Walking around Oulu City Centre & Pikisaari, July 2021, Finland [4K] 

Walking around Oulu City Centre & Pikisaari, July 2021, Finland. Walking also in Linnansaari and Kuusisaari areas on the way. It was one of first "colder" days during the walk after month of heatwave. Temperature was about 18 °C / 64.4 °F.
More sunny evening walk in Oulu city centre from July 2020: • Evening Walk in Oulu C...
Oulu has 208,939 inhabitants (31 March 2021) and is located in the region of North Ostrobothnia. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country. The city proper was founded on 8 April 1605 by King Charles IX of Sweden, opposite the fort built on the island of Linnansaari. In 1822, a major fire destroyed much of the city. The architect Carl Ludvig Engel, chiefly known for the neoclassical (empire style) buildings around Helsinki Senate Square, was enlisted to provide the plan for its rebuilding. With minor changes, this plan remains the basis for the layout of Oulu's town center.
00:00 Walk begins next to Oulun tuomiokirkko - Oulu Cathedral, restoration in 1832 designed by Carl Ludvig Engel
0:40 Kirkkokatu street
1:42 The neo-renaissance style Oulun kaupungintalo - Oulu City Hall, completed 1886
2:47 Continuing Kirkkokatu street
3:50 Rotuaari, pedestrian zone
7:00 Tiernapojat ("Star singers") statue
7:20 Saaristonkatu street
8:16 Isokatu street
9:38 Kauppuerienkatu street
15:28 Toripolliisi (The Bobby at the Market Place) statue made by sculptor Kaarlo Mikkonen in 1987
15:53 Oulun kauppahalli - Oulu Market Hall, opened in 1901
17:04 Kauppatori - Market Square
18:30 Kanavaranta boulevard
21:10 Kiikeli island
26:18 Back in Kanavaranta
27:38 Oulun teatteri - Oulu City Theatre, opened in 1972, now under renovation
30:35 Over the bridge to Lammassaari island
32:41 Location of Oulun linna - Oulu Castle, that was a defense castle built in 1590, later destroyed in 1715 when Russian forces burned it during the Great Northern War
33:11 This wooden observatory was built in 1875, and it has been a cafeteria since 1912
35:55 Over the bridge to Kuusisaari island
39:20 Over the bridge to Pikisaari island
40:32 Pikisaari (literally Pitch island in Finnish) was named after the pitch distillery established in the 17th century
41:43 Nature path in the island
44:24 Tennis court
45:14 Continuing nature path
48:48 Korkeasaarensilta bridge leading to Hietasaari island
49:25 Pedestrian/cycling route towards city centre
53:54 Pikisaarentie street with many older wooden buildings
Nowadays Pikisaari is a home for artists and craftsmen
57:14 Ending the walk on Pikisaarensilta
The approximate route:
www.google.com/maps/dir/65.01...
Shot with GoPro in 4K.
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