Scandic Oulu Station

This is a Scandic chain hotel near Oulu railway station. Booked it because this was the cheapest hotel I could find for that date. Not the cheapest, booked a month in advance, costed 155 € with a refundable rate and Scandic Friends discount. Upon arrival, the reception staff were not the best, but got the job done. We needed the room early so we paid the 20€ extra and went to the room on the second floor. The room was bot the most modern, and not perfectly clean. The sofa in the room was weird, if you sat too far on the edge, the bottom would just fall off. The beds were okay, no bedbugs or anything. There was an old TV, and a table with a chair. The bathroom was very weird. The wall ledges were torn and the paint was partially gone. The shower door was weird as there was a large hole to open the door resulting in the water splashing through it. There was a swimming pool and a sauna, but we didn't use those. There was not much other amenities available. The breakfast was the regular Scandic breakfast, not particularly good but keeps your hunger away. All in all, I don't think this is worth 155 €. If you manage to find a low price, it's doable for one or two nights.

The whole place smells like damp. You just simply don’t want to stay there. It just gets worse. The breakfast is awful. Mens sauna isn’t working. Came back from work and the room hadn’t been cleaned. No cleaning staff around any longer, so they gave me a voucher, a voucher for what? You don’t want to eat here either. Truly sorry to say this, but I’ve been around quite a bit and this is the worst hotel experience I’ve ever had.

There it nothing to do for children. There is a small play corner, but it's in the back of breakfast room and only in use during breakfast. Why is it not elsewhere? If you have small children, go somewhere else.