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Oulu (ō`l  ), Swed. Uleåborg, city (1998 pop. 115,493), capital of Oulu prov., W central Finland, at the mouth of the Oulu River on the Gulf of Bothnia. It is a seaport and has metal shops, leather plants, and wood-processing and other industries. The city grew around a castle founded in 1590, was chartered in 1610, and became (19th cent.) an important commercial center. It was destroyed by fire in 1882 and rebuilt. The Univ. of Oulu was founded in 1959. It is also the site, since 1889, of the world's oldest cross-country ski race.How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Domestic destinations will include at least Oulu, Kuopio and Tampere. However, in Sverre Fehn's perpetually ravishing Nordic pavilion, Norway, Sweden and Finland did not disappoint, presenting a study of Arctic cities Tromso, Kiruna and Oulu (slyly described as the Venice of the North), which examined the effects of the warming of the polar ice cap among more mundane development pressures. In 2003, another team of European researchers led by Ilya Usoskin of the University of Oulu in Finland published a paper in the peer-reviewed journal Physical Review Letters documenting the increase in solar activity. |
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