Oulu

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Oulu is a town in Finland.

Hitching out

Southwest towards Vaasa E 8, South towards Jyväskyla, Kuopio E 75

Option 1

Take bus 25Y from the city centre until the last stop, Neitsytkorventie in the neighbourhood of Metsokangas. Then walk west along the street Neitsytkorventie until it becomes Ouluntullintie. Continue walking west on Ouluntullintie and cross over the motorway. There's a Neste petrol station and a convenient bus stop on the motorway entrance to hitchhike from.

The motorway ends about 20 km south of Oulu and splits into the E8 (national road 8) going southwest and the E75 (national road 4) going south.

Option 2

An easier option is to walk west from city centre ca. 2 km along Kainuuntie road to the highway drive-in. There are traffic lights and just enough space for a cars to stop at least in summer.

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 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 7,40 € but it really worths if you want to be quite quick.

Finnish cities with more than 20.000 inhabitants

> 500.000: Helsinki

100.000-500.000: TampereEspooVantaaTurkuJyväskyläOuluLahtiKuopio

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