Entertainment in Oulu
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Never Grow Old
This enduringly popular bar hits its stride after 10pm, with plenty of dancing, DJs and revelry in the tightly packed interior. The goofy decor includes some seriously comfortable and extremely uncomfortable places to sit, and a log-palisade bar that seems designed to get you to wear your drink.
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Kaarlenholvi Jumpru Pub
This Oulu institution is a great place for meeting locals and its enclosed outdoor area always seems to be humming with cheerfully sauced-up folk. There’s a warren of cosy rooms inside, as well as a nightclub opening from 10pm Wednesday to Saturday.
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Makasiini
This is a classic café set in an old wooden warehouse on the kauppatori. It opens extremely early so that stallholders can get their first coffee of the day in, and in summer has a great terrace that sucks all it can get from the evening sun.
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Oluthuone Leskinen
This bar on the central pedestrian zone has a popular terrace that complements the dark, cosy interior with its wide range of Finnish and international beers, as well as malt whiskies. There’s notably friendly service and a good atmosphere.
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Cafe Milou
Don something black and head down to this casual bar named after Tin Tin’s hound to while away some time with Oulu’s streetwise rock and metal crowd. Bookshelves filled with comics, a Friday poker tournament, and small terrace add appeal.
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Kaarlenholvi Jumpru Pub
This Oulu institution is a great place for meeting locals. It has an enclosed terrace, a perennial favourite, and a warren of cosy rooms inside, as well as a nightclub that opens at 22:00 Wednesday to Saturday.
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Café Milou
Named after Tin Tin's hound, this place is away from the main strip but packs in students with its relaxed vibe, bookshelves filled with comics, and service so rude it's almost comical. There's a small terrace.
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Giggling Marlin
This is one of a new brand of 'Suomi pop' clubs, featuring two dance floors with contemporary Finnish pop and international music and young Finns dancing on the tables.
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Raksila Arena
Oulu loves its ice-hockey team, the Kärpät (Stoats), who had won four Finnish titles out of five up to 2008. They play at Raksila Arena east of town.
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St Michaels
In the same block as Never Grow Old, St Michaels is a convivial Irish bar that pours a very acceptable Guinness, and has an excellent selection of whiskies.
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Oulu City Theatre
This theatre has classical music, contemporary theatre and the occasional Shakespearian performance, almost all of it in Finnish.
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Onnela
A huge club with several separate areas with different styles of music ranging from Suomipop to electronica and rock and metal.
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Oulu Music Centre
The Oulu Symphony Orchestra - the world's northernmost professional symphony orchestra - holds concerts here most Thursdays.
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45 Special
This grungy club is Oulu’s best rock venue, with wall-to-wall patrons. There’s a €5 cover at weekends and regular live gigs.
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Tervahovi
A more typically Finnish place than St Michaels, with leopard-skin and a vaguely French theme; they also do tasty food.
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Oulun Kaupunginteatteri
The city theatre has classical music, and contemporary and classic theatre, almost all in Finnish.
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Finnkino Plaza
An enormous new central cinema complex, with eight screens.
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Oulun Musiikkikeskus
The Oulu Symphony Orchestra holds regular concerts here.
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