Shopping centre Valkea
| Kauppakeskus Valkea | |
Shopping centre's summer street in 2025 | |
| Location | Oulu, Finland |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 65°00′41″N 025°28′22″E / 65.01139°N 25.47278°E |
| Opening date | April 14, 2016 |
| Owner | Osuuskauppa Arina |
| Stores and services | ~60 |
| Floor area | 25,000 m2 (270,000 sq ft) |
| Parking | ~70[1] |
| Website | kauppakeskusvalkea |
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.[2][3] The pedestrian street section was designed to be a covered and year-round warm public space, which is unique in northern conditions.[4] The shopping center is heated with geothermal energy.[5]
Construction costs were approximately 50 million euros. Main contractor was Skanska.[5] The mall was opened on 14 April 2016. The opening weekend gathered over 80 000 people to the mall.[6]
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
Finnish shops/chains
- Chocosomnia
- Elisa
- Fonum
- Makia
- Marimekko
- Reima
- Silmäasema
- Sokos
- SOL Pesulapalvelut
- Suomalainen Kirjakauppa
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
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.[9] The suspect, Juhani Sebastian Lämsä, was identified as a far-right activist with a Neo-Nazi background and was arrested on the spot.[10] The victim was a 12-year-old boy.
The second incident happened on 18 June 2024 at about 21:25 Finnish time.[11] The victim was a 26-year-old man.[12]
See also
References
- ^ [1], Kaleva 14.4.2016 6:10 (in finnish)
- ^ [2] Visit Oulu
- ^ [3] WSP Finland
- ^ [4] Kauppakeskus Valkea - Skanska
- ^ a b [5] Rakennustaito.fi
- ^ [6], Kaleva 18.4.2016 15:51 (in Finnish)
- ^ a b c [7] Kauppakeskus Valkea
- ^ [8] Kauppakeskus Valkea
- ^ Vakava väkivallanteko Kauppakeskus Valkeassa torstaina 13.6.
- ^ Asianajaja: Epäilty myöntää lapsen puukotuksen Oulussa, kiistää ulkomaalaisvastaisen motiivin, MTV Uutiset.
- ^ Väkivallanteko Kauppakeskus Valkean Kesäkadulla tiistaina 18.6.2024
- ^ 26-vuotias mies käveli tiistaina töistä kotiin, kun selkään iskettiin teräaseella keskellä Valkeaa – Pelastiko selkäreppu hengen?, Kaleva