Thing's you DIDN'T know about Oulu
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- čas přidán 14. 07. 2021
- #oulu #finland #history
A few thing's you probably didn't know about Oulu! If you know something about Oulu that wouldn't be that well known please let me know! would love to read them!
Oulu German soldier Garrison town:
kalevimikkonen27.blogspot.com...
Paska kaupunni graffiti:
fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paskaka...
Great Fire Oulu 1822:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_O...
British soldiers in Oulu:
www.ouka.fi/oulu/english/1801...
Taavetti Lukkarinen:
fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taavett...
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How old are you?
29
Where are you from?
Dublin, Ireland
Where do you live?
Oulu, Finland
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Canon EOS 2000d, Samsung A52
Boya MM1 microphone
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Video Guru
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Tuira was once called little Berlin precisely because of the German soldiers In Oulu, the Germans built their largest garrison area in Tuira, 500 meters from the railway station, along the Kuivasjärvi road. In 1941, the Germans' activities were limited to the port of Toppila. In the spring of 1942, the Germans decided to build a service center because Toppila was becoming their most important port in Finland. The area was constantly expanded, in the end the 64-hectare area had almost 300 buildings, with a total area of about 50,000 m2. The base was the SS division Nord Service and Training Center, Waffen-SS Finnland Stützpunkt IV. The training center served about 2,500 men
Oulu, Capital of western Siperia
"paska kaupunni" is absolutely hilarious because of so many levels coming together just oh-so perfectly 😅👌
In Mäntylä, Oulu there is the Snelmannin päiväkoti (a kindergarden) that in the war time was a childrens hospital. And they even kept one hospital crib to lile remaind people about the history. I myself went to that kindergarden and it was cool learning that about it
Speaking of those burnings... Oulu has been on fire as many as TEN times, more than any other city in Finnish history! 🔥
Love this place summer & winter
I was there at the Paska Kaupunni graffiti 😄 I love Oulu so much and I miss it everyday
Heyy! Thanks for this video! I have started living here recently, so this video helped me to learn more about here 😊
You can still find places in Oulu where you can see where some of the bombings happened here. Oulu Lyseo has still those marks from the wars. I think Citynomadi app has Oulu - sodissa route which takes you all over the city. Haven't personally used it though. My dad used to tell all these stories how he always got candy from the german soldiers when he was a kid.
I actually came across the grave of Taavetti Lukkarinen while having a walk through the central cemetary.
I think "paska kaupunni" tag was introduced by some culchies outside of the town. It is still very hilarious, and stands forever...My question to you dear Irishman is if Limerick is Oulu of Ireland:)...? I studied in stab city in 1997. Nice to have you around. Next time I visit my home town, let's have some beer and have a good craic.
that "paska kaupunni" graffiti has been painted in many Cities in Finland not only in Oulu, but the most famous is in Oulu🤓
Nearly the first thing you see when you arrive at Oulu by air is a text saying something like "Oulu, the capital of Northern Scandinavia". This is a perfect way of telling that the town is governed by silly people who do not even know geography. After all, Oulu is not located in Scandinavia.
I guessed that first one right away 😂.
Have you done a video about Oulu's history in tar business?
All those stories of wooden towns burning around 200 years ago are a bit sus. Just HOW CLOSE do the houses have to be to constantly catch fire from the neighbor?
Great reaction! You know the story about "Lalli and the swedish bishop"? Or stories about so called "Häjyt"?
Loved it when you said 330 haha
I am not from Oulu region but my ancestors have lived there and migrated via Oulu-river south-eastwards as I have Y-DNA relatives in that region, including Hailuoto. By the way, my Y-DNA haplogroup is R1b DF27, which is incidentally very common in - Ireland... Apparently it is connected to celto-iberian cultures, so I would really like to know how my ancestors found my way here, especially as it probably was not a recent phenomenon. We all in Finland share an ancestor around 900 AD and the closest European ancestors are some Welshmen about 2000 years ago. Oh yes, what to see in Oulu? Tar industry, the "Stockholm tar" Royal Navy used was for great part from this region, always interesting but I would look into older history of Oulu. There was great violence between Finns and Karelians here, so you could read about those raid from the 16th century. Oulu region has lots of Neolithic habitation sites which are interesting to visit and of course you have already talked about jätinkirkko-monuments. Hanseatic trade was also important in the North, so might nice to find traces of that. And the Hailuoto massacre by Russian Cossacks could be worth a talk.
Brilliant video, just wondering how hard is it to come across accommodation in oulu? Thinking of moving with wife and 2 children from Cork next year. Thanks