Tuira was once called little Berlin precisely because of the German soldiers In Oulu, the Germans built their largest garrison area in Tuira, 500 meters from the railway station, along the Kuivasjärvi road. In 1941, the Germans' activities were limited to the port of Toppila. In the spring of 1942, the Germans decided to build a service center because Toppila was becoming their most important port in Finland. The area was constantly expanded, in the end the 64-hectare area had almost 300 buildings, with a total area of ​​about 50,000 m2. The base was the SS division Nord Service and Training Center, Waffen-SS Finnland Stützpunkt IV. The training center served about 2,500 men and in itself strange that the Tuira is divided into two parts, the East and the West Tuira

@kuivo

3 жыл бұрын

Nice review of the history of our town. I was raised in Länsi-Tuira, but originally from the heart of the city, Pakkahuoneenkatu.

@juhahaapala6835

3 жыл бұрын

Ja Haukipudas!!!

@juhahaapala6835

3 жыл бұрын

where

Oulu, Capital of western Siperia

"paska kaupunni" is absolutely hilarious because of so many levels coming together just oh-so perfectly 😅👌

@IrishinFinland

3 жыл бұрын

It's fantastic

@kallejotoksella8743

2 жыл бұрын

And the nickname is much older than the graffity... And comes from the emissions of the Nuottasaari Mills... emissions decades ago....

Speaking of those burnings... Oulu has been on fire as many as TEN times, more than any other city in Finnish history! 🔥

@larrywave

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure if it is most burned city in finland but ill come back when i know for sure 😂

@larrywave

3 жыл бұрын

Nope turku has burned more than any other finnish city

In Mäntylä, Oulu there is the Snelmannin päiväkoti (a kindergarden) that in the war time was a childrens hospital. And they even kept one hospital crib to lile remaind people about the history. I myself went to that kindergarden and it was cool learning that about it

@aaruli

2 жыл бұрын

The most sought after SS-Doctor after Mengele, Aribert Heim worked in Oulu and at the time also in had some presence in the Sneelmannintalo, cos there were some german medical wards.

I was there at the Paska Kaupunni graffiti 😄 I love Oulu so much and I miss it everyday

Heyy! Thanks for this video! I have started living here recently, so this video helped me to learn more about here 😊

@IrishinFinland

3 жыл бұрын

No problem at all! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

Love this place summer & winter

You can still find places in Oulu where you can see where some of the bombings happened here. Oulu Lyseo has still those marks from the wars. I think Citynomadi app has Oulu - sodissa route which takes you all over the city. Haven't personally used it though. My dad used to tell all these stories how he always got candy from the german soldiers when he was a kid.

@Triadii

3 жыл бұрын

I am looking for the traces of german war history of this city but I don't know much other than the old kivikukko that has been removed few years back

@jens1924

3 жыл бұрын

@@Triadii Alppimaja in Alppila is still in use. JOKA archive has pictures. Journalistinen Kuva-arkisto which Journalistic picture archive. Also SA kuva-arkisto which also has pictures. Toppila harbour was important for the Greman troops in Lapland. Kalevi Mikkonen has some of this history written in his blog.Summary is in english. The text is written in 2017 in October.

I actually came across the grave of Taavetti Lukkarinen while having a walk through the central cemetary. It is massive, you cannot miss it, and it says; "Here lies Taavetti Lukkarinen, a victim of Russian oppression".

@IrishinFinland

3 жыл бұрын

Damn I didn't know it said that!

@aaruli

2 жыл бұрын

Batman ollu taas kierroksella suojelemassa kaupunkia 😌

Have you done a video about Oulu's history in tar business?

@IrishinFinland

2 жыл бұрын

Not yet!

I think "paska kaupunni" tag was introduced by some culchies outside of the town. It is still very hilarious, and stands forever...My question to you dear Irishman is if Limerick is Oulu of Ireland:)...? I studied in stab city in 1997. Nice to have you around. Next time I visit my home town, let's have some beer and have a good craic.

@IrishinFinland

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmmmm I've heard that before from a fellow Irish man living in Finland that limerick is oulu, I mean I guess it is in the sense that they are both not major cities but are still cities 😂 one thing I will say though is that Oulu is waaaaaaaay nicer and cleaner than Limerick 😂

that "paska kaupunni" graffiti has been painted in many Cities in Finland not only in Oulu, but the most famous is in Oulu🤓

Brilliant video, just wondering how hard is it to come across accommodation in oulu? Thinking of moving with wife and 2 children from Cork next year. Thanks

@IrishinFinland

2 жыл бұрын

There is plenty of hotels and really nice and affordable air bnbs here in Oulu! You'll have no trouble at all 😎

I guessed that first one right away 😂.

@IrishinFinland

3 жыл бұрын

Ding ding 😆

Nearly the first thing you see when you arrive at Oulu by air is a text saying something like "Oulu, the capital of Northern Scandinavia". This is a perfect way of telling that the town is governed by silly people who do not even know geography. After all, Oulu is not located in Scandinavia.

@IrishinFinland

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely ridiculous it is

@VonArmagedda

3 жыл бұрын

And Oulu isn't even that far up in the north, shouldn't the title of northern capital belong to Rovaniemi?

@alloydog613

3 жыл бұрын

It's marketing! :D When I first moved to Oulu, just over 20-years ago, if you'd have said Finland was part of Scandinavia, you'd have the locals frothing at the mouth, instantly telling you that Finland is NOT part of Scandinavia. Then four years or so ago, it appeared on the windows of Oulu 10 office and the buses when they got their new "Flying dick" paint jobs (white bus with big pink front end...)

@dennislindqvist8443

2 жыл бұрын

If you ask me, Oulu is too far south to be part of Scandinavia, but the name has referred to different geographical areas in the past and nowadays it includes the whole of Finland in many parts of the world.

@toinenprofessori771

2 жыл бұрын

@@dennislindqvist8443 There is no reason we should adopt misconceptions which appear somewhere in the world. There is a name for the region consisting of Scandinavia and Finland. That is Fennoscandia.

Loved it when you said 330 haha

Great reaction! You know the story about "Lalli and the swedish bishop"? Or stories about so called "Häjyt"?

@IrishinFinland

3 жыл бұрын

Ah Lalli ❤ Has a place in my Irish heart 😆 working on a video on that story soon

Audio is now amazing!

@IrishinFinland

3 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for a message about my audio for so long 😭😂 kiitos 🤟🏻🔥

@joonasrissanen4314

3 жыл бұрын

@@IrishinFinland No worries mate. Getting audio right can be hard. I rather drop positive comment than complain about it. 💪😎💥

@IrishinFinland

3 жыл бұрын

You're a legend cheers 🍻🤟🏻

I am not from Oulu region but my ancestors have lived there and migrated via Oulu-river south-eastwards as I have Y-DNA relatives in that region, including Hailuoto. By the way, my Y-DNA haplogroup is R1b DF27, which is incidentally very common in - Ireland... Apparently it is connected to celto-iberian cultures, so I would really like to know how my ancestors found my way here, especially as it probably was not a recent phenomenon. We all in Finland share an ancestor around 900 AD and the closest European ancestors are some Welshmen about 2000 years ago. Oh yes, what to see in Oulu? Tar industry, the "Stockholm tar" Royal Navy used was for great part from this region, always interesting but I would look into older history of Oulu. There was great violence between Finns and Karelians here, so you could read about those raid from the 16th century. Oulu region has lots of Neolithic habitation sites which are interesting to visit and of course you have already talked about jätinkirkko-monuments. Hanseatic trade was also important in the North, so might nice to find traces of that. And the Hailuoto massacre by Russian Cossacks could be worth a talk.

Why is it spelled "kaupunNi" instead of "kaupunKi?"

@66hss

2 жыл бұрын

local dialect

All those stories of wooden towns burning around 200 years ago are a bit sus. Just HOW CLOSE do the houses have to be to constantly catch fire from the neighbor?

@zaroliina

2 ай бұрын

They were close. Like inches away the closest ones, and max maybe few meters. And still are at least in Kokkola. So fairly easy to catch fire.

Thanks for learning to say Oulu instead of Oooloo!

@IrishinFinland

3 жыл бұрын

Took a while but got there 😆

@alloydog613

3 жыл бұрын

I could never understand why Brits said "Ooloo". I mean in English, most "OU" sounds are hard, like "OR" - thought, bought, sought, or "OW" as in Thou, Slough and bough. OK, "through" is an "OO" sounds, but "though" is "OH" :) To me OH-luu is more natural.

Oulu, or in friendlier term; OuLUL

2:11 kekistan flag did it better

Ookko nä Oulusta? Juokko nä piimää? 😉

#plsnomoreshorts

🤭😂🤣😂 very funny

@IrishinFinland

Жыл бұрын

Um OK? How?

The British have stepped in your Ireland too without being called! and they have done that several times in history😅

Shitty city. Paska kaupunni. When I moved to Oulu people who had moved there too from else where they told me this: Beware not to walk at late certain areas in city. If you say hello for people at day time people turn away and ignore you. If you greet them at evening they hit you, night time they may hit you with the knife. I did see many weird people while living in Oulu. Some pleasant ones of course too living in there but Oulu is the Finnish Chicago. Eight years were enough for me and I moved back at the Finnish-Swedish coast where people are more friendlier.

" Paska kaupunni" osoittaa ettei kotoutus ole onnistunut...

This city is awful, worst of all of them. Here, the girls have to be at home in time. No woman can ever want us here, this is such a shit town. Pete won't, Pete won't just quit, he might tempt us to the streets even when rains nails. And then we hang around and check the same places three times. Oulu is a shit town. Misery, stupidity, nothing worthwhile. We could use this time better, and jury-rig some system, that would take us the hell away from here. Oh, a shit town, a shit town. Chorus: Hey man, nothing's happening today! Hey man, nothing's happening today! Nothing. Can. Let's go away! Pete knows a fun girl for me. If I touch her it's like a bad omen: She's stupid, she's ugly, after that affair no dream can exist. Of the girls, of good angels, there's no more dreams, nothing matters. Now we're dredging mud from the very depths. Oh, a shit town. A shit town. Chorus That bitch coerces a promise from me to come again. I want to shower now, or burn in a fire, but nothing can wash the evil off of me. Oh, a shit town. (mellow) Railroad, Railroad goes to the south. If you play by the rules of mediocrity you can only lose, and if you lose you just have to skip town. Oh, a shit town. Chorus