The Sto­ry of Tarkas­ta­mo

Tarkas­ta­mo is easy to reach from both near and far, as it is locat­ed right next to the city cen­ter, at Oulu’s Mar­ket Square. The main entrance is locat­ed at Saaris­tonkatu 1C. Dur­ing the sum­mer, you can access Tarkastamo’s patio direct­ly from Oulu’s Mar­ket Square, next to the Mar­ket Square Policeman’s stat­ue.

The near­est bus stops are on Torikatu. We rec­om­mend leav­ing your bikes at the bike racks locat­ed in the Mar­ket Square area. It’s exact­ly one kilo­me­tre from the train sta­tion to Tor­in­ran­ta, so you can eas­i­ly walk there.

All the city cen­tre hotels are with­in walk­ing dis­tance of Tarkas­ta­mo. Best of all, the Scan­dic Go Hotel is locat­ed in the same build­ing as Tarkas­ta­mo, offer­ing a tru­ly con­ve­nient accom­mo­da­tion option under one roof for those attend­ing events at Tarkas­ta­mo.

The near­est park­ing spots are locat­ed on the north­ern side of the Mar­ket Square. The Aimo Park park­ing garage is locat­ed beneath the Scan­dic Go Hotel in the same build­ing. There is also an under­ground park­ing garage at Kivisy­dän; the clos­est lift to Tarkas­ta­mo is the “Tori” lift at the west end of cor­ri­dor F. The entrance to Kivisy­dän is at the cor­ner of the Mar­ket Square, at the west end of the Radis­son Blu Hotel.

You can find the open­ing hours for Tarkastamo’s Main Room and Klu­bi in Tarkastamo’s event cal­en­dar. Doors open 1 hour before the start of the event or con­cert; the artists’ show­times are list­ed in the event cal­en­dar. Dur­ing the week, events gen­er­al­ly start at 7:00 p.m., and on week­ends (Fri–Sat) at 8:00 p.m. You can find the restaurant’s open­ing hours on the restaurant’s page.

The age lim­it for events at Tarkas­ta­mo is gen­er­al­ly 18 years. We will also organ­ise events intend­ed for those under 18, and we will always announce these sep­a­rate­ly. You can check the age lim­its for spe­cif­ic events on Tarkastamo’s event cal­en­dar.

Tarkastamo’s door ser­vice fee (includ­ing cloak­room ser­vice) is €4. The fee is charged upon entry, even if you have pur­chased a tick­et in advance. Coats, back­packs, and large bags must be left in the cloak­room dur­ing events and shows.

Tick­ets for our events can be pur­chased in advance from our online store or at the door on the day of the event, if tick­ets are still avail­able. We rec­om­mend buy­ing tick­ets in advance, as the most pop­u­lar events sell out quick­ly. Check tick­et prices and avail­abil­i­ty on the Events page.

Check the exact show­times on Tarkastamo’s event cal­en­dar. As a gen­er­al rule, events start at 7:00 p.m. on week­days and at 8:00 p.m. on Fri­days and Sat­ur­days.

Pho­tograph­ing shows and events is gen­er­al­ly per­mit­ted using devices such as cell phones and point-and-shoot cam­eras, as long as you do not use a flash and do not oth­er­wise dis­turb the per­form­ers or the rest of the audi­ence! If pho­tog­ra­phy is com­plete­ly pro­hib­it­ed, we will announce it in advance.

You may bring a DSLR cam­era into the venue only if you have request­ed a pho­tog­ra­phy per­mit in advance. We ask media rep­re­sen­ta­tives to con­tact our pro­duc­er via email: tuottaja@tarkastamo-oulu.fi.

Tarkas­ta­mo is com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing an acces­si­ble envi­ron­ment for all its cus­tomers. The build­ing fea­tures an acces­si­ble entrance, an ele­va­tor, and acces­si­ble toi­let facil­i­ties. We strive to accom­mo­date spe­cial needs at all our events. Feel free to con­tact us, and we’ll be hap­py to pro­vide more infor­ma­tion!

Did you lose some­thing dur­ing your vis­it to Tarkas­ta­mo? You can inquire about lost and found items by email at info@tarkastamo-oulu.fi or by vis­it­ing us in per­son dur­ing Tarkastamo’s open­ing hours. A few times a year, we deliv­er lost and found items to the North­ern Ostro­both­nia Lost and Found Ser­vices.

You can reserve a table at Tarkastamo’s Main Room gallery or at the booths on the main floor at myyntipalvelu@tarkastamo-oulu.fi. Please note that we respond to mes­sages on week­days dur­ing office hours, so please make your reser­va­tion well in advance.

Tarkas­ta­mo offers ver­sa­tile spaces for a wide vari­ety of events. For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it the Venue Rental page.

The fol­low­ing items are NOT per­mit­ted at Tarkas­ta­mo:

• flares
• explo­sives
• firearms and blad­ed weapons
• oth­er dan­ger­ous objects
• back­packs or large bags (these must be left in the cloak­room)
• DSLR cam­eras or video cam­eras with­out prop­er autho­ri­sa­tion
• your own drinks or food
• drugs, pre­scrip­tion med­ica­tions (with­out a pre­scrip­tion)

Be pre­pared to show the con­tents of your bag to a secu­ri­ty guard upon request. Per­mis­sion for pro­fes­sion­al pho­tog­ra­phy must be request­ed in advance at tuotanto@tarkastamo-oulu.fi.