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.
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Hupisaarten Central Play Park

Kuusisaari Recreation Park

Discover paddling in the Oulu River Delta

Scandic Oulu City

Restaurant world Limingantulli

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

Oulu's top 5 attractions!

Ancient skills of Kierik: red mural painting

Stone Age tribal shield

Arctic Edu-Tech - Workshops and experiences

City train Potnapekka

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

Original Sokos Hotel Arina, Oulu

Oulu Cathedral

University of Oulu Botanical Garden

Guided winter swimming

Rusko Bike Park

Escape games

Paddling in the Oulu estuary and at sea

Cafe Hostel Huvila

Hupisaarten City Park

Scandic Oulu Station

Ancient skills of Kierik: red mural painting

Husky Spin

Hotel Pohjankievari

Environmental Education / Forest School at Sanginjoki River - Naturest Oy

Nallikari - Nordic Riviera

OuluHostel AlliMaria

Hollihaa Central Play Park

Turkansa Island Outdoor Museum

Study visit

De Gamlas Hem Hotel

Nature trip to the Stone Age - exhibition

Ancient skills of Kierik: stone grinding

Koitelinkoski

Stone Age tribal shield

Midnight Sun Summer School

Diverse Hietasaari

Leo's Kempele

Swimming and water sports all year round

Archaeological exhibition

Koivuranta Sauna Ferry Cruises

Lappis water park Oulu

A visit to a husky home

Ancient skills of Kierik: canoeing

SuperPark Restaurant

Lapland Hotels Oulu

Canoeing safari to the Oulujoki estuary

Guided winter swimming

Go Arctic activity - Koskiing in Koitel

Ancient skills of Kierik: canoeing

Hot air balloon group flight 4-12 passengers

Museum of North Ostrobothnia

Nallikari Holiday Village - Camping, Oulu

Cyrillic

Speed Park

Expert presentations and workshops on education and training

Zeppelin Shopping Centre

Archaeological exhibition

Airport Hotel Oulu

One-off ticket for Reenis to the creative gym

Virpiniemi

Nature trip to the Stone Age - exhibition

Private guided tour from Oulu to Jussila reindeer farm in Ii

Pearls of the Oulu estuary

Oulu Zipline

Fätbike Safari, Oulu, Nallikari

Floating Café

Pilpasuo protected area and hiking trails

Ancient skills of Kierik: archery

Vekaravintti

Nallikar Aalto Apartments

SuperPark Oulu

Nallikari Holiday Village - Camping area

Radisson Blu Hotel Oulu

GreenStar Hotel Oulu

Oulu2026 Opening Festival

Elf - spirits of the home

Midnight sun golf

Ancient skills of Kierik: stone grinding

Experience the wonders of Finnish nature

Best Western Hotel Apollo, Oulu

Vihiluoto - seafront and bird tower

Cycling in Oulu

A day in the Stone Age

Modern Messi Summer Cottages in Nallikari, Oulu

Hours

SUP board rental Raahe

Apartment Kievarinhovi

Koivuranta Sauna Board's general sauna shift

Oulu Golf Restaurant

Restaurant World Linnanmaa

Shadowing at school or nursery

Kierik guided tours

Nallikar Winter Village

SUP racing in the Oulu Delta

Hotel Lasaretti

School visit

Kindergarten visit

