The Reading Capital is built together, and it is shaped by its participants. Even small reading acts push us towards the European Reading Capital of Culture and build the culture of reading. Let’s make Oulu the European Capital of Culture together! Read more about reading acts.

You can therefore participate in the campaign in any way you wish. Let’s make reading and literacy work visible and tell what European Reading Capital is like.

• Add reading and reading acts into your life. 
• You start participating easily by following the Ready – Set- Read! Reading challenge. Choose the most suitable challenge out of four options. Challenge the people around you as well. 
• More reading challenges and book recommendations are found on this website. 
• You can participate in the Digital Skills challenge or the upcoming Nature Skills challenge.
• Explore the City of Oulu’s literacy work and activities on the Oulu Reads page. Join us!
• Follow Oulu’s readers on social media and find book recommendations. 
• The campaign’s marketing materials can be found on a separate page.
• Use the tags 
  #LukevinKaupunni #OuluLukee #EuroopanLukevinKulttuuriPääkaupunki #Oulu2026 on social media.