Participatory Budgeting in Oulu in 2025

Scope: Hiking, grilling and firepit sites

Budget: €15,000

The money would be used to build an accessible bird-watching terrace near the Haapajärvi parking area. There would be an accessible passage to the terrace from the parking area.

Scope: Daycare centres and schools

Budget: €19,000

The money would be used to acquire an aerial cableway for the Huttukylä School playground for the school pupils and local children.

Scope: Daycare centres and schools

Budget: €3,800

The money would be used to implement theater performances about recognizing your own strengths in the following daycare centres: Vaskikangas, Korvensuora, Merikoski, Kaijonharju, Kuukkeli, Heikkilänkangas, and Ruiskukka Daycare Centres. The length of the performance would be about 30 minutes.

Scope: Parks and greenspaces

Budget: €8,000

The money would be used to acquire a bench around a tree in the Ainolanpuisto Park.

Scope: Hiking, grilling and firepit sites

Budget: €10,000

The money would be used to build a new barbeque site and seating area as well as bring more sand onto the Möljä Beach

Scope: Art, culture and events

Budget: €25,000

The Ravander block on Saaristonkatu is known for the wall covered in brown tile. The building will be dismantled in the future, but before that, the deteriorating wall could be revitalized with street art. The long walls would be painted to resemble the local nature, spirit and, above all, the future. The painting would include elements of graffiti and street art to create a youthful and urban atmosphere.

The paintings would be done on separate plates which would be attached to the tile wall. When the building is dismantled, the plates would be removed and re-attached onto the construction fence. The mural would be created in cooperation with Oulun Katutaide ry.

Scope: Hiking, grilling and firepit sites

Budget: €20,000

The money would be used to acquire the Crowdsorsa mobile game for destroying invasive species. With the game, citizens can seek and destroy invasive plant species in nature and earn monetary rewards.

Scope: Daycare centres and schools

Budget: €2,050

The Oulu University Teacher Training School’s (Oulun normaalikoulu) volunteering club explores different volunteering sectors and visits volunteering workshops, for example, in nursing homes. The students plan and implement volunteer work for different needs, such as children and the elderly. Volunteer work would be done in Linnanmaa, Kaijonharju, Puolivälinkangas, Tuira and the city centre. The money would be used for the travel costs of students and the work costs of guiding teachers.

Scope: Outdoor exercise

Budget: €20,000

The money would be used to install railings for all the city of Oulu’s fitness stairs, to ensure that they all have railings on both sides.

Scope: Outdoor exercise

Budget: €3,000

The money would be used to renovate the Torpanmäki Hill into a safe sledding location.

Scope: Hiking, grilling and firepit sites

Budget: €22,000

The money would be used to build a parking area along Isoniementie which would lead to the observation tower along pre-existing paths. The length of the path would be 1,2 kilometers. A signpost would be inserted into Virpiniemi that leads to the city’s website about hiking sites.

Scope: Hiking, grilling and firepit sites

Budget: €5,000

The money would be used to build a lean-to onto the campfire sire in Hiironen implemented in the Participatory Budgeting of 2024.

Scope: Hiking, grilling and firepit sites

Budget: €34,000

The money would be used to renew the pre-existing paths in Hietasaari to be easily accessible. Lay-bys and relaxation areas would be built along the path. The length of the path would be approximately two kilometers and there would be about ten stops along the path. The implementation would include a footpath and a platform on the beach.

Scope: Outdoor exercise

Budget: €15,000

The money would be used to renovate the Lintulampi Outdoor Exercise Gym and acquire two new pieces of exercise equipment there.

Scope: Daycare centres and schools

Budget: €6,500

The money would be used to acquire and install four outdoor benches on the Länsituuli School yard.

Scope: Outdoor exercise

Budget: €6,000

The money would be used to renovate the Torpanmäki Disc Golf Course.

Scope: Daycare centres and schools

Budget: €4,000

The money would be used to implement anti-bullying magic performances in the following daycare centres: Tuokkonen, Vesala, Mäntylä-Snellman, Heinätori, Mäntypelto, Kaakonpoika, Martinniemi and Asema Daycare Centres. The length of the performances would be 30 minutes for 3–6-year-olds and 20 minutes for 1–2-year-olds.

Scope: Art, culture and events

Budget: €3,000

The money would be used to implement language versions into the atla.fi culture application about the Toripoliisi sculpture. Instructions for using the Atla application would be placed by the sculpture.

Scope: Hobby activities

Budget: €2,000

The money would be used to organize nature trips for young people in the fall of 2025. The activities would include three guided trips to local nature sites and animal farms. Young people would participate in planning and implementing the activities.

Scope: Outdoor exercise

Budget: €80,000

The money would be used to build an outdoor exercise gym near the Aura Cottage.

Scope: Hobby activities

Budget: €10,000

The money would be used to acquire different instruments in libraries for borrowing and trying out. For example, keyboards or children’s instruments.

Scope: Art, culture and events

Budget: €15,000

A poetry path would be built in Hollihaka where signs attached to park benches would present local poems, thoughts and atmospheres. The texts would be produced by local school children, youth workshops and other communities. The weather-resistant signs enrich the local environment and offer passers-by an opportunity to stop and enjoy culture.

Scope: Hiking, grilling and firepit sites

Budget: €6,000

The money would be used to build a new campfire hut to replace the old, run-down one.

Scope: Outdoor exercise

Budget: €3,000

The money would be used to acquire more instruction boards and signs along the Kiiminki Fitness Track.

Scope: Art, culture and events

Budget: €4,000

The money would be used to organize events and concerts for children and families in different libraries. The events and concerts would be organized especially in Oulu’s border areas.

Scope: Hobby activities

Budget: €3,000

The money would be used to acquire ten pairs of sliding step snowshoes for the sport equipment rental office in Limingantulli.

Scope: Hobby activities

Budget: €5,000

The money would be used to organize low-threshold band activities for the elderly. Elderly people would get to try out playing instruments and writing songs. Earlier experience of making music is not needed. The activities would be hosted by a professional.

Scope: Parks and greenspaces

Budget: €10,000

A meadow and patches would be created in Varikonpuisto Park in Nokela.

Scope: Art, culture and events

Budget: €3,000

The money would be used to increase multicultural performance activities at different events, such as Oulu Days. Multicultural performances enrich events and highlight Oulu’s diversity. They increase intercultural understanding, participation and communality.

Scope: Outdoor exercise

Budget: €30,000

The money would be used to acquire lightweight audience stands next to the artificial football field in Pateniemi.

Scope: Art, culture and events

Budget: €10,000

The money would be used to acquire metal information plaques for ten artworks located in the city centre, as well as some granite posts for the plaques.

Scope: Daycare centres and schools

Budget: €8,000

The money would be used to acquire and install two new benches and a pull-up bar for the Kaukovaunio School yard.

Scope: Hiking, grilling and firepit sites

Budget: €19,000

The current, unofficial campfire site in Haapajärvi would be transferred to the southwestern shore into the prepared clearing. A lightly paved path onto the new campfire site would be built from the Haapajärvi parking area which would connect with the current footbridge.

Scope: Hiking, grilling and firepit sites

Budget: €6,000

The money would be used to build a barbeque site on the Inkonnokka Beach.

Scope: Hobby activities

Budget: €2,500

The money would be used to organize guided ball game sessions in the Oulu Hall during the day in the fall of 2025. The guided sessions would be organized once per week.

Scope: Daycare centres and schools

Budget: €51,500

The money would be used to acquire and install a jungle gym and its safety surface for the Paulaharju School in Puolivälinkangas. The school’s pupils would choose the model of the jungle gym.

Scope: Outdoor exercise

Budget: €120,000

The money would be used to replace the fitness stairs in Virpiniemi.

Scope: Parks and greenspaces

Budget: €5,000

The money would be used to acquire and install benches and a waste bin in the marketplace.

Scope: Outdoor exercise

Budget: €130,000

The money would be used to replace the old outdoor fitness equipment in Nallikari with an entirely new outdoor fitness gym.

Scope: Daycare centres and schools

Budget: €15,000

The money would be used to acquire and install a two-seated swing set and two football goals for the school field.

Scope: Daycare centres and schools

Budget: €54,000

The money would be used to build a multi-purpose sports field for football and basketball in Oulunlahti.

Scope: Art, culture and events

Budget: €5,000

The money would be used to acquire art waste bins in Luulajanpuisto Park and along Laanaoja in Karjasilta.

Scope: Hobby activities

Budget: €3,000

The money would be used to organize three-session, free-of-charge sport trials in Rajakylä, Kaukovainio, Tuira and Kaakkuri.

Scope: Art, culture and events

Budget: €20,000

The money would be used to organize a free-of-charge and substance-free gig evening during the fall break on October 22, 2025. During the evening, young people’s favorite artists would perform, some of whom would be from Oulu. The headliner will be revealed later.

Scope: Hiking, grilling and firepit sites

Budget: €6,000

The money would be used to build a barbeque site on the Pyykösjärvi Beach.

Scope: Art, culture and events

Budget: €15,000

The money would be used to organize touring music performances in nursing homes in different parts of Oulu.

Scope: Art, culture and events

Budget: €15,000

The money would be used to implement two murals on both sides of the underpass between Saunamajurintie and Haapalehdontie under Raitotie. The underpass is located near the new Jääkärinkangas Community Centre.

Scope: Hiking, grilling and firepit sites

Budget: €10,000

The money would be used to renovate the barbeque site and its surface and acquire a waste bin and an info sign. The implementation would make the area more accessible and open up the view on the beach.

Scope: Outdoor exercise

Budget: €150,000

The money would be used to renew the lighting on the fitness track between Haapajärvi and Virpiniemi.

Scope: Hiking, grilling and firepit sites

Budget: €6,000

The money would be used to build a barbeque site on the Myllyoja Beach

Scope: Outdoor exercise

Budget: €6,000

The money would be used to acquire four football goals to the field in Hiukkavaara.

Scope: Outdoor exercise

Budget: €20,000

The money would be used to renovate the Torpanmäki Disc Golf Course.

Scope: Daycare centres and schools

Budget: €14,000

The money would be used to implement The Dudesons visits and anti-bullying lectures at the following schools: Ritaharju-Rajakylä School, Ylikiiminki School, Heinätori School, Kajaanintulli School, Leinonpuisto School, Maikkula School and Tierna School.

Scope: Art, culture and events

Budget: €8,600

The money would be used to organize three movie nights open to the public in Pikisaari in the fall: a Kaurismäki evening during Night of the Arts, a mainstream movie night during Oulu Days, and a horror movie night in September in cooperation with the IIK Festival. The movies would be viewed in an outdoor cinema built on a parking area.

Scope: Outdoor exercise

Budget: €10,000

The money would be used to level the football field and fix the goals in Huttukylä.

Scope: Art, culture and events

Budget: €5,500

The money would be used to organize ten children’s theater performances in the Cultural Centre Valve. The show would be “Oi ihana Panama” written by Janosch and performed by Theater Akseli Klonk. The show is a story about Pikku-Karhu and Pikku-Tiikeri traveling in the land of dreams where everything smells like bananas.

Scope: Outdoor exercise

Budget: €20,000

The money would be used to renovate the Kuivasjärvi and Pyykösjärvi Beaches.

Scope: Parks and greenspaces

Budget: €7,000

The money would be used to acquire and install two picnic tables in the Koskelanpuisto Park and to renovate the surface with rock dust.

Scope: Hiking, grilling and firepit sites

Budget: €7,000

The money would be used to acquire three benches and a waste bin for the barbeque site in the Juurusoja Marina. The area would be renovated with rock dust. The old, run-down benches would be removed.

Scope: Parks and greenspaces

Budget: €5,000

Meadows are already being created on the greenspaces of Koskela. The Participatory Budgeting money would be used to organize weeding, seeds and sowing on the meadows, as well as expansion if needed.

Scope: Parks and greenspaces

Budget: €2,000

The money would be used to plant Siberian squills in the greenspaces of city parks.