Understand

Oulainen is a town on the Pyhäjoki river with around 7,000 inhabitants.

Get in

By train

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

Buses connect to Oulainen from nearby towns such as Kalajoki, Oulu, Haapavesi, Ylivieska, Kärsämäki, Merijärvi and Vihanti.

By car

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.

See

Oulainen rapids

• 1 Oulainen church. Red wooden church, finished in 1753. (updated Aug 2023)

Eat

• 1 Ravintola Divan, Oulaistenkatu 28. Pizza place. (updated Aug 2023)

Sleep

• 1 Hotelli Mesku, Rautatienkatu 3, ☏ +358 40 036 7708, mesku.oulainen@mesku.fi. (updated Aug 2023)