Golf courses and places to stay: Pohjois-Pohjanmaa

Ruka is a year-round resort in Kuusamo, with the Kuusamo Golf course located near its extensive cabin accommodation.

Kalajoki Hiekkasärkät is a seaside holiday destination on the Bothnian Bay, with the Kalajoki Golf course close to its cottages and spa.

Spa hotel and holiday apartment resort on the shore of Petäjälampi pond in Kuusamo, about a kilometre from Kuusamo Golf's 18-hole course. Offers hotel rooms as well as holiday apartments with their own kitchen and sauna.

Cottage village on the shore of Lake Petäjälampi in Kuusamo, about a ten-minute drive from the town centre. The self-catering cottages have a private sauna, terrace and equipped kitchen, with the Kuusamo Golf course close by.

Year-round holiday village by the sea next to Nallikari beach in Oulu, about four kilometres from the city centre. Accommodation includes cottages, villas and sea-view apartments plus a camping area; Oulu's golf courses are about 14 kilometres away.

Nature Dream Days (formerly Montta Active Camping) is a campsite and holiday village on the bank of the Oulujoki river in Muhos, within the Rokua Geopark area about 30 kilometres from Oulu, with rental cabins, glamping and caravan pitches. The Oulujokilaakso Golf course is just over a kilometre away.

Camping and cottage site on the shore of Lake Pyhäjärvi along Route 4, open year-round. Accommodation ranges from camping cabins to winterised holiday cottages and motel rooms; the St. Lake Golf Club course lies on the same lake a few kilometres away.

Top Camping Kalajoki is a campsite in Kalajoki, about 1 km from the nearest golf course (Kalajoki Golf). Details are based on public registry data — the owner can claim and complete this listing.

HotelOmaBox on Vesitie in Nivala offers suites that are each a separate building with a kitchen, bathroom and private sauna. The Nivalan Seudun Golf course is about 3.1 kilometres away.

Hotelli Puustelli is a hotel on Toritie in central Nivala with 32 twin rooms, 16 of them with a private sauna, plus a restaurant and meeting rooms. The Nivalan Seudun Golf course is about 4.0 kilometres away.

Hotelli Huiskankorpi - Aseman Majatalo is a four-room guesthouse in the log buildings of Nivala's old railway station, with a breakfast room, kitchen and sauna for guests. The guesthouse sells its guests a green fee for the 18-hole Nivalan Seudun Golf course, which is about 4.6 kilometres away.

Crazyland is a caravan park and cabin site in Nivala where guests stay in cabins for one to four people or on the camping area; the cabins come with electricity, a fridge, a microwave and a coffee maker. The Nivalan Seudun Golf course is about 7.9 kilometres away.

Jokihovi is an accommodation and function business by the river in the Karvoskylä village of Nivala, with everything from single rooms to apartments that have their own living room and kitchen, and a sauna for guests. The Nivalan Seudun Golf course is about 11.1 kilometres away.

Karvoskylän kylätalo is a village house in the Karvoskylä village of Nivala, owned by the local village association and rented out for celebrations and overnight stays; the Rantahovi building and a sauna stand down by the shore. The Nivalan Seudun Golf course is about 11.1 kilometres away.

Törmälän Tila is a countryside hospitality estate on the bank of the Siikajoki river in Siikajoenkylä, trading since 1988 and sleeping 50 guests in hotel-standard rooms and four year-round granary cottages. The Raahentienoon Golf course is about 2.6 kilometres away.

Kurikan Lammastila is a sheep farm of some 400 animals in Karinkanta, Siikajoki, which rents holidaymakers a movable solar-powered sauna cabin by the shore pastures during the grazing season and on into the autumn. The Raahentienoon Golf course is about 8 kilometres away.

Meriniemi Village is a rental villa on the Bothnian Bay shore in Virpiniemi, sleeping 10 to 16 people in three upstairs rooms. The main building has a hall for 30 with tableware, a kitchen, a sauna, two showers, three toilets and a new terrace. The villa is let all year round: a weekend costs 910 euros in the winter season and 990 in the summer season, a week 1110 to 1410 euros, and bed linen is 17 euros per person. Pets are not allowed indoors out of consideration for allergy sufferers. The Virpiniemi Golf course is about 0.9 kilometres away.

Hotel Samantta is a hotel in Haukipudas with five room categories. Every room has a television, a desk, an internet connection, a kettle and a private shower and toilet, and guests have free parking that also takes larger vehicles. Some of the standard rooms are reserved for guests with pets, at a pet supplement of 20 euros per stay. Breakfast is served to outside visitors as well, and the house also runs the Lankku Steakhouse and a lunch restaurant. The Virpiniemi Golf course is about 6.8 kilometres away.

Hotel Lasaretti stands on the bank of the Oulujoki river close to the city centre and has 49 rooms: singles, doubles, family rooms and superior rooms. Five of them have been turned into artist rooms furnished with work by local artists. Guests can use the gym and the sauna, the house is non-smoking and offers accessible rooms and allergy-friendly materials. Breakfast features organic and local produce, and Restaurant Lasaretti works as a café, a lunch restaurant and a bistro. The Oulun Golfkerho course is about 10.1 kilometres away.

GreenStar Hotel Oulu is an ecological city hotel on Uusikatu in the centre, with 120 rooms and shared kitchens. The rooms have a kitchenette for your own food, and free locally roasted organic coffee and organic tea are available. Breakfast is not included in the room rate: booked in advance it costs 12 euros and bought on the spot 14, and parking is 13 euros a day. The hotel carries the Nordic Swan Ecolabel and the Sustainable Travel Finland label. The Oulun Golfkerho course is about 10.5 kilometres away.

De Gamlas Hem is a 16-room boutique hotel in a protected wooden art nouveau villa from 1906, close to the centre of Oulu. A newer building in the courtyard holds six modern, spacious rooms with their own entrance. The reception and the restaurant are in the main house, and the property has meeting and function rooms. Hotel guests may use the gym and the saunas of the Hukka sports centre 600 metres away free of charge, and guests who book directly also get the five o'clock tea and free parking. The Oulun Golfkerho course is about 11.1 kilometres away.

Hotelli Pohjankievari is a privately owned family hotel in Kempele, about ten minutes' drive from Oulu and from the airport. The main building has single rooms and family-friendly apartments with kitchens and separate bedrooms, while the Kievarinhovi annexe holds themed apartments with their own sauna, kitchen and terrace. Breakfast is laid out before six on weekdays, the restaurant menu is served Monday to Saturday, and there is a grill hut in the yard. Parking is free, with engine-heater sockets, and electric cars can be charged at no extra cost. The Oulun Golfkerho course is about 11.2 kilometres away.

TurusenSaha is a culture house and guesthouse on the island of Pikisaari in the middle of Oulu, with five rooms to let, each with its own toilet and shower. The rooms in the main house are on the first floor of a heritage wooden building and share a kitchen, a breakfast lounge and a balcony running the width of the house over the Oulujoki estuary. The 2026 rates are 93 to 110 euros for one or two people, with an extra person at 15 euros. The Saunakamari in the basement has a sauna of its own for 20 euros per use, and pets are welcome in that room. The Oulun Golfkerho course is about 11.4 kilometres away.

Hartikan Kartano is a countryside tourism estate in Muhos offering group accommodation in the summer season to parties of at least ten. There are roughly 10 to 30 bed places in log storehouses for two to seven people and on the loft of the sauna cabin, and guests share a service building with a kitchen, a fireplace room, showers and a sauna, plus a grill shelter and a swimming beach. Rented separately are the Pihkakota hut for four on the bank of the Oulujoki river and a tree tent for three. Bed linen and towels are included, while breakfast and other meals are ordered separately. The Oulujokilaakson Golf course is about 3.9 kilometres away.

Laukanranta is a bed and breakfast on the bank of the Oulujoki river in the village of Laitasaari in Muhos, about twenty minutes' drive from Oulu. Guests stay either in the old log house or in the loft storehouse in the yard, and three of the rooms are air conditioned. Rates start at 80 euros and include breakfast, bed linen, cleaning and VAT; pets are not accepted. The house is a Rokua Geopark entrepreneur. The Oulujokilaakson Golf course is about 4.8 kilometres away.

Kylätalo ja Rantahovi tarjoavat rauhalliset ja monipuoliset tilat majoittumiseen. Kylätalo sijaitsee hyvin kulkuyhteyksien varrella 15 km päässä Nivalan keskustasta. Kylätaloon mahtuu yöpymään 16 henkilöä: 2-4 henkilön huoneissa. Rantahovi sijaitsee kylätalon kanssa samalla tontilla ja tarjoaa viihtyisän tilan hengähtää ja saunoa joen rannalla. Rantahovissa on petipaikka 7 henkilölle.