Hollihaka is a district of the city centre area of

Oulu Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. It is bounded by the estuary of the

Oulujoki Oulujoki is a river in Oulu province, Finland. Its name in Finnish means literally "Oulu River" ( sv, Ule älv), originally in old Northern Ostrobothnian dialect literally "Flood River". Its origin is Oulujärvi and its watershed area covers a ...

river to the west, the

Vanhatulli Vanhatulli is a district of the city centre area of Oulu, Finland. Together with the districts of Pokkinen and Vaara, Vanhatulli forms the central business district of Oulu. It is bounded by the estuary of the Oulujoki river to the west, the Pok ...

district to the north, the Leveri district to the east and the

Nuottasaari Nuottasaari is a district of Oulu, Finland. It is located south of the city centre of Oulu. Nuottasaari is bounded by the delta of the Oulujoki river in the Northwest, the Bothnian Bay and the Äimärautio district in the South and the Limingantull ...

district to the south. Together with the two latter districts, Hollihaka forms a neighbourhood called Heinäpää. Hollihaka is mainly residential area. There are a few noteworthy parks in the district: a large waterside park Hollihaka Park, a small city park Heinätorinpuisto Park and Kyösti Kallio Park, the park bordering the Puistokatu street. The Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Oulu Diocese of the

Orthodox Church of Finland The Orthodox Church of Finland ( fi, Suomen ortodoksinen kirkko, lit=Finnish Orthodox Church; sv, Ortodoxa kyrkan i Finland, lit=Orthodox Church in Finland; ) is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox archdiocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Const ...

is located in Hollihaka.

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