{"id":12496,"date":"2025-09-30T16:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T13:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitoulu.fi\/?p=12496"},"modified":"2025-12-22T21:00:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T19:00:21","slug":"discover-oulu-european-capital-of-culture-2026-a-city-between-nature-and-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitoulu.fi\/en\/discover-oulu-european-capital-of-culture-2026-a-city-between-nature-and-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Oulu: European Capital of Culture 2026 \u2013 A City Between Nature and Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Just a few hours from Frankfurt with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discover-airlines.com\/lhg\/fi\/en\/o-d\/cy-cy\/frankfurt-oulu\">Discover Airlines<\/a>, Oulu awaits by the sea. 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