Kauppakeskus Valkea is a shopping mall in Oulu, Finland. The mall includes about 50 shops, summer street and 66 apartments. When it was completed, the building was the tallest residential building in downtown Oulu. Visit Oulu WSP Finland The pedestrian street section was designed to be a covered and year-round warm public space, which is unique in northern conditions. Kauppakeskus Valkea - Skanska The shopping center is heated with geothermal energy.
Construction costs were approximately 50 million euros. Main contractor was Skanska. Rakennustaito.fi The mall was opened on 14 April 2016. The opening weekend gathered over 80 000 people to the mall., Kaleva 18.4.2016 15:51 (in Finnish)
Stores International chains Bik Bok Blue Tomato Carlings Clas Ohlson Cubus Flying Tiger Copenhagen Gina Tricot Glitter Granit Instrumentarium Intersport Jack & Jones Normal Polarn O. Pyret Synsam Telia Vero Moda Volt XS Lelut
Kauppakeskus Valkea
Finnish shops/chains Chocosomnia Elisa Fonum Makia Marimekko Reima Silmäasema Sokos SOL Pesulapalvelut Suomalainen Kirjakauppa
Kauppakeskus Valkea
Restaurants and cafés
Arnolds Bacaro Doppio Classic Pizza Coffee House Friends & Brgrs Hanko Aasia Jungle Juice Bar La Torrefazione Picnic Rosso Seoul Good Wok's
Kauppakeskus Valkea
Other services Budbee Pakettipiste Original Sokos Hotel Arina conference rooms Posti Group parcel unit ValuuttaOtto
2024 stabbings The shopping centre Valkea was the site of two stabbing incidents in June 2024.
The first incident happened on 13 June 2024 at about 18:30 Finnish time.Vakava väkivallanteko Kauppakeskus Valkeassa torstaina 13.6. The suspect, Juhani Sebastian Lämsä, was identified as a far-right activist with a Neo-Nazi background and was arrested on the spot.Asianajaja: Epäilty myöntää lapsen puukotuksen Oulussa, kiistää ulkomaalaisvastaisen motiivin, MTV Uutiset. The victim was a 12-year-old boy.
The second incident happened on 18 June 2024 at about 21:25 Finnish time.Väkivallanteko Kauppakeskus Valkean Kesäkadulla tiistaina 18.6.2024 The victim was a 26-year-old man.26-vuotias mies käveli tiistaina töistä kotiin, kun selkään iskettiin teräaseella keskellä Valkeaa – Pelastiko selkäreppu hengen?, Kaleva
See also Zeppelin (shopping centre)
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