If you’re looking to experience a Finnish Christmas without all the modern, American influences then Liminka may be worth the trip on Saturday.

An Oulu-based company with expat staff has produced the world's cheapest and smallest eye-camera to help identify retina damage and many other conditions.

The Finnish Parliament voted today to allow shops to open on Sundays all year round, apart from on public holidays.

The Finnish nurses Trade Union (TEHY) is extremely concerned about the level of Finnish amongst foreign nurses working in the country. A union leader told 65DN that the problem could have a serious impact on patient care.

You know that Christmas is coming in Oulu when a group of boys - or sometimes young women - walk into a bar in Medieval costume and start singing. The Star Boys season begins this week.

Oulu's bus tickets cost the most out of all of Finland's large cities, according to a report in today's Kaleva.

Kaleva journalists staged a walkout on Monday after the newspaper announced that three journalists would lose their jobs.

A new bike rental business in Oulu aims to help international students who only want their wheels short-term.

The landline will soon be a thing of the past in Finland. The country has amongst the fewest households with landlines in the EU.

Sports enthusiasts can already find spots around Oulu where they can ski, despite the recent snowfall mostly melting.