antti404, 11 days ago to random

#oulu #summer #diary #mist

antti404, 15 days ago to random

#oulu #spring #diary

antti404, 1 month ago to random

#oulu #spring #diary

pekkatahkola, 2 months ago to random

Ahh lovely weather today here in #Oulu 🇫🇮🥰🥰
#MeanwhileInOulu

antti404, 2 months ago to random

#oulu #spring #diary

kaffeeringe, 3 months ago to random German

Es geht, wenn man es will:
"Oulu im Nordwesten Finnlands gilt weltweit als die Hauptstadt der Ganzjahresradfahrer. Stadtplaner aus der ganzen Welt kommen in die 200.000 Einwohnerstadt, um zu lernen, wie man Winterradfahren attraktiv macht."
https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZDovL25kci5kZS9wcm9wbGFuXzE5NjM1NTg0NF9nYW56ZVNlbmR1bmc

#Oulu #Finnland #Verkehrswende #NDR #Ostseereport

antti404, 3 months ago to random

#oulu #winter #diary

pekkatahkola, 3 months ago to Finland

Words from a friend. She moved to #Finland and #Oulu from another country in the 2000's. She barely knew how to cycle, but our infrastructure and maintenance enabled her to rediscover the joy of cycling and active commuting ❤️

pekkatahkola, 3 months ago to random

Build it and they will come. Maintain it and they will come from all over the world 👌🚲☃️

Visitors of our Oulu Urbanism CityMasterclass from Switzerland, Alaska, Minnesota and Germany enjoying lovely -23°C winter weather, and of course the well maintained bicycle infrastructure here in #Oulu 🇫🇮

A group of people cycling in a well-maintained snow-covered path in beautiful sceneries in Oulu, Finland

antti404, 4 months ago to random

#oulu #winter #diary

antti404, 4 months ago to random

#oulu #winter #diary

pekkatahkola, 4 months ago to random

Many of our 🚶🚲paths are covered by a thin layer of snow for months every year, so the painted markings can be invisible. In addition to regular traffic signs, we're using simple projected symbols to help people remember which side to walk and which to pedal on.
#Oulu 🇫🇮 #MeanwhileinOulu

antti404, 4 months ago to random

#oulu #winter #diary

antti404, 4 months ago to random

#oulu #winter #diary

pekkatahkola, 4 months ago to random

This is Metsokangas elementary school in the far suburbs of Oulu 🇫🇮. It was -31°C in the morning (-40° windchill). What you see here is just 1 of the 4 parking lots for students. It's not about the cold, it's the safe infrastructure & excellent maintenance. No rocket science.
#MeanwhileInOulu #Oulu
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pekkatahkola, 4 months ago to random

As you all know, cycling is a fair weather activity. And we can prove it. Right now it's -28°C in Oulu, and we've had almost 1300 ppl cycle today on this path alone 👌🫡☃️🚲💨
#Oulu 🇫🇮 #MeanwhileInOulu

SRT Subtitles: 1 00:00:02,902 --> 00:00:07,140 Welcome to Oulu, Finland 2 00:00:07,140 --> 00:00:11,778 It's half past nine p.m., and 3 00:00:11,778 --> 00:00:18,685 we've had like almost 1300 people cycle here on this path alone. 4 00:00:18,685 --> 00:00:22,472 And it's no surprise, because it's so warm: 5 00:00:22,472 --> 00:00:26,593 -27°C, -28°C, plus the wind chill. 6 00:00:26,593 --> 00:00:31,865 So as we recently had temperatures down to like -32°C, -35°C, 7 00:00:31,865 --> 00:00:33,616 and the wind chill 8 00:00:33,616 --> 00:00:35,869 it feels so warm here. 9 00:00:35,869 --> 00:00:38,555 After all, as you know how they say, 10 00:00:38,555 --> 00:00:41,958 cycling the fair weather activity, 11 00:00:41,958 --> 00:00:44,744 and we can prove it.

antti404, 4 months ago to random

#oulu #winter #diary

pekkatahkola, 4 months ago to random

Greetings from the ice path on the frozen sea 🤗
#Oulu 🇫🇮 #MeanwhileInOulu

This beautiful multi-use path on the sea ice is intended for walking, cycling, skating, skiing etc, depending a bit on the conditions. Maintained by volunteers of Vihiluodon Kyläyhdistys ry 🫡 The exact route varies every winter. It's also a shortcut from Oulu towards Oulunsalo and our airport area cutting down the distance between them by about 2-3 km 👌

SRT Subtitles: 1 00:00:01,384 --> 00:00:04,838 So I'm here on the frozen sea, on this ice path 2 00:00:04,854 --> 00:00:06,990 which was just opened. 3 00:00:07,6 --> 00:00:10,727 It's a little bit slippery at times, but 4 00:00:10,744 --> 00:00:12,645 so beautiful 5 00:00:12,662 --> 00:00:17,200 to look at the structure of the ice and all these 6 00:00:17,217 --> 00:00:21,788 air bubbles trapped inside there, at different layers 7 00:00:21,805 --> 00:00:25,175 And all these cracks and 8 00:00:25,191 --> 00:00:27,677 listening to the sounds of the ice, 9 00:00:28,344 --> 00:00:32,15 as the temperature is, right now it's dropping all time. 10 00:00:32,31 --> 00:00:36,653 So the ice is making, so to say, interesting sounds, 11 00:00:36,669 --> 00:00:38,655 every once in a while, 12 00:00:38,671 --> 00:00:43,443 That sometimes makes your heart jump up quite a bit. 13 00:00:43,459 --> 00:00:45,211 But yeah, 14 00:00:45,228 --> 00:00:47,714 it's so beautiful here. 15 00:00:47,797 --> 00:00:50,33 Ahh

janeckhoff, 4 months ago to hamburg German

Bin kürzlich auf diese Vorstellung des Räumkonzepts der #Radwege in #Oulu 🇫🇮 gestupst worden — womma sagen, knapp unterm #Polarkreis dürfte #mdrza und #CarryShitOlympics weniger problematisch sein als in #Hamburg 🤔

https://youtu.be/X6EaJ1Zd8Kk

@fedibikes

straphanger, 5 months ago to sweden

How do you get people to ride bikes in the snow?

Studded tires are the magic ingredient, but they're expensive.

Last winter, a public transit agency in western #Sweden gave away free studded tires to people who committed to try winter cycling.

https://www.themayor.eu/en/a/view/free-winter-tires-for-people-choosing-bikes-over-cars-in-sweden-10948

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pekkatahkola, 5 months ago to random

Again a new daily 2024 record on this counter. 1730 ppl on bikes on this single path by 9:07 pm. Weather today here in Oulu: From -2°C to +4°C 🥵 to -5°C.
#Oulu 🇫🇮 #MeanwhileInOulu

pekkatahkola, 5 months ago to random

Chasing the last rays of the setting sun, by bicycle, on the frozen sea in -28°C (wind chill -35°C) today. So beautiful. So silent. So peaceful. So small. 💕
#Oulu 🇫🇮 #MeanwhileInOulu
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antti404, 5 months ago to random

#oulu #diary #winter

pekkatahkola, 5 months ago to random

Anarchy in #Oulu 🇫🇮 🤭😌

RealJournalism, 5 months ago to Finland

#Oulu, #Finland, one of the northernmost cities in the world, has become one of the biggest biking cities in the world as well. It has come to the point that during snowstorms, the city clears bike paths before it clears roads for cars. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231220-why-oulu-finland-is-the-winter-cycling-capital-of-the-world