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| The Star Boys in Oulu |
My third destination during the Christmas holidays.
The White City of the North (at least in 1605, when the city was founded), aka Uleåborg på svenska, aka Oulu, aka my old home town of many years.
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| The railway station with a bit of old-time charm. |
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| The cathedral dates originally from 1777. |
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| The City Hall in neo-renaissance style. |
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| Until the great fire in 1822 nearly all the town houses were made of wood. The city centre still holds some buildings from the early 19th century. |
It is always a bit strange going back to your old home town. It's like trying to go back in time, only you've changed and the city has changed and nothing is quite the same. Sometimes I'd feel like staying, other times I'm just happy to visit and be gone again.
But the great thing about true friendships is that it doesn't really matter where you are or where you go: your friends are still there for you, as if you never left at all.
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