Pokkinen is a district of the city centre area of
Oulu
Oulu ( , ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Ostrobothnia. It is located on the northwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Oulujoki, River Oulu. The population of Oulu is approximately , while the Oulu sub-regio ...
,
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
. Together with districts of
Vaara and
Vanhatulli, Pokkinen forms the
central business district
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of Oulu. It is bounded by the estuary of the
Oulujoki river to the west, the
Koskikeskus and
Myllytulli districts to the north, the Vaara district to the east and the Vanhatulli district to the south.
Pokkinen is the oldest part of Oulu.
The city hall,
Oulu Cathedral, the
market square
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and other cultural and municipal institutions are located in the district.
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