Siikajoki
Siikajoki is a municipality in Western Oulu region, stretching from the Siikajoki church village (Siikajoen kirkonkylä) at the coast along Siikajoki river as far inland as Ruukki.
Understand
Siikajoki church village
Get in
By train
There's a train station in Ruukki on the western main Finnish north-south line, with trains coming from as far as Helsinki, Kemijärvi and Kolari.
By car
Highway 8 between Kokkola and Oulu goes through the municipality.
Get around
See
- 🌍 Siikajoki church (a bit north of Siikajoki village). Wooden grey-ish church from 1701, laid out like a cross. At the churchyard there's a memorial to the 1808 Battle of Siikajoki in the Finnish War (part of the Napoleonic Wars) where Swedish troops stopped the Russian advance.
Do
Buy
Eat
- 🌍 Merita Pizza Kebab, Ruukinkuja 6 (Ruukki village). Pizza and kebab place.
Drink
Sleep
- 🌍 Törmälän Tila, Toppilantie 20A (north of Siikajoki village), ☏ +358 50 599 2058, [email protected]. Bed and breakfast and cabins.
Connect
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