Oulu

  • Visiting and postal address: Arkistokatu 6, FI-90100 Oulu

Opening hours

  • Wednesday–Friday 9 am–4 pm (2.1.–27.6.2025)
  • Extended opening hours every other Thursday from 9am-6pm on even weeks (23.1.–15.5.2025)
  • The branch and the reading room are closed during holidays. On the eve of a public holiday, the reading room closes at 16.00.
  • The branch and the reading room are closed
    • 30.5.
    • 1.–31.7.

Delivery of materials

  • Material is delivered to the reading room 9 am–11 am and 1 pm–3 pm.​​​​​​
  • Remote borrowing service is closed 1.6.–31.7.

Contact details

Contact the National Archives’ shared service number +358 29 533 7490 for matters related to visiting a reading room. We will offer service at the number from Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We will offer service in Swedish from Tuesday to Friday from noon to 2 p.m. at +358 29 533 7491.

It is recommended that you order the documents you want in advance on our Astia online service so that they are ready when you arrive in the reading room. The orders are not accepted by phone.

Please also keep in mind that the chat service on our website is open from Monday to Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. In particular, we answer quick questions related to the online services and digital materials.

Reading room in Oulu.

Arrival

  • Public transportation: The nearest stops for local and regional buses are on Saaristonkatu and Rautatienkatu.
  • Parking: There are free parking spaces and bike racks in the building’s courtyard, the entrance is on Lyötynkatu


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Accessibility

The entrance with the ramp is on the courtyard side. The door phone at the entrance can be used to request help in opening the door.

The interior of the branch office is accessible. The customer service facilities are located on the first floor, and you can use the lift to enter other floors. An accessible toilet is in the customer service facilities. Guide dogs are allowed.

Services

  • break room
  • cloakroom
  • luggage lockers
The National Archives is a smoke-free and fragrance-free agency.