Wikimedia Northern Europe Meeting 2026/Programme

Wikimedia Northern Europe Meeting 2026

Friday, 5 June

TBD but the plan is generally

People are coming to the city
Optional program (museum visits?)
Some space for working (Reserving the meeting room in Valve or space in the main library)?

9:00–10:00 Walk-in breakfast, Tuirakas Community Space, Valtatie 47
10:00 Welcome and introduction to event plan Final notes about schedule, logistics, and friendly space policy. Introduction to themes:
- Wikimedia projects that aid minority language revival with Wikimedia projects. Inari sami Wikipedia's success.
- Public Art in Finland presentation, Public Art dataset publication
- The impact of generative AI on knowledge production in Wikimedia projects
- What Nordic Wikipedias are doing? Exploring collaborative approaches for our network.
11:45–13:00 Group photo + snack lunch
13:00–15:00 Group work continues: The impact of generative AI on knowledge production in Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia projects that support minority language revival. Public art documentation project presentation.
OPTIONAL: 16:00–18:00 Oulu photography walk (for people who want to see Oulu).
19:00 Dinner

9:00–10:00 Walk-in breakfast, Tuirakas
10:00–11:00 Wikipedia 25 years, coffee and cake
11:00–12:00 What chapters & user groups do: 20-min presentation, 10-min discussion
12:00–13:00 Snack lunch
13:00–15:00 What will we do in the future? Discussion.
15:00 Coffee and conclusion
16:00 End of the meetup
- People can stay in Tuirakas after 16:00, but we expect that people who are leaving the city on Sunday need to leave after 15:00.
PLANNED: 18:00 or 19:00 - midnight. Open culture evening at Luckan, Sepänkatu 9B, Oulu (65.009796, 25.465525)
- Food and snaks. Luckan is open until midnight, so people can go directly to the night trains from there.

8. June - 10. June Oulu Löyly - think & do fest in Oulu in June 2026 at Oulu main library
Public art documentation project meetup 6. June - 8. June. Saturday & Sunday is in Tuirakas, Monday 8.6. June is outdoor workshop day.
9. June, Tuesday, 16.00-17.45 Public discussion in Oulu Art Museum: Recent trends in public art (in Finnish) by Wikimedia Finlands public art documentation project
TBD: 12. June, Friday, Helsinki Day in Helsinki, WMFI is planning photo walk to Vallisaari.

Oulu Market Square (Torinranta), which in itself is not particularly interesting, but the places and sites around it are:
- Toripolliisi
- Oulu Market Hall (Oulun Kauppahalli) (open Mon-Fri 8–18, Sat 8-16; Sun closed)
- Skip the unfinished hotel building next to the market hall. It's only 7 or so years overdue.
- The various coffeeshops and boutiques in the former storehouses around the market place.
- Oulu City Theatre (Oulun kaupunginteatteri)
- Oulu Central Library Saari (Oulun kaupunginkirjasto Saari)
Taito Shop Oulu at the train station (handicrafts, supplies, and kits, particularly local handicraft, open Mon-Fri 10–17, Sat 11-15; Sun closed)
Paska kaupunni -graffiti @ Uusikatu 22. Constantly removed, only to reappear in a new version once again. An Oulu tradition since the 1980s.
Pikisaari

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