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Tampere - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tampereen kaupunki city in Finland
Province Western Finland Region Pirkanmaa Sub-region Tampere City manager Mayor Timo P. Nieminen Official languages Finnish Area - total - land ranked 129th 687.9 km² 522.7 km² Population - total (Dec 31, 2005) - change - density ranked 3rd 204,337 +0.7 % 391/km² Urbanisation 96.9 % Unemployment rate 13.2 % http://www.tampere.fi/ Tampere (Swedish name Tammerfors) is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes: Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. Since the two lakes differ in level by 18 metres, the Tammerkoski rapids linking them have been an important power source throughout history, most recently for generating electricity. Railway tracks from many parts of the nation merge at Tampere, making it an important railway junction.
Tampere, with about 200,000 inhabitants in the city itself, and more than 300,000 including the neighbouring municipalities, is the second most important urban centre in Finland after the Helsinki region and the biggest inland city in the Nordic countries.
In terms of population, Tampere is the third largest city in Finland, and the largest city outside the Greater Helsinki area.
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1 History 2 General 3 Culture 4 Sports 5 Sites of interest 6 Statistics 7 Notable persons 8 Twin towns 9 Trivia 10 External links
History
Tammerkoski, Tampere, December 2, 2002 City Hall, TampereTampere was founded as a market place around Tammerkoski river in 1775 by Gustav III of Sweden and four years later, 1779, it was granted a full township status. At this time Tampere was rather small town, consisting of only a few square kilometers of land around Tammerkoski rapids.
Tampere grew as a major market place and industrial centre in the 19th century. During the latter half of 19th century Tampere had almost half of Finland's industrial labour. The town's industrial nature in the 19th and 20th centuries gave it the nickname 'Manchester of the North', Manse for short.
Tampere was the centre of many important political events of Finland in the early 20th century. On 1 November 1905 the famous Red Declaration was given during the general strike on Keskustori, the central square of Tampere, subsequently leading to universal suffrage in Finland and the Tsar of Russia granting larger freedoms to Finns. In 1918, when Finland had recently gained independence, Tampere also played a major role, being one of the strategically important scenes during the Civil War in Finland (January 28 - May 15, 1918). Tampere was a red stronghold during the war, Hugo Salmela in command. White forces captured Tampere seizing about 10.000 Red prisoners on April 6. Prevalent in Tampere's post-World War II municipal politics was the so called Brothers-in-Arms Axis (aseveliakseli), the alliance of conservatives and social democrats against communists and Agrarian party. During this era some of the most renowned city managers of Tampere were Erkki Napoleon Lindfors (who was responsible for many ambitious construction projects such as the Näsinneula tower and the construction of the suburb of Hervanta, Tampere's "daughter town"), Pekka Paavola (who gained some notoriety in corruption scandals) and Jarmo Rantanen. From 2007 on Tampere will switch to a new model of having a mayor and four deputy mayors; chosen for the periods of two years in time. Timo P. Nieminen was elected as the first mayor of Tampere for the years 2007-2009.
After World War II Tampere was enlarged by joining some neighbouring areas. Messukylä was incorporated in 1947, Lielahti 1950, Aitolahti in 1966 and finally Teisko in 1972. Tampere was known for its textile and metal industry, but these have been largely replaced by information technology and telecommunications industry during the 1990s. Technology centre Hermia in Hervanta is home to many companies in these industries.
General
Tampere from the Näsinneula tower.As of 2003 Tampere has a little over 200,000 inhabitants and is the third biggest city in Finland. Tampere's appeal is much brought about by the two universities, University of Tampere (UTA) and Tampere University of Technology (TUT), located in Hervanta. Each university has some 10,000 students.
Tampere is part of Pirkanmaa region and is surrounded by the municipalities of Kangasala, Kuru, Lempäälä, Nokia, Orivesi, Pirkkala, Ruovesi and Ylöjärvi.
During the 2000’s Tampere has situated very well in many imago, popularity and city-attractiveness-queries. It has always been, if not the best, near the top among the Finnish cities.
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Culture Tampere is known for its active cultural life. Some of the most popular writers in Finland, such as Väinö Linna, Kalle Päätalo or Hannu Salama hail from Tampere. These are all known as writers depicting the lives of working class people. Also from working class background was the famous poet Lauri Viita of Pispala district (which is the original home of Hannu Salama too). Tampere also has old theater traditions, with such established institutions as Tampereen Työväen Teatteri, Tampereen Teatteri and Pyynikin Kesäteatteri, which is an open-air theatre with the oldest revolving auditorium in Europe. Tampereen Teatterikesä or Tampere Theatre Festival is an international theater festival held in Tampere every August.
Tampere Film Festival, the international short film festival is held every March. Tammerfest is Tampere's urban rock festival held in every July.
Tampere is home to the television channel YLE TV2, with its studios at the Tohloppi district, known among all for such popular TV comedies as Tankki täyteen, Reinikainen and Kummeli.
Sports Tampere's sporting scene is driven by the two ice hockey teams Ilves and Tappara. They both have had great impact on the Finnish ice hockey culture and are the most successful teams in Finland. Tampere is known as the hometown on finnish hockey. Finnish ice hockey museum is also located in Tampere. The first ice hockey arena in Finland was the Tampere Hakametsä hall. Football is also raising its head in the city with Tampere United winning the 2001 and 2006 Finnish championships.
Sites of interest
Kaleva Church by architect Reima Pietilä. Russian Orthodox church in TampereThe main tourist attraction is the Särkänniemi amusement park, which includes a dolphinarium and the landmark Näsinneula tower, topped by a revolving restaurant. Other sites of interests are Tampere City Library Metso ("wood grouse"), Kaleva Church (both designed by Reima Pietilä), the Tampere Hall for conferences and the Tampere Market Hall.
Tampere is also the home to one of the, if not the last museum in the world dedicated to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Lenin moved to Tampere in August 1905 and during a subsequent Bolshevik conference in the city, met Joseph Stalin for the first time. Lenin eventually fled Tampere (for Sweden) in November 1907 when being pursued by the Russian Okhrana. Lenin would not return to any part of the Russian Empire until 10 years later when he heard the start of the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Pispala is a ridge located between lake Näsijärvi and lake Pyhäjärvi. It used to house the majority of industrial labour in late 19th and early 20th century. Currently it is a popular residential area and together with neighbouring Pyynikki it forms an important historical area of Tampere.
There are many museums and galleries, including:
The Vapriikki Museum Centre which includes the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame and the Shoe Museum Tampere Art Museum Tampere Lenin Museum The Muumilaakso Museum, all about Moomins The Amuri museum of Workers' Housing The Museum of Minerals The Sara Hildén Art Museum (within Särkäniemi themepark) The Museum of Dolls and Costumes The Spy Museum The Arboretum The Central Museum of Labour in Finland
Statistics Population 204 337 Founded 1779 To Helsinki 173 km Area 690,6 km² Max temp °C +29,8 Min temp °C -26,4 Pop. density 378/km²
Notable persons Jonne Aaron Mikko Alatalo Vili Auvinen Antti Eskola James Finlayson Harry Hannelius Raimo Helminen Juice Leskinen Timo Jutila Leo Kinnunen Moog Konttinen Urpo Lahtinen Erkki Lindfors Väinö Linna Pate Mustajärvi Mika Noronen Teppo Numminen Pekka Paavola Veijo Pasanen Kari Peitsamo Reima Pietilä Jarmo Porola Kalle Päätalo Jarmo Rantanen Eero Roine Eila Roine Esko Roine Hannu Salama Eino Salmelainen Sylvi Salonen Veikko Sinisalo Juha Suoranta Lauri Viita Veltto Virtanen
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Trivia A newer, but less common, nickname for Tampere is Nääsville, a portmanteau between the Tamperean dialect word nääs (meaning something like "you know") and the American city of Nashville. A local food speciality is mustamakkara, which resembles the blood sausage of northern England. "Manserock" means rock music originating from Tampere. The asteroid 1497 Tampere was named after the city by its discoverer, the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä. In 2001 the symphonic metal band Nightwish recorded a live DVD called From Wishes to Eternity in Tampere. Russian dictators Vladimir Lenin and Josef Stalin met each other for the first time in Tampere, 1905.
Municipalities of Pirkanmaa Hämeenkyrö | Ikaalinen | Juupajoki | Kangasala | Kihniö | Kuhmalahti | Kuru | Kylmäkoski | Lempäälä | Luopioinen | Längelmäki | Mouhijärvi | Mänttä | Nokia | Orivesi | Parkano | Pirkkala | Pälkäne | Ruovesi | Sahalahti | Suodenniemi | Tampere | Toijala | Urjala | Valkeakoski | Vammala | Vesilahti | Viiala | Viljakkala | Vilppula | Virrat | Ylöjärvi | Äetsä Pirkanmaa | Western Finland | Finland
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