Don’t get me wrong. I like my new hometown a lot. I live by the sea for the first time in my life, people are friendly and there’s a line of  old wooden pubs just under my window. But somehow Oulu is strange. For me it’s clearly in the north because I’ve only lived in Jyväskylä, Tampere and Lusaka before moving here. Others say it’s actually not very north, because there are still another 700 kilometers to the northern border of Finland. Oulu really tries to convince me with its northern heritage by bringing reindeers and stuff under my window almost every day. But that’s not all – there’s also a strong wibe of technopolis in the air. Oulu grows fast and seems to invest in digital info screens and grey concrete. Maybe that’s what I would tell others about my new home. For me it’s a northern town with nice inhabitants but somewhat depressing architecture.

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