stadium of tampere

Tampere, the third biggest City of Finland is known for two sports, football and ice hockey. The first ice hockey game was played in Tampere, on the ice of Näsijärvi lake, Tampere is sometimes called the hometown of Finnish ice hockey.  Though the most popular sport in this city is football.

Tampere hosts two ice hockey teams Ilves and Tappara. They both have had a great impact on Finnish ice hockey culture and are among the most successful teams in Finland. The Finnish ice hockey museum, and the first ice hockey arena to be built in Finland, the Hakametsä arena, are both located in Tampere. Football, however, is the most common sport in Tampere. Only Ilves have over 4,000 players in their football teams, while Tampere boasts over 100 football teams alone.

Tampere United play at the highest level in Finland. The city also hosted two flatwater canoeing world championships, in 1973 and 1983. In 1977, Tampere hosted the Junior World Rowing Championships.

tampere university

The University of Tampere (Finnish: Tampereen yliopisto) is a university in Tampere, Finland. It has 15,400 degree students and 2,100 employees. It was originally founded in 1925 in Helsinki as a Civic College (Kansalaiskorkeakoulu), and from 1930 onwards it was known as a School of Social Sciences (Yhteiskunnallinen korkeakoulu). In 1960, the institution relocated to Tampere, and in 1966 it was officially named University of Tampere.

The university is currently divided into six faculties. Some of the departments are listed under the faculty header.

• Faculty of Economics and Administration
  • Department of Economics and Accounting
  • Department of Law
  • Department of Management Studies
  • Department of Regional Studies
• Faculty of Education
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Teacher Education
  • Early Childhood Education
• Faculty of Humanities
  • Department of Acting (Theatre)
  • Department of History
  • Department of Literature and the Arts
  • Department of Music Anthropology
  • Department of Speech Communication and Voice Research
  • School of Modern Languages and Translation Studies
• Faculty of Information Sciences
  • Department of Computer Sciences
  • Department of Information Studies
  • Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Philosophy
• Faculty of Medicine
  • Department of Nursing Science
  • Medical School
  • Tampere University Hospital
• Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Department of Political Science and International Relations
  • Department of Psychology
  • Department of Social Policy and Social Work
  • Department of Sociology and Social Psychology
  • Department of Women’s Studies

Theatre in Tampere

Theatre traditions in Tampere have long history. In Tampere you can find such stablished institutions as Tampereen Teatteri, Tampereen Työväen Teatteri and Pyynikin Kesäteatteri, which is an open-air theatre with the oldest revolving auditorium in Europe. Tampere Theatre Festival, known as Tampereen Teatterikesä, is an international theatre festival held in Tampere every Summer.

Tampere is also known for its Tampere Art Museum. Tampere Film Festival, an international short film festival, is held every Spring. Tammerfest is Tampere’s urban rock festival held annualy in July.

Tampere Music Festivals organises three international music events: Tampere Jazz Happening each November, and in alternate years Tampere Vocal Music Festival and Tampere Biennale

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Tampere is home to the national Finnish television channel “YLE TV2″, with its studios in the Tohloppi district.

Tampere Food

A local food speciality in Tampere is mustamakkara, which resembles black pudding of northern England.

Accomodation in Tampere is good and there are many Hotels in Tampere.

City of Tampere was founded as a market place on the banks of the Tammerkoski channel in 1775 by Gustav III of Sweden and four years later, 1779, Tampere was granted full city rights in 1779. At this time, it was a rather small town, consisting of only a few square kilometers of land around the Tammerkoski.

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Tampere – Manchester of the North

Tampere grew as a major market town 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 (in Finnish).

The old Finlayson works

Tampere was the centre of many important political events of Finland in the early 20th century. On November 1, 1905, during the general strike, the famous Red Declaration was proclaimed on the 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 has played very big role, being one of the strategically important places during the Civil War in Finland (January 28–May 15, 1918). Tampere was a red stronghold during the war, with 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 the 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 changed the system to a new model of having a mayor and four deputy mayors, chosen for a periods of two years.

Tampere after war

After World War II, City of Tampere was enlarged by joining some neighbouring areas. Messukylä was incorporated in 1947, Lielahti in 1950, Aitolahti in 1966 and finally Teisko in 1972. Tampere was well known for its textile and metal industries, but these have been largely replaced by information technology and telecommunications during the 1990s. The technology centre Hermia in Hervanta is home to many companies in these fields.

Accomodation in Tampere is good and there are many Hotels in Tampere.

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Tampere is a city in Finland. It is located between two lakes, Pyhäjärvi and Näsijärvi. Because one of the lakes is 18 metres (59 ft) higher than the other, the rapids linking them, river Tammerkoski, have been very important source of electrical power throughout decades. Becaus in the past Tampere was industrial center of Finland it often called “Manchester of Finland”. From this it got Finnish nickname “Manse” and terms using that such as Manserock.

Residents of Tampere

Tampere located in Pirkanmaa region. It has a population of 470,000 residents, of which 230,000 were employed. People‘s ingome here reached 25 billion euros in 2007. In Tampere only lives 209,744 residents, in the conurbation close to 300,000 people and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Interesting fact is that Tampere is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in Finland. Only Greater Helsinki and Turku municipalities are bigger. Finlands capital Helsinki can be reached in 1.5–2 hours by train and 2–2.5 hours by car. Turku is approximately the same far away. Airport in Tampere is the second-busiest Finland‘s international airport. Tampere Airport carries 800,000 passengers every year.

Accomodation in Tampere is good and there are many Hotels in Tampere.