• Make a reservation before your arrival in our office in Oulanka (tel. +358
  8 851 5200) or e-mail us (oba@oulu.fi).
• You have to arrive at the station before 3.45 pm (or before 8 pm if you have made an agreement about that with the staff). If you are arriving after working hours you have to get the number of codelocks, because there is not necessarily any staff in the station after working hours.
• Driving instructions: see Location
• Average travelling time by a car to Kuusamo; see also the road conditions at the main road 20 (Kuolio) between Oulu and Kuusamo, and at the main road 5 (Suomu) between Kemijärvi and Kuusamo (see also road weather cameras)
• Time tables: Finnair
• Accomodation in 2-3 person . You are not allowed to use sleeping bags without bed linen
• Private persons should pay their accommodation before leaving in cash or bankcard (no credit cards accepted)
• Costs
• Safety instructions for outdoor work
• Station is inside Oulanka National Park: familiarize yourself with the regulations of the park.
• No pets are allowed in the station.
•  Driving instruction

        Distances:

•  Oulu 280 km
•  Kuusamo 60 km
•  Salla 90 km
•  Rovaniemi 220 km
•  Border of Russia 13 km
•  Arctic Circle 23 km
•  Käylä village13 km
  • grocery store with fuel tanks and post office
  • bank
  • taxi services
  • hair dresser
• Ruka Skiing Center 30 km
  • automatic teller

  Connections

   

• mail arrives and departs at 11.00 - 11.30 pm in weekdays.
  
  Accomodation at the station can be reserved for visiting scientists and research workers from the following address:

   

  Oulanka Research Station

  Liikasenvaarantie 134
  FIN-93999 Kuusamo, FINLAND

   

   Tel:  +358 8 8515 200
  Fax: +358 8 863 419
  e-mail: oba@oulu.fi