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Photo highlights from Iso-Syöte’s Välähdyksiä art exhibition on the hilltop

Glimpses of North (Välähdyksiä)Art Exhibition at Iso-Syöte attracts nearly 10,000 visitors

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TaikaBox performance at AaltoSiilo interacting with INTER-FACE:ing LuxuryLogico on 25 October.

Taiwan Meets Oulu: Mayor Ari Alatossava Attends LuxuryLogico × TaikaBox Finissage at AaltoSiilo

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Joulupuu's partners: Aaro, Joacim, Nea Snellman, Veetu Vuori, Brädi, Rosanna Kulju, Dilemma, Mimi, Kuku, Nora Rantalainen. Layout artist, Marika Meri.

Joulupuu Esittää -event arrives at Valkea Shopping Center on November 14th 2026

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Joona Kotilainen performs comedy with AI. Photo: Harri Säynevirta.

Can AI Be Creative? LuovAIn! Roadshow Brings AI Comedy and Collaborative Art to Oulu

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An exhibition scene of INTER-FACE:ing LuxuryLogico at AaltoSiilo at the opening. Image © Yi Chen.

Taiwanese Contemporary Art Opens a Dialogue on Technology, Nature and Cultural Climate Change

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Down the fell a man strode, giant-sized and wicked. Walked in twilight like the vanishing moon, gathered the children into his cauldron.

Stállu is coming. Face the giant of the North on November 26th.

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Polish artist Ksawery Komputery’s interactive light installation Flux fills the Valve Hall. Photo: Vojtěch Veškrna

The Lumo Light Festival route offers plenty to experience over several days

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Björk’s exhibition in Oulu opens on 13 November – tickets on sale from 19 October
Oulu Theatre and Flow Productions: Faravid’s Land. In the photo: Elina Ylisuvanto, Anne Syysmaa. Photo: Janne-Pekka Manninen.

Two for the price of one for the Faravid’s Land matinee on Wednesday, October 21!

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University of Oulu: Mikko Törmänen

Lumo Art & Tech Festival brings the University of Oulu’s open lectures and future-shaping research themes closer to city residents

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Pegasus, Irish Festival of Oulu -Cultural Kaleidoscopes Street Fest, photo Martta Tervonen, Visit Oulu

18-Tonne Pegasus Filled Oulu City Centre

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Composers Sanna Ahvenjärvi and Tapio Lappalainen after the concert of their works in Berlin. Photo: Sami Mustonen

Compositions by Sanna Ahvenjärvi and Tapio Lappalainen featured at the Uuden Musiikin Lokakuu Festival in Haapajärvi and Oulu

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