Haapajärvi

Haapajärvi is in the Southern Oulu region.

Understand
The village of Haapajärvi was first documented in 1547. As with Northern Ostrobothnia in general, tar production was an important industry for several centuries. Back then the waterways were used to ship the tar to the coast and onwards to customers along the coast. The railway arrived in 1925 and greatly accelerated the development of the village. Haapajärvi received city rights in 1977, and today it's a town of about 6800 inhabitants. Two famous inhabitants are the first president of Finland, K.J. Ståhlberg, and the late Nordic skiing Olympic medalist Mika Myllylä.

By train
Local train services between Iisalmi and Ylivieska (at each of the major north-south railways) stop at Haapajärvi.

By car
Highways 27 and 58 meet in Haapajärvi. The former comes in from Nivala in the west (providing access from Oulu or Kokkola), and Pyhäjärvi on Highway 4 and Iisalmi on Highway 5 in the east.

By bus
There are bus connections from nearby towns, such as Nivala, Kärsämäki, Pyhäjärvi and Ylivieska.

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