A summer holiday with children is at its best a fast-paced experience in an amusement park, adventures and relaxation in the midst of summer nature. In Oulu you can experience all this in one trip.
Oulu with kids - See summer tips!

Let your hair down in an amusement park or traffic park!
On holiday in Oulu, children can go climbing, biking and have fun on the amusement park rides.
Right next to the city centre, in Hollihaa, Children's traffic park bikes await their pedalers and the adjacent parkour and skate parks and pump track await their tricksters.
Located in Linnansaari, a short walk from Oulu Market, Lapland Water Park invites you to have fun on a stunning floating ninja track. Kids and adults alike will be challenged and entertained on the water park track!
Three kilometres from the market square, Hietasaari, you will find Speed Park full of experiences and an authentic amusement park atmosphere. A new summer attraction, the Wild Whirligig, spins the daredevils, and the Silly Cups will make your head spin! The Super Slide and the Magic Carousel offer moments of old-school nostalgia for the older ones. From the city centre to Vauhtipuisto, you can take the beautiful estuary route on Vauhtipuisto's own city train, the Kompiainen.

A summer adventure to the park, beach and island
The city's stunning beaches, lush parks and islands invite you to spend a summer's day enjoying ice cream, cafés and atmosphere. Oulu is also the perfect place for a nature adventure.
The summer's all-time favourite is Hupisaarten City Park. Criss-crossing paths, old birches and soft grass offer a nature experience in the middle of the city. In the centre of Hupisaari you will also find Ainola's central play park and summer café. The streams in Hupisaari are stocked with trout from the Oulu River's original fish stock, and the park's ponds are home to ducks and a variety of waterfowl.
Or head for a day in the great outdoors Nallikari beach! Spend the day swimming and playing on the beach, challenge the whole family to climb the giant net and adventure in the park. Grab the pedal cars from Nallikari Holiday Village for a playful race - a memorable day of laughter, ice cream and relaxed togetherness!

Marvel at life in the past or at fabulous little ponies
Educational destinations in Oulu offer experiences and food for thought for children and adults alike. They leave a holiday memory that will not fade.
Turkansa Island Outdoor Museum is a great day destination along the Oulu River. The smell of tar, the island's old buildings, beautiful courtyards and the atmospheric setting of a summer café invite you to enjoy the moment and get together - and learn a bit of local history at the same time.
Shadow trap in Oulunsalo provides a framework for an adventure for the whole family in a culturally and historically significant environment. Arrive on the island in a traditional kapulaloss and follow the paths through the atmosphere of a former sawmill island. Do you know which was the tallest of the buildings?
At the Milky Way farm In Kempele you can admire the alpacas! Cats, chickens and a rooster will also join the alpacas in the courtyard of the summer café.
Sort tips

Hupisaarten Central Play Park

A visit to a husky home

Forest hiking with alpacas - Come and get to know alpacas and go on a forest hike with them!

De Gamlas Hem Hotel

SuperPark Oulu

Go Arctic activity - Koskiing in Koitel

Escape games

Kuusisaari Recreation Park

Koivuranta Sauna Board's general sauna shift

Best Western Hotel Apollo, Oulu

Hot air balloon group flight 4-12 passengers

Environmental Education / Forest School at Sanginjoki River - Naturest Oy

SUP racing in the Oulu Delta

Scandic Oulu Station

Finnish Tivoli

Kindergarten visit

Radisson Blu Hotel Oulu

Airport Hotel Oulu

City train Potnapekka

Ancient skills of Kierik: stone grinding

Modern Messi Summer Cottages in Nallikari, Oulu

Stone Age tribal shield

Virpiniemi

Guided winter swimming

Nallikari Holiday Village - Camping area

Swimming and water sports all year round

Restaurant world Limingantulli

SUP board rental Raahe

Stone Age tribal shield

Zeppelin Shopping Centre

Pilpasuo protected area and hiking trails

Ancient skills of Kierik: canoeing

Ancient skills of Kierik: canoeing

Hupisaarten City Park

Fätbike Safari, Oulu, Nallikari

Oulu's top 5 attractions!

Nallikari Holiday Village - Camping, Oulu

Oulu Cathedral

Pearls of the Oulu estuary

Study visit

Husky Spin

Lappis water park Oulu

Hollihaa Central Play Park

Oulu Golf Restaurant

Midnight Sun Summer School

Restaurant World Linnanmaa

Hotel Pohjankievari

Cafe Hostel Huvila

School visit

Archaeological exhibition

Nallikari - Nordic Riviera

Rusko Bike Park

A day in the Stone Age

Nature trip to the Stone Age - exhibition

Speed Park

Cycling in Oulu

Ancient skills of Kierik: red mural painting

Expert presentations and workshops on education and training

Elf - spirits of the home

Nature trip to the Stone Age - exhibition

Paddling in the Oulu estuary and at sea

Ancient skills of Kierik: stone grinding

Private guided tour from Oulu to Jussila reindeer farm in Ii

Hotel Lasaretti

Cyrillic

Vekaravintti

Midnight sun golf

Arctic Edu-Tech - Workshops and experiences

Ancient skills of Kierik: archery

University of Oulu Botanical Garden

Vihiluoto - seafront and bird tower

Apartment Kievarinhovi

One-off ticket for Reenis to the creative gym

Nallikar Winter Village

Experience the wonders of Finnish nature

Nallikar Aalto Apartments

Original Sokos Hotel Arina, Oulu

Archaeological exhibition

Turkansa Island Outdoor Museum

Hours

GreenStar Hotel Oulu

Floating Café

Koivuranta Sauna Ferry Cruises

Kierik guided tours

Oulu Zipline

Koitelinkoski

OuluHostel AlliMaria

Study visit and work experience at a special vocational school, Oulu

Oulu2026 Opening Festival

Discover paddling in the Oulu River Delta

Museum of North Ostrobothnia

Diverse Hietasaari

Lapland Hotels Oulu

Canoeing safari to the Oulujoki estuary

Leo's Kempele

SuperPark Restaurant

Guided winter swimming

Scandic Oulu City

Shadowing at school or nursery

