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![Oulu Oulunsalo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Oulunsalo_Town_Hall_2006_05_06.JPG)

# Oulu Oulunsalo

Oulunsalo is a former municipality in the region of North Ostrobothnia, in Finland.

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## Every way there

- Rovaniemi → Oulu Oulunsalo 175 km · quickest by road, 3h 30m · €23–33 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/rovaniemi-to-oulu-oulunsalo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Rovaniemi&to=Oulu+Oulunsalo)
- Kuopio / Siilinjärvi → Oulu Oulunsalo 234 km · quickest by road, 3h 55m · €26–37 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kuopio-siilinjarvi-to-oulu-oulunsalo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kuopio+%2F+Siilinj%C3%A4rvi&to=Oulu+Oulunsalo)
- Vaasa → Oulu Oulunsalo 276 km · quickest by road, 4h 43m · €32–44 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/vaasa-to-oulu-oulunsalo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Vaasa&to=Oulu+Oulunsalo)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Oulu Oulunsalo, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Oulu Oulunsalo has

- Y Scheduled flights Oulu / Oulunsalo (OUL), 3 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- N Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Oulu, 9 km.

64.933°, 25.417°

It was founded in 1882 and merged into the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013, along with Haukipudas, Kiiminki and Yli-Ii. The municipality had a population of 9,746 and covered an area of 211.22 square kilometres (81.55 sq mi), of which 127.86 km2 (49.37 sq mi) is water. Its population density was 116.915/km2 (302.81/sq mi).

How locals move

## Getting around Oulu Oulunsalo the local way

- Get in There is no ferry, but for arriving with your own boat, Oulu has four marinas dotted around the estuary of the Oulujoki river.
- Go next Hailuoto is the largest island in the Gulf of Bothnia and a good destination for a day trip.
- Go next A fixed road link from the mainland, composed of a causeway and two bridges, was opened in 2026 and replaced the former ferry and ice road services, making the trip much faster.
- Go next Koskilinjat arranges day trips to the slopes during the winter season.

From [Wikivoyage: Oulu](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Oulu), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oulunsalo), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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