Pekka Tahkola
@pekkatahkola.bsky.social
Urban planner & well-being engineer, Oulu, 🇫🇮, the winter cycling capital of the world. Welcome to our MasterClasses at http://masterclass.city ☃️ YouTube: http://youtube.com/pekkatahkola
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Pekka Tahkola
@pekkatahkola.bsky.social
· Jan 17
This is Metsokangas elementary school in the far suburbs of Oulu . It was -31°C in the morning (-40° windchill). What you see here is just 1 of the 4 parking lots for students. It's not about the cold, it's the safe infrastructure & excellent maintenance. No rocket science.
#MeanwhileInOulu #Oulu
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#MeanwhileInOulu #Oulu
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Maybe you should also get a bigger SUV or truck? 🤔
www.xkcd.com/3167
www.xkcd.com/3167
Car Size
www.xkcd.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Maybe you should also get a bigger SUV or truck? 🤔
www.xkcd.com/3167
www.xkcd.com/3167
First snowfall of the winter, which means also the first snow plows of the winter. On bike paths, of course. Tomorrow's forecast is full of rain and all this snow will probably be gone very soon, but of course, we can't wait for that here in Oulu 🇫🇮 👌☃️🚲🚶❄️
#Oulu #Finland #MeanwhileInOulu
#Oulu #Finland #MeanwhileInOulu
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
First snowfall of the winter, which means also the first snow plows of the winter. On bike paths, of course. Tomorrow's forecast is full of rain and all this snow will probably be gone very soon, but of course, we can't wait for that here in Oulu 🇫🇮 👌☃️🚲🚶❄️
#Oulu #Finland #MeanwhileInOulu
#Oulu #Finland #MeanwhileInOulu
Excited to participate in the 13th National Seminar on Snow in Oulu, and the opening of the snow season ☃️🤩
October 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Excited to participate in the 13th National Seminar on Snow in Oulu, and the opening of the snow season ☃️🤩
Honoured to be on this list. What I love so much about Bluesky is how many people here care about better environment, better streets, better mobility, better transit, and better cities. Go follow the others on this list. Your feed will thank you 🚲🌆
NEW STARTER PACK! This time I’m hoping to encourage and support global urbanists from OUTSIDE North America here on Bluesky, so hopefully this will help! Who’ve I missed? Just joined? Let me know! I’ll keep updating, so please keep checking & sharing this pack! And let’s try using #GlobalUrbanists.
Urbanists OUTSIDE North America Worth Following!
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
September 30, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Honoured to be on this list. What I love so much about Bluesky is how many people here care about better environment, better streets, better mobility, better transit, and better cities. Go follow the others on this list. Your feed will thank you 🚲🌆
It's #ruska2025 #ultracycling event time very soon again! This year we start our way from Verla, Finland on 12th Sep, hopefully completing about 2000 kilometers to North Norway within a little over 8 days. I've now published two Q & A -videos about Ruska, here's the 2nd episode:
youtu.be/7ROtV3CVBDQ
youtu.be/7ROtV3CVBDQ
Ruska Q & A, E2
YouTube video by Pekka Tahkola
youtu.be
September 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
It's #ruska2025 #ultracycling event time very soon again! This year we start our way from Verla, Finland on 12th Sep, hopefully completing about 2000 kilometers to North Norway within a little over 8 days. I've now published two Q & A -videos about Ruska, here's the 2nd episode:
youtu.be/7ROtV3CVBDQ
youtu.be/7ROtV3CVBDQ
Transporting about 100 kg of traffic signs on my old 1950's cargo bike 🤌
#MeanwhileInOulu #Oulu #CargoBike #CarryShitOlympics
#MeanwhileInOulu #Oulu #CargoBike #CarryShitOlympics
June 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Transporting about 100 kg of traffic signs on my old 1950's cargo bike 🤌
#MeanwhileInOulu #Oulu #CargoBike #CarryShitOlympics
#MeanwhileInOulu #Oulu #CargoBike #CarryShitOlympics
The Nallibaana cycling and pedestrian baana (superhighway) in Oulu has received a national honorable mention for construction projects, the press release says. It was awarded by the Finnish Municipal Engineering Association.
www.kaleva.fi/oulun-nallib...
www.kaleva.fi/oulun-nallib...
Oulun Nallibaanalle valtakunnallinen kunniamaininta
Pyöräily- ja jalankulkuväylä Oulun Nallibaana on saanut valtakunnallisen rakennushankkeiden kunniamaininnan.
www.kaleva.fi
May 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Nallibaana cycling and pedestrian baana (superhighway) in Oulu has received a national honorable mention for construction projects, the press release says. It was awarded by the Finnish Municipal Engineering Association.
www.kaleva.fi/oulun-nallib...
www.kaleva.fi/oulun-nallib...
The Winter Mobility survey is still open until the end of April, please participate! 🚴♂️❄️😊
Help us learn more about how people travel in winter and participate in a short survey! form.typeform.com/to/wYMF4MzC The survey is conducted in collaboration between the FinnCycle research program at Tampere University and the @wintercycling.bsky.social
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#wintercycling #yearroundcycling
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#wintercycling #yearroundcycling
April 23, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The Winter Mobility survey is still open until the end of April, please participate! 🚴♂️❄️😊
New video up! Oulu 200 km brevet in the best weather of this spring 🥰☃️🚲💨 ENG and FIN subtitles! 🤌
youtu.be/pTg2kngLLBk
youtu.be/pTg2kngLLBk
April 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New video up! Oulu 200 km brevet in the best weather of this spring 🥰☃️🚲💨 ENG and FIN subtitles! 🤌
youtu.be/pTg2kngLLBk
youtu.be/pTg2kngLLBk
April 10th,and almost all the snow has already melted. Anyway, it was -7°C in the morning (it's snowing now again) and loads of kids cycled to Linnakangas elementary school in Kempele, next to Oulu Finland 🇫🇮. Like they do every school day, rain or shine, snow or sleet. Because it's easy, fun & safe.
April 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
April 10th,and almost all the snow has already melted. Anyway, it was -7°C in the morning (it's snowing now again) and loads of kids cycled to Linnakangas elementary school in Kempele, next to Oulu Finland 🇫🇮. Like they do every school day, rain or shine, snow or sleet. Because it's easy, fun & safe.
Today 15:30 Finnish time at Radio Kaleva, www.radiokaleva.fi
March 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Today 15:30 Finnish time at Radio Kaleva, www.radiokaleva.fi
Reposted by Pekka Tahkola
Happy to cycle with @pekkatahkola.bsky.social legendary bicycle man frim Oulu who knows absolutely everything about all-year cycling in the North
February 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Happy to cycle with @pekkatahkola.bsky.social legendary bicycle man frim Oulu who knows absolutely everything about all-year cycling in the North
Help us learn more about how people travel in winter and participate in a short survey! form.typeform.com/to/wYMF4MzC The survey is conducted in collaboration between the FinnCycle research program at Tampere University and the @wintercycling.bsky.social
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#wintercycling #yearroundcycling
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#wintercycling #yearroundcycling
February 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Help us learn more about how people travel in winter and participate in a short survey! form.typeform.com/to/wYMF4MzC The survey is conducted in collaboration between the FinnCycle research program at Tampere University and the @wintercycling.bsky.social
❄️🚴♀️❄️🚴❄️🚴♂️❄️
#wintercycling #yearroundcycling
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#wintercycling #yearroundcycling
Random fact of the day: There are more saunas in Finland, than cars. Let's continue keeping the numbers this way, please 😊
#MeanwhileInFinland 🇫🇮
#MeanwhileInFinland 🇫🇮
February 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Random fact of the day: There are more saunas in Finland, than cars. Let's continue keeping the numbers this way, please 😊
#MeanwhileInFinland 🇫🇮
#MeanwhileInFinland 🇫🇮
Reposted by Pekka Tahkola
If you were planning to come to the IceBreaker but couldn't make it in the end, worry not. The session got recorded and you can watch it on our website: shorturl.at/bxsuu Also, even if you did join us live, you can return to your favorite parts now. And give us feedback! shorturl.at/ggHQR
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IceBreaker recording ICYMI
We want cycling to be safe and comfortable regardless of the weather and season. That's why we met at the IceBreaker 2025, an online venue for professionals, winter practitioners and cycling advocates...
shorturl.at
January 31, 2025 at 12:31 AM
If you were planning to come to the IceBreaker but couldn't make it in the end, worry not. The session got recorded and you can watch it on our website: shorturl.at/bxsuu Also, even if you did join us live, you can return to your favorite parts now. And give us feedback! shorturl.at/ggHQR
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As a #tbt (or #tbf) here's a small thread of #groceryshopping by #bike in #Oulu. It was -9 or -10°C so pretty warm for us. 1/x
#MeanwhileInOulu
#MeanwhileInOulu
January 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
As a #tbt (or #tbf) here's a small thread of #groceryshopping by #bike in #Oulu. It was -9 or -10°C so pretty warm for us. 1/x
#MeanwhileInOulu
#MeanwhileInOulu
Otso Waheela C - My ultracycling bike, bags and gear setup introduction video, after 50 000 km in a bit over three years' time 🧸🤌
youtu.be/7dHmYl1jOJs
youtu.be/7dHmYl1jOJs
Otso Waheela C introduction - my Ultracycling & Ruska setup after 50 000 km 🧸
YouTube video by Pekka Tahkola
youtu.be
January 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Otso Waheela C - My ultracycling bike, bags and gear setup introduction video, after 50 000 km in a bit over three years' time 🧸🤌
youtu.be/7dHmYl1jOJs
youtu.be/7dHmYl1jOJs
Oulu Urbanism Master Class, 4.-6. Feb 2025 - there's still a couple of places left if you're quick!
Welcome to Oulu, to embrace, feel, and really understand how it's possible to make a truly bicycle-friendly city even in our arctic conditions, with your own eyes and legs! 🤗
youtu.be/uGm_Kq511tk
Welcome to Oulu, to embrace, feel, and really understand how it's possible to make a truly bicycle-friendly city even in our arctic conditions, with your own eyes and legs! 🤗
youtu.be/uGm_Kq511tk
Oulu Urbanism Master Class
YouTube video by Pekka Tahkola
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Oulu Urbanism Master Class, 4.-6. Feb 2025 - there's still a couple of places left if you're quick!
Welcome to Oulu, to embrace, feel, and really understand how it's possible to make a truly bicycle-friendly city even in our arctic conditions, with your own eyes and legs! 🤗
youtu.be/uGm_Kq511tk
Welcome to Oulu, to embrace, feel, and really understand how it's possible to make a truly bicycle-friendly city even in our arctic conditions, with your own eyes and legs! 🤗
youtu.be/uGm_Kq511tk
Reposted by Pekka Tahkola
"Cycling through the Snow" by English illustrator Lucien Davis (1860 - 1941)
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Cycling obviously wasn't created as a summer activity.
#urbancycling #wintercycling #yearroundcycling
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Cycling obviously wasn't created as a summer activity.
#urbancycling #wintercycling #yearroundcycling
November 19, 2024 at 11:56 PM
"Cycling through the Snow" by English illustrator Lucien Davis (1860 - 1941)
❄️🚴♀️❄️🚴❄️🚴♂️❄️
Cycling obviously wasn't created as a summer activity.
#urbancycling #wintercycling #yearroundcycling
❄️🚴♀️❄️🚴❄️🚴♂️❄️
Cycling obviously wasn't created as a summer activity.
#urbancycling #wintercycling #yearroundcycling
Reposted by Pekka Tahkola
Watchihg this cycling livestream was so much fun, and educational!
(Dreaming of a global Fancy Woman Bike meet up in Oulu, maybe next February?)
#winterbike
(Dreaming of a global Fancy Woman Bike meet up in Oulu, maybe next February?)
#winterbike
My live stream from the (finally again) snowy paths of Oulu today in just about two hours, at about
10:40 a.m. MST (Edmonton)
19:40 p.m. EET (Oulu)
The livestream is part of the free online IceBreaker event by @wintercycling.bsky.social and the exact starting time depends on its schedule. Welcome!
10:40 a.m. MST (Edmonton)
19:40 p.m. EET (Oulu)
The livestream is part of the free online IceBreaker event by @wintercycling.bsky.social and the exact starting time depends on its schedule. Welcome!
January 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Watchihg this cycling livestream was so much fun, and educational!
(Dreaming of a global Fancy Woman Bike meet up in Oulu, maybe next February?)
#winterbike
(Dreaming of a global Fancy Woman Bike meet up in Oulu, maybe next February?)
#winterbike
My live stream from the (finally again) snowy paths of Oulu today in just about two hours, at about
10:40 a.m. MST (Edmonton)
19:40 p.m. EET (Oulu)
The livestream is part of the free online IceBreaker event by @wintercycling.bsky.social and the exact starting time depends on its schedule. Welcome!
10:40 a.m. MST (Edmonton)
19:40 p.m. EET (Oulu)
The livestream is part of the free online IceBreaker event by @wintercycling.bsky.social and the exact starting time depends on its schedule. Welcome!
January 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My live stream from the (finally again) snowy paths of Oulu today in just about two hours, at about
10:40 a.m. MST (Edmonton)
19:40 p.m. EET (Oulu)
The livestream is part of the free online IceBreaker event by @wintercycling.bsky.social and the exact starting time depends on its schedule. Welcome!
10:40 a.m. MST (Edmonton)
19:40 p.m. EET (Oulu)
The livestream is part of the free online IceBreaker event by @wintercycling.bsky.social and the exact starting time depends on its schedule. Welcome!
On Wed Jan 22nd, @wintercycling.bsky.social is providing us all the free IceBreaker online event 🤌 Also featuring my livestream bicycle ride from Oulu 🇫🇮🚲☃️🤗
Register now at shorturl.at/s0gnT
Register now at shorturl.at/s0gnT
The program of the IceBreaker is here! 🥳
The starting time depends on which time zone you live in:
9:00 a.m. MST (Edmonton)
11:00 a.m. EST (Boston)
18:00 p.m. EET (Oulu)
Haven't signed up yet? Go ahead and do so here: shorturl.at/s0gnT
❄️ 🚲
#wintercycling #yearroundcycling
The starting time depends on which time zone you live in:
9:00 a.m. MST (Edmonton)
11:00 a.m. EST (Boston)
18:00 p.m. EET (Oulu)
Haven't signed up yet? Go ahead and do so here: shorturl.at/s0gnT
❄️ 🚲
#wintercycling #yearroundcycling
January 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
On Wed Jan 22nd, @wintercycling.bsky.social is providing us all the free IceBreaker online event 🤌 Also featuring my livestream bicycle ride from Oulu 🇫🇮🚲☃️🤗
Register now at shorturl.at/s0gnT
Register now at shorturl.at/s0gnT
January 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Ilmari Koppinen, 107 yr old. His exceptional physical condition was a subject of an international study, when he was 97 years old & cycled 5,000 kilometers a year. Researchers contribute this to his athletic background, intellectually active lifestyle & social connections.
www.is.fi/terveys/art-...
www.is.fi/terveys/art-...
107-vuotias Ilmari Koppinen on hämmästyttävässä kunnossa – yhtä asiaa hän ei suosittele kenellekään, jos haluaa pysyä terveenä: ”Ihmiskunta on hullu, kun käyttää”
Ilmari Koppinen jäi orvoksi 12-vuotiaana ja puolusti Suomea kahdessa sodassa. Vaikeista lähtökohdista huolimatta 107-vuotias veteraani uhkuu positiivista energiaa. Mikä on hänen salaisuutensa pitkään ...
www.is.fi
January 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Ilmari Koppinen, 107 yr old. His exceptional physical condition was a subject of an international study, when he was 97 years old & cycled 5,000 kilometers a year. Researchers contribute this to his athletic background, intellectually active lifestyle & social connections.
www.is.fi/terveys/art-...
www.is.fi/terveys/art-...
Kaikkea sitä. Ruska 2022 blog, osa 8 - Suolovuopmi - Birtavarre.
#Ruska2022 @RandonneursFi
pappiskapartio.blogspot.com/2025/01/rusk...
#Ruska2022 @RandonneursFi
pappiskapartio.blogspot.com/2025/01/rusk...
January 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Kaikkea sitä. Ruska 2022 blog, osa 8 - Suolovuopmi - Birtavarre.
#Ruska2022 @RandonneursFi
pappiskapartio.blogspot.com/2025/01/rusk...
#Ruska2022 @RandonneursFi
pappiskapartio.blogspot.com/2025/01/rusk...