Quality of life in Oulu
Oulu, Finland, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in safety, healthcare and environmental quality.
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Oulu, Finland, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in safety, healthcare and environmental quality.
Large apartment | $1100.00 |
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Medium apartment | $910.00 |
Small apartment | $690.00 |
5km taxi ride | $13.00 |
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A Cappuccino | $3.80 |
A beer | $2.60 |
A kilogram of Apples | $2.70 |
Bread | $0.81 |
Lunch | $14.00 |
Monthly fitness club membership | $56.00 |
Monthly public transport | $64.00 |
Movie ticket | $14.00 |
Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.10 |
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Coworking spaces [score] | 0.30 |
Meetups [score] | 0.11 |
Meetups groups | 6 |
Meetups members | 472 |
Number of investors | 2 |
Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 5 |
Number of upcoming meetup events | 2 |
Startup climate scene [score] | 0.18 |
Startups [score] | 0.36 |
Total number of startups | 79 |
Venture capital [score] | 0.26 |
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Airport hub | 3 |
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Airport hub [score] | 0.10 |
Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.44 |
Traffic handling [score] | 0.98 |
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Business freedom | 90.70 |
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Business freedom [score] | 0.99 |
Freedom from corruption | 89.00 |
Freedom from corruption [score] | 1.00 |
Lack of labor restrictions | 53.70 |
Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 0.34 |
Time to open a business | 14.00 |
Time to open a business [score] | 0.85 |
Crime rate [score] | 0.84 |
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Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 3 |
Guns per 100 residents | 27 |
Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.91 |
Lack of guns [score] | 0.85 |
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.88 |
Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.85 |
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Healthcare quality [score] | 0.82 |
Life expectancy (years) | 81.08 |
Life expectancy [score] | 0.86 |
Best university in ranking | University of Oulu |
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Best university ranking | 225 |
Country mean scores in PISA math test | 526.53 |
Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 524.02 |
Country mean scores in PISA science test | 545.44 |
PISA math ranking (high school) | 11 |
PISA ranking | 6 |
PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.96 |
PISA reading (high school) | 3 |
PISA science (high school) | 5 |
Percent of happy students | 0.65 |
Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.12 |
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.11 |
Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.08 |
Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.15 |
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.13 |
Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.17 |
University quality [score] | 0.13 |
Air quality [score] | 0.95 |
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Cleanliness [score] | 0.92 |
Drinking water quality [score] | 0.93 |
Urban greenery [score] | 0.78 |
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 0.85 |
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Currency for urban area | EUR |
GDP growth rate | -0.00 |
GDP growth rate [score] | 0.14 |
GDP per capita | $40346.97 |
GDP per capita [score] | 0.65 |
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.65 |
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Income tax level [score] | 0.33 |
Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.38 |
Time overhead to file company taxes | 93 |
VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.24 |
Download speed (Mbps) | 52.88 |
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Internet access (download) [score] | 0.65 |
Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.50 |
Upload speed (Mbps) | 11.88 |
Art galleries | 27 |
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Art galleries [score] | 0.48 |
Cinemas | 12 |
Cinemas [score] | 0.40 |
Comedy clubs | 10 |
Comedy clubs [score] | 0.55 |
Concert venues | 38 |
Concerts [score] | 0.43 |
Historical sites | 18 |
Historical sites [score] | 0.16 |
Museums | 21 |
Museums [score] | 0.24 |
Performing art venues | 45 |
Performing arts [score] | 0.51 |
Sport venues | 13 |
Sports [score] | 0.58 |
Zoos | 1 |
Zoos [score] | 0.27 |
LGBT Equality Index | 77.55 |
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LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.79 |
LGBT adoption rights | ✖ Step-child adoption only |
LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
LGBT blood donation regulations | ✖ Banned (1-year deferral) |
LGBT conversion therapy regulations | ✖ Not banned |
LGBT discrimination legality | ✔ Illegal |
LGBT employment discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, but requires surgery |
LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT marriage rights | Other type of partnership |
Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.88 |
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.18 |
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Median peak in meters | 321.00 |
Seaside access | 1.00 |
Water access [score] | 0.84 |
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The overall crime rate puts Oulu in position 44 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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Oulu (Swedish: Uleåborg) is the biggest city in Northern Finland, with some 200,000 inhabitants (counting by the administrative borders, the city itself has a little less).
Oulu is the capital of the province of Oulu and the region of Northern Ostrobothnia. It is the fifth largest municipality in Finland by population, and the largest and most important in Northern Finland. As a result of two consolidations of neighbouring municipalities, first Ylikiiminki on January 1st 2009, and then Haukipudas, Kiiminki, Oulunsalo and Yli-Ii on January 1st 2013, its land area is over 3,000 square kilometers (five to ten times the size of other similar sized cities in Finland). As urban area it comes fourth, after the capital region, Tampere and Turku.
Oulu is known for its high-tech focus, with free wireless Internet access, Panoulu, in the city center. A lot of Finnish IT companies, including Nokia, have offices in Oulu or nearby areas. In 1988 Jarkko Oikarinen wrote the first irc server and client here. Oulu is also home of Oulun Kärpät, a successful hockey team playing in the top Finnish league, Liiga.
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