Oulu, Finland

Best Practice City

Oulu is a city and municipality of 201,124 inhabitants (31 August 2017) in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland.

Oulu Region is known for its technology, the hi-tech growth having started after the establishment of Oulu University in 1958. There are two science parks. The region is home to many hi-tech companies, such as the telecommunications company Nokia.

It is considered one of Europe's "living labs", where residents experiment with new technology (such as NFC tags and ubi-screens) at a community-wide scale.

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City Name
Oulu
Country
Finland
City Size
Other settlement (less than 500,000 inhabitants)
City Strategy
Pan-city
City Function(s)
Research and Educational cities
Innovation hubs