Vaara

Vaara is a district of the city centre area of , . Together with the districts of and , Vaara forms the central business district of Oulu.
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Photo: Estormiz, CC0.
  • Type: Suburb with 2,270 residents
  • Description: city district in Oulu, Finland
  • Also known as: “Kakaravaara”
Photo: Estormiz, CC0.
Photo: Estormiz, Public domain.
Photo: Estormiz, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oulu railway station and Oulu railway station.

Railway station
Photo: TeVe, Public domain.
The is located in the centre of , , in the city district of Vaara. All trains are operated by VR. Nearby is the Oulu bus station for long-distance buses.

Railway station
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Church
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an Evangelical Lutheran cathedral and the seat of the Diocese of Oulu, located in the of , . The church was built in 1777 as a tribute to the king of Sweden Gustav III and named after his wife as Sofia Magdalena's church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pokkinen and Raksila.

Suburb
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is a district of the city centre area of , . Together with districts of Vaara and , forms the central business district of Oulu.

Suburb
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is a District of the city centre area of , . It is bounded by the to the west, the in the district to the north, the Finnish national road 4 to the east and the Finnish national road 22 to the south.

Suburb
is a district of the city centre area of , . was mostly industrial area, which was rezoned mostly for residential use in 1984.

Vaara

Latitude
65.0116° or 65° 0′ 42″ north
Longitude
25.47958° or 25° 28′ 47″ east
Population
2,270
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
9GQ72F6H+JR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4477143259
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
13132045
Wiki­data ID
Q13461679
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Vaara” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “瓦拉”
  • Finnish: “2. kaupunginosa (Oulu)”
  • Finnish: “2. kaupunginosa”
  • Finnish: “II kaupunginosa (Oulu)”
  • Finnish: “II kaupunginosa”
  • Finnish: “Kakaravaara”
  • Finnish: “Vaara (Oulu)”
  • Finnish: “Vaara”
  • Finnish: “Vaaran kaupunginosa”
  • French: “Vaara”
  • German: “Kakaravaara”
  • German: “Vaara”
  • Swedish: “Kakaravaara”
  • Swedish: “Vaara”
  • “Kakaravaara”
  • “Vaara”
  • “Vaara (Oulu)”

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