Welcome to Tampere, an international city of culture, science and commerce! The home of the famous black sausage was born as a factory town but has grown to be a lot more than that. Tampere leaves nobody cold.
Tampere is an inland city, the biggest in the Nordic countries, but the importance of water ways is greater and more physical than in many coastal cities. The unique location of the city centre on an isthmus between two lakes means you are never far from water. A special attraction is the Tammerkoski rapids, essential to the birth and development of the city, flowing through its heart like a giant aorta.
The location also results in the peculiar shape the city takes on the map. Since the lakes cover the greater part of the northern and southern directions, most city districts and suburbs have spread east and west in a bowlike form. The knot of the bow, embracing the rapids, is the city centre, where the main action in cultural and commercial life is concentrated.
City Centre
The backbone...
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Tuomiokirkko
The gray-granite Tampere cathedral, built between 1902 and 1907, is the finest example of the Finnish National Romantic style. The towering spires...
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Pyynikki Summer Theater
About 1.6km (1 mile) from the center of Tampere, this outdoor theater (the first in the world) has a revolving auditorium and seats 836. The plays...
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Finlandia Ski Race
- The Finns are wild about cross-country skiing, and this annual marathon event is proof positive. Held in Lahti, about 90 minutes northeast of Helsinki...
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- Sports
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