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Oulu offers good facilities for sports and exercise: as an
example, the Raksila sports area near the city centre is an
area where you can ski, swim, exercise, skate and play
indoor games. Featuring a swimming pool, ice hall,
artificial ice rink, Finnish baseball stadium and Oulu Hall,
Raksila is also a prime location for spectator sports on
Finnish championship level.
In 2008, the City’s sports facilities had a total of
2,035,710 visitors (spectators at sports events are included
in the figure).
The City’s sports facilities:
| Oulu Swimming Pool |
620,463 |
| Raatti Swimming Pool (closed 8/2008) |
81,624 |
| Oulu Ice Hall |
351,390 |
| Sports House |
208,676 |
| Oulu Hall |
349,466 |
| Linnanmaa Ice Hall (closed
7-10/2008) |
90,547 |
| Linnanmaa Exercise Hall |
130,248 |
| Värttö Exercise Hall |
77,687 |
| Garrison Exercise Hall |
27,724 |
| Toppila Exercise Hall |
21,625 |
| Fire Department Exercise Hall
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9,946 |
| Heinäpää Football Hall |
66,314 |
In 2008, there were a total of 157 registered sports
associations in Oulu.
Oulun Tervahiihto (Tar Ski Race) is the oldest
long-distance cross-country ski race in the world. The city
has excellent bicycle paths, and its residents are
enthusiastic cyclists all year round.
Other sports facilities include many tracks and fields (including
a trotting stadium with riding areas, and a golf course),
bathing beaches, waterside rafts for washing rugs, lighted
skiing and running tracks, a bowling alley, a squash hall, a
motor sports area as well as Sankivaara Skiing.
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