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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 2009, the City’s sports facilities had a total of
2,029,905 visitors (spectators at sports events are included
in the figure).
The City’s sports facilities:
| Oulu Swimming Pool |
678,479 |
| Raatti Swimming Pool (closed 2009) |
0 |
| Oulu Ice Hall |
300,990 |
| Sports House |
241,294 |
| Oulu Hall |
332,187 |
| Linnanmaa Ice Hall (closed
7-10/2008) |
114,562 |
| Linnanmaa Exercise Hall |
142,872 |
| Värttö Exercise Hall |
75,163 |
| Garrison Exercise Hall |
25,139 |
| Toppila Exercise Hall |
20,859 |
| Fire Department Exercise Hall
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37,799 |
| Heinäpää Football Hall |
70,588 |
In 2009, there were a total of 188 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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