Pokkinen
Pokkinen is a district of the city centre area of Oulu, Finland. Together with districts of Vaara and Vanhatulli, Pokkinen forms the central business district of Oulu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Market Hall and Cultural Centre Valve.
Market Hall
Marketplace
Photo: Tumi-1983, Public domain.
The Oulu Market Hall is a historic market hall in the Market Square, in the centre of Oulu, Finland. The market hall was opened in 1901. The city council of Oulu decided to build the market hall in 1889 due to the tightened food safety regulations in Finland.
Cultural Centre Valve
Arts center
Photo: Mikkoau, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cultural Centre Valve is a cultural center in the Pokkinen neighbourhood in Oulu, Finland. The cultural center provides spaces for variety of cultural activities.
Oulu City Theater
Theater building
Oulu City Theatre is a municipal theatre in Oulu, Finland. The current theatre building is located in the Vänmanninsaari island close to the market square in the city centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vanhatulli and Vaara.
Vanhatulli
Suburb
Photo: Estormiz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vanhatulli is a district of the city centre area of Oulu, Finland. Together with the districts of Pokkinen and Vaara, Vanhatulli forms the central business district of Oulu.
Vaara
Suburb
Vaara is a district of the city centre area of Oulu, Finland. Together with the districts of Pokkinen and Vanhatulli, Vaara forms the central business district of Oulu.
Pikisaari
Suburb
Pikisaari is a district of the city of Oulu, Finland. The district consists of Pikisaari and Korkeasaari islands connected due to the post-glacial rebound.
Pokkinen
- Type: Suburb with 2,350 residents
- Description: city district in Oulu, Finland
- Categories: district of Oulu and locality
- Location: Oulu, Oulu, North Ostrobothnia, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65.0136° or 65° 0′ 49″ northLongitude
25.46827° or 25° 28′ 6″ eastPopulation
2,350Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)Open location code
9GQ72F79+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 4477143258OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
13132044Wikidata ID
Q3815354
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Pokkinen” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “1. kaupunginosa (Oulu)”
- Finnish: “1. kaupunginosa”
- Finnish: “I kaupunginosa (Oulu)”
- Finnish: “I kaupunginosa”
- Finnish: “Meritulli”
- Finnish: “Pokkinen”
- Finnish: “Pokkisen kaupunginosa”
- Finnish: “Pokkitörmä”
- French: “Pokkinen”
- German: “Pokkinen”
- Greek: “Πόκκινεν”
- Japanese: “ポッキネン”
- Slovenian: “Pokkinen”
- Swedish: “Pokkinen”
- “Pokkinen”
- “Pokkinen (Oulu)”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pokkinen”. Photo: Estormiz, CC0.