Wikimedia Northern Europe Meeting 2026/Programme
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Wikimedia Northern Europe Meeting 2026
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Friday, 5 June
[edit]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)?
Saturday, 6 June
[edit]- 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
Sunday, 7 June
[edit]- 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.
Post program
[edit]- 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.
Other interesting programs
[edit]- Oulu Sauna Festival 5.–9.6.2026 in Tuira beach 850m from Tuirakas.
- Location: Tuira swimming beach (Q138837368), coordinates: 65.022, 25.487
- 5. June Friday 17:00–21:00 evening sauna
- 6. June Saturday 9:00–12:00 morning sauna
- 6. June Saturday 16:00–21:00 evening sauna
- 7. June Sunday 16:00–21:00 evening sauna
- 8. June Monday 16:00-21:00 evening sauna
- 9. June Tuesday 12:00–18:00 family sauna
- Kollʼješkuätt, a Skolt Saami sound installation (until 6.6.2026)
Interesting and weird places to go
[edit]- 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
Treasure hunt
[edit]- Rössypottu, find a place that sells this and eat it.