Day 8 - Oulu

After a very tiring previous day we had a lay in and a late breakfast.  It was glorious sunshine again today so we went to walk along part of the parkrun course as it had been really pretty.  The area is called Hupisaaret (Islands of Fun).  Although I had the Strava map of where we had run, it was difficult to retrace as there are just so many bridges.  We ended up doing the route in reverse with lots of diversions.  It was very cold but lovely in the sun.


















Goosander
 

Goosander ducks on the water near the hotel

Squirrel in the trees

 
Squirrel in the trees video


We then went back into the town centre as there were some sites that others had found that we missed.  We first warmed up with a coffee in a cafe in the city centre and then walked to the Market Hall which is closed on Sundays.  We found an "Auto Pizza Vending Machine" .  You chose your pizza from a limited menu, pay by card and it automatically delivers it in 3 minutes.  There was a roll of aluminium foil on the ledge.  I would love to see this in action.

Oulu City Hall

Attractive building

The indoor market building

Toripolliisi Statue

A tobacco shop

The auto pizza vending machine

Fountain of Osprey with Salmon at parkrun start

Absolutely hundreds of these around in Helsinki and Oulu

Outdoor area at Radisson Blu hotel

There was a lovely sunset tonight.  I went out on my own and got some photos of it.




We walked into town and found a small restaurant and had dinner and then came back to the hotel.




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