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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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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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Promotional image for the Lemmenpolun Valot 2026 (Lights of the Lemmenpolku Trail) event. The image features a forest and riverside landscape. Photo: Municipality of Muhos.

Lemmenpolun Valot (Lights of the Lemmenpolku Trail) invites visitors to experience light art, video installations and poetry in Muhos

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LuxuryLogico / Kinetic Installation / Space 201 / Image © MoCA Taipei 2025 ANPIS FOTO

INTER-FACE:ing LuxuryLogico: Taiwanese art, technology and ecology encounter AaltoSiilo

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Laura Merz: Year of the Aurora Horse, 2026, Oulu. Photo: Mika Friman / Oulu Art Museum

A Wild and Free-Running Aurora Horse Celebrates Oulu’s European Capital of Culture Year

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Judges of the Air Kantele World Championships: Ida Elina, Aurora Visa and Riikka Yli-Kotila Photo: Suvi Haikola

Air Kantele World Championships Captivate Haapavesi: A Celebration of Music, Imagination and Community Draws Nearly 200 Visitors

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Pictures from Midnight Sun Run Oulu -running event

Almost a thousand runners under the midnight sun – this was the first Midnight Sun Run Oulu

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Oulainen Music Week celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Visual design by artist Lotta Nevanperä.

Oulainen Music Week’s 40th Anniversary Invites Those Who Left Oulainen to Return Home 

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