UNIC CityLabs Festival

The Annual UNIC CityLabs festival brings together the students, staff, researchers and active citizens of eight European cities. The event is organized by the University of Oulu in collaboration with the City of Oulu and other actors in the area. The opening ceremony of the festival will be held on 15th of June at the Oulu City Theater. The eight universities and cities of the UNIC network will gather in the center of Oulu on the 16th of June for workshops covering the following topics and more:

• Urban Planning as Means for Pandemic Prevention
• Cultural heritage and sustainable urban tourism
• Aging Well in Post-Industrial cities
• Diversity, Trust, and Two-Way Integration
• The transformation of post-industrial infrastructure to communal spaces
• Sports for Diversity and Inclusion

The festival program will be published on this page. Admission to the event is free, however, you need to register for the workshops. Registration opens in May. The workshops will be held in English. 

Play the Unique Oulu adventure game

An exciting urban adventure game with amazing prizes is coming to the city center of Oulu! Your puzzle-solving skills and knowledge of Oulu will be challenged in the game, in addition to which the players will get a change to influence what Oulu could look like in the future. The enjoyable route will take you through historic sites and coastal landscapes of Oulu. The urban adventure can be played solo or as a group.

The Unique Oulu adventure game will be playable between the 11th and 17th of June and can be played at any time of the day. The approximately four-kilometer route begins at Rotuaari square and ends in Snellman Park. For the game, you will need the ActionTrack mobile app, which can be downloaded for free from the Google Play -store or the App Store. The game can be played in Finnish and English.

There are amazing prizes in store for those that complete the game!