Useful Links

Oulu Region

• Business Oulu
  Business facts and companies in Oulu.
• City of Oulu
  Experience Oulu from different viewpoints! Oulu.com is your access to information about living, studying, visiting and doing business in Oulu, Finland.
• Oulu Tourism
  Find Oulu in a nutshell! History, facts and figures, photos of all four seasons
• News and views from Oulu
  65 Degrees North is an online newspaper which contains news and views from Oulu.
• Oulu Airport
  Here you will find more information on flight and transportation connections and Oulu airport.
• Oulu City Centre Association
  Wide service range, stores, restaurants and extraordinary and unique events and festivals are waiting for you in Oulu city centre. Check out more information!
• Oulu Expat City
  Here you will find more information on living in Oulu - one of Europe’s best-kept secrets.
• Oulu Innovation
  Oulu Innovation Ltd is a non-profit development company which focuses on regional economic development in the high technology and high growth business sector in the Oulu region.
• Oulu videos
  Oulu - A state of Mind is a warm-hearted short film of a vibrant, dynamic city and its people.
• Oulu weather
  Take a look at the local weather in Oulu. You will also find fascinating information on climate in Finland and snow statistics.
• Oulu web cams
  Follow the online webcast from Oulu.

Finnish State Regulations and Guides

• Register Office (Maistraatti)
  Local register office.
• Finnish Immigration Service
  This site gives you information on immigration principles and practices applied in Finland.
• Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
  Here you will find the Finnish diplomatic missions and embassies abroad by country.
• The Police
  The Police of Finland have information about e.g. Residence in Finland and passports.
• The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (SII)
  = KELA in Finnish. This site contains information about Residence Issues, Social Security and Benefits in Finland.
• Taxation
  Finnish Tax Administration's Tax Guide

Recreation, Travel and Culture

• Finnish Tourist Board
  Finnish Tourist Board is a governmental agency promoting travel to Finland in co-operation with the travel industry. For travel tips, hit the Online Travel Guide, to get to know the tourist board better, hit the links bottom of the page.
• Virtual Finland
  This site contains Information and Facts about Finland produced by Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
• Festivals in Finland
  Here you will find details of the finest events which Finland can provide to usher in a new festival millennium.
• Finland in Figures
  Statistics in Finland and links to international Statistics sites.
• Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition
  The site contains abstracts in English of a number of daily stories ofthe biggest newspaper in Finland, and also a weekly digest of edited articles from the newspaper. Naturally major late-breaking stories are covered where possible outside of these hours. It also includes other links to sites in Helsinki and elsewhere in Finland

Education

• National Board of Education
  This site informs you about education in Finland and for foreigners who are in Finland.
• Study in Finland
  This website contains a database of English-language degree and non-degree programmes, information about Finland as a study destination, our higher education institutions, and practicalities concerning scholarships, admissions systems and living in Finland.