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== Hitching out ==
The road {{European Route Number|75}} is highway from Liminka in South until Ii in North of Oulu and no hitchhiking is allowed there. Going Northwest on {{Vfi|20}} or Southwest on {{Vfi|22}} is markedly easier as you can stand by the roadside.
=== Southwest towards [[Vaasa]] {{European Route Number|8}}, South towards [[Jyväskyla]], [[Tampere]] and [[Helsinki]] {{European Route Number|75}} and [[Kuopio]] {{European Route Number|63}}===
==== Option 3 ====
If you don't find any ride by standing at the road, hitchhike to the ABC Tupos (around 20 km south from Oulu). It's even open 24/7 so you have a place to stay for the night as well. There are many trucks going really far in different directions, the truck drivers are really friendly so it's easy to find a ride for one person. If you are not hitchhiking alone, ask people in the gas petrol station or when they are just about to go to their car where they are going and if they could take you with them.
====Option 4 ====
If you want to reach directly the best spot to find a straight ride to south, take bus n° 70 from Oulu bus station and get off after Liminka, there is a bus stop right after the roundabout that splits road 8 and road 4. Full traffic, lot of space, very good spot. Bus costs EUR 7,.40 € but it 's really worths worth it if you want to be quite quick.
=== North towards [[Kemi]] and [[Rovaniemi]] {{European Route Number|75}} ===
==== Option 1 ====
A fairly good option is to reach the ramp closest to Oulu University's main campus on Linnanmaantie road near a big Prisma super market. There's a bus stop on North side of the road from where you can catch a ride to North. Buses 4, 5, 19, 22 among others go there (EUR 3,30€ .30 in 2013).
==== Option 2 ====
==== Option 3 ====
The ramp easiest to reach from city center is found by walking by "Raksilan marketit" (three supermarkets Sale, Citymarket and Prisma) near cemetery, railway and bus station. Walk the road Kajaanintie between the graveyard and the supermarkets away from the center of the town (cemetery to the left, supermarkets right). After a bridge which goes over the motorway you find a ramp to your left. The space for standing is extremely limited though. Another option could be halting on a bus stop a bit before the bridge crossing the highway and stading standing there with a clear sign.
'''''If you want to play it safe, it can be worthwhile to catch a bus for a better hitchhiking location'''''
==== Option 4 ====
Take bus number 50 from Oulu city center centre to gas petrol station Shell in Ii, where the highway has ended, but there's a 60kph speed limit. The ride costs ca. 10 euros (2013).
==== Option 5 ====
=== Northwest towards [[Kuusamo]] on {{Vfi|22}} (and [[Rovaniemi]] via Pudasjärvi and Ranua on B78) ===
Catching a ride Northwest is best done by reaching one of the bus stops on Kuusamontie {{Vfi|22}}. Perhaps the most feasible one is right after the junction with E75/A4. There are traffic lights and speed limit of 60kph. On a downside cars are coming on two lanes from the city and join a third from the highway, so drivers might find it difficult to pull over. Try to catch a ride at least to Laivakangas in Jääli (Kiiminki) ca. 15kms from the city. The road to Rovaniemi leaves from Pudasjärvi and is markedly less used than the E75/A4.
== Free hotspots ==
Oulu has a free wireless PanOulu network that is supposed to work all around the city centercentre. Go to a cafe café or walk around a bit if you can't seem to find a connection. For those without mobile internet connectionsdevices, there are large Ubi-screen displays scattered around the city center centre with maps and such info about the such as maps.
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