Raksila 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: ...

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. It is bounded by the

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to the west, the

Oulu Cemetery The Oulu Cemetery ( fi, Oulun hautausmaa) is a cemetery located in the Intiö district close to the city centre of Oulu, Finland. The cemetery was inaugurated in 1781 by vicar Carl Henrik Ståhle. After the vicar the cemetery was first known as '' ...

in the

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district to the north, the

Finnish national road 4 , sv, Riksfyran; fi, Lahdenväylä; sv, Lahtisleden , maint = the Finnish Transport Agency , map = Finland national road 4.png , length_km = 1295 , length_round = , length_ref = , established = 1938 , direction_a = , terminus_a = Helsi ...

to the east and the

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to the south. The western part of Raksila is mainly residential area with some high-rise apartment buildings and a few blocks of older wooden townhouses. The eastern part is the Raksila Sports Center with Oulu Ice Hall, Oulu Swimming Pool, Ouluhalli indoor arena, Oulu datacenter stadium for

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and other sports facilities, one which is Raksila Artificial Ice Rink, the main venue of the

2001 Bandy World Championship The 2001 Bandy World Championship for men was played in Haparanda, Sweden, and Oulu, Finland, on March 24–April 1, 2001. The main arena was Raksila Artificial Ice Rink Pakkalan kenttä. Russia became champions. Group stage Final four Refere ...

. The Välkkylä student apartments located in the district were built in 1966.

Sights

File:Ouluhalli 20140928.JPG, Ouluhalli indoor arena is a known landmark of Raksila File:2019-05-22 Oulun uimahalli 05.jpg, Oulu Swimming Pool building File:Oulu Ice Hall 20200607 02.jpg, Oulu Ice Hall

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