In twenty to thirty years, the Oulu region will be more international. According to Jaakko Simonen, a researcher from the University of Oulu, technological competence and the availability of emission-free energy will attract investments to the area.

The residents of Pirttikoski village believe in doing things together and having good interpersonal relations. Communality creates a shared feeling that Pirttikoski is a good place to live and raise your children.

Four generations of Pehkonens have been transporting freight in their family business. The entrepreneurs never plan to use robots in their bakery; their products will be handmade also in the future.

Ice hockey team Pyhäjoen Joki-Kiekko has an important role in increasing vitality of the municipality.

Katinka Käyhkö, project manager, talks about what the Welcome to Pyhäjoki project offers to the municipality.

There are a little over 3,100 residents in the municipality of Pyhäjoki. The parish village is divided into the southern Etelänkylä and the northern Pohjankylä. There are four villages in Pyhäjoki: Yppäri, Parhalahti, Pirttikoski, and Liminkakylä.

The second class of the Pyhäjoki Upper Secondary School arranged a trade fair event as part of their studies. Arranging the event taught the students entrepreneurship, which is difficult to learn from books.

At the garage, young people get help in servicing their mopeds, important information is shared, and everyday worries are heard.

Toni Grekula from Pyhäjoki says that an entrepreneur’s best reference is being true to one’s word.

Hereford cattle are the most important employees of Rautala farm. Thanks to them there is now room for the endangered Primula cortusoides and nesting waterfowl among the willows in front of the Parhalahti nature conservation area.

A voluntary search and rescue team searches for bodies of drowning victims in Finland. Fennovoima supports the operations of the search and rescue boat team from Lumijoki.

Pyhäjoki’s new economic development director Helena Illikainen sees development of the municipality’s vitality as teamwork where input is also needed from the residents.

When Maria Sorvisto left Ylivieska 15 years ago to study law, there were a little over 13,000 residents in the municipality. When she moved back with her family and started her work as the mayor late this summer, there were already more than 15,000...

The Raahe Maritime Rescue Association assists the maritime rescue operations of the Finnish Border Guard and also actively works with young people.

Municipalities in the Oulu and Kokkola regions are preparing for the arrival of Fennovoima’s employees. Watch our video to see why the people of Pyhäjoki think it is a great place to live.

The café-restaurant Rahlan celebrated its first year of operation in early summer. The workers at the Hanhikivi peninsula and local residents have already found their way to the restaurant.