"railroad connections to, for example, Helsinki, Turku and the Port of Turku, Oulu, Jyväskylä, and Pori. The Tampere Central Railway Station is located in the city center. There are also frequent bus connections to destinations around Finland. Tampere is served by Tampere–Pirkkala Airport, located in neighboring municipality Pirkkala some southwest of the city. The public transport network in Tampere currently consists solely of a bus network. Between 1948 and 1976 the city also had an extensive trolleybus network, which was also the largest trolleybus system in Finland. As of 2017, construction is underway for a light rail system in the"
"Finnish orchestra with a young listeners' club. Outside of classical music, the orchestra participated in the recording of the power metal album ""Vendetta"" by the Finnish band Celesty. Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra The Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra (Finnish:""Tampere Filharmonia"") is a Finnish orchestra based in Tampere. Founded in 1930, and maintained by the municipality of Tampere since 1947, the orchestra is currently based in the Tampere Hall. The orchestra collaborates with the Tampere Opera and Tampere Ballet and regularly participates in the Tampere Biennale music festival. In 1929, the Tampere Music Board decided to establish a local orchestra, and entrusted the task"
"a dolphinarium. Other sites of interest are Tampere Cathedral, Tampere City Hall, Tampere City Library ""Metso"" (""wood grouse""), Kaleva Church (both designed by Reima Pietilä), the Tampere Hall for conferences and concerts, and the Tampere Market Hall. Tampere is also home to one of the last museums in the world dedicated to Vladimir Lenin. The museum is housed in the Tampere Workers' Hall where during a subsequent Bolshevik conference in the city, Lenin met Joseph Stalin for the first time. Lenin moved to Tampere in August 1905 but eventually fled Tampere (for Sweden) in November 1907 when being pursued by"
"city to replace some of the more popular bus lines (""see Tampere light rail""), as well as initiating commuter rail service on the railroad lines connecting Tampere to the neighbouring towns of Nokia and Lempäälä. In 2007, Tampere switched to a new model of government. Since then, a mayor and four deputy mayors have been chosen for a period of two years by the city council. The mayor also becomes the seat of the city council for the duration of the tenure. =Mayors over time= For a list of notable persons, see . The most common surnames in Tampere and"
"The Tampere region, Pirkanmaa, which includes outlying municipalities, has around 509,000 residents , 244,000 employed people, and a turnover of 28 billion euros . According to the Tampere International Business Office, the area is strong in mechanical engineering and automation, information and communication technologies, and health and biotechnology, as well as pulp and paper industry education. Unemployment rate was 14.8% in June 2017. There are four institutions of higher education in the Tampere area totaling 40,000 students: two universities and two polytechnic institutions (). The universities are University of Tampere (UTA), which has more than 16,000 students and is located"
"designed by Toivo Korhonen, at Kalevantie 4, Tampere. After the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration were established in 1964 and 1965, respectively, the School of Social Sciences was renamed as the University of Tampere in 1966. A programme, called Tampere3, to merge the university with Tampere University of Technology and Tampere University of Applied Sciences was started in the spring of 2014. The merger was approved by Parliament in December 2017 and will come into effect on 1 January 2019. The new foundation-based interdisciplinary higher education institution will be named Tampere University after the"
"on 1 January 2019. Together with Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Tampere University will constitute the Tampere higher education community. The institution was established in 1925 as the Civic College in Helsinki teaching public administration, organisation management and journalism with an inaugural intake of 72 students. In 1930, a total of 195 students were enrolled at the College and its name was amended to the School of Social Sciences. Similarly, the institution's vocationally oriented bachelor's degrees were expanded into municipal administration, public law, child protection, and civic education as well as a master's degree in social sciences. The first faculty,"
"Hermia in Hervanta is home to many companies in these fields. Tampere is part of the Pirkanmaa region and is surrounded by the municipalities of Kangasala, Lempäälä, Nokia, Orivesi, Pirkkala, Ruovesi, and Ylöjärvi. Tampere has a borderline humid continental climate/subarctic climate (Köppen ""Dfb"" and ""Dfc""). Winters are cold and the average temperature from November to March is below . Summers are mild. On average, the snow season lasts 4–5 months from late November to early April. Considering it being at the subarctic threshold and inland, winters are on average quite mild for the classification, as is the annual mean temperature."
"Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra The Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra (Finnish:""Tampere Filharmonia"") is a Finnish orchestra based in Tampere. Founded in 1930, and maintained by the municipality of Tampere since 1947, the orchestra is currently based in the Tampere Hall. The orchestra collaborates with the Tampere Opera and Tampere Ballet and regularly participates in the Tampere Biennale music festival. In 1929, the Tampere Music Board decided to establish a local orchestra, and entrusted the task of assembling the musicians to Elias Kiianmies, who became the orchestra's first chief conductor. The ensemble, first named the ""Tampereen Orkesteri"" (Tampere Orchestra) and consisting of 34 musicians,"
"1918). Tampere was a red stronghold during the war, with Hugo Salmela in command. White forces captured the town after the Battle of Tampere, seizing about 10,000 Red prisoners on 6 April 1918. Prevalent in Tampere's post-World War II municipal politics was the Brothers-in-Arms Axis (""aseveliakseli""). After World War II, 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 known for its textile and metal industries, but these have been largely replaced by information technology and telecommunications during the 1990s. The technology centre"
"Tampere University Tampere University is a university that will be established on 1 January 2019 as a merger between the University of Tampere and Tampere University of Technology. The new university is also the major shareholder of Tampere University of Applied Sciences. Tampere University comprises the following faculties: Tampere university has three campuses at Tampere. Additionally, it has operations at Lahti, Pori, and Seinäjoki university consortiums. Centre campus is the old University of Tampere main campus. Buildings Päätalo, Linna, and Virta are named after influential people from Tampere. Hervanta campus is the old main campus of Tampere university of Technology."
"Tampereen monitoimiareena Tampereen monitoimiareena or unofficially before Tampere Central Arena is an indoor arena in Tampere in Finland that is currently under construction. It is planned to replace the old Tampere Ice Stadium. It will host ice hockey games and will be the home of Ilves and Tappara of the SM-liiga. The project was approved by the Tampere City Council on May 19, 2010. The arena and the adjacent commercial/residential skyscraper development got a final approval and construction began in January 2018. The final plan calls for a deck to be built over the existing railway connections. This deck will"
"Tampere Central Station Tampere Central Station is a functionalist building in Tampere, Finland, designed by Eero Seppälä and Otto Flodin, completed in 1936. The 36-metre clock tower was later added because the Finnish railway bureau required it (its total height from ground level is about 50 metres). The city's main street Hämeenkatu begins at the railway station, continuing over the Hämeensilta bridge to its western end at the Aleksanteri church. The Itsenäisyydenkatu (originally called Puolimatkankatu) street begins at the Tammela side of the station, continuing to the Kaleva Church. Situated in a central location, the station and its railway yard"
"possibly referring to the shape of the rapids. Another suggestion links the name to the Swedish word ""Kvatemberdagar"", or more colloquially ""Tamperdagar"", meaning the Ember days of the Western Christian liturgical calendar. The Finnish word for oak, ""tammi"", also features in the speculation, although Tampere is situated outside the natural distribution range of the European oak and the town was founded by Swedes, which makes this explanation less plausible. 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, 1 October 1779, Tampere was granted"
"Kaseva, Popeda, and Eppu Normaali. In 1977, Poko Records, the first record company in Tampere, was founded. In the 2010s, there has been a lot of popular musical activity in Tampere, particularly in the fields of rock and heavy/black metal. Some of the most popular bands based in Tampere include Negative, Uniklubi, and Lovex. Tampere also has an active electronic music scene. Tampere hosts an annual World of Tango Festival (""Maailmantango""). Tampere has a lengthy tradition of theater, with established institutions such as Tampereen Työväen Teatteri, Tampereen Teatteri, and Pyynikin Kesäteatteri, which is an open-air theatre with the oldest revolving"
"arena accommodates 7,300 spectators. A new arena is being built in the city center of Tampere on a covered rail yard. The arena is supposed to open in 2021. The 2022 Ice Hockey World Championships has been granted for Finland and in the application process the plan was to play the games in Tampere and Helsinki. Host cities haven't been confirmed yet, though. Tampereen jäähalli will be converted into a venue for other indoor sports when the new arena is opened. <br> Tappara Tappara (Finnish for ""Battle axe"", ) is a Finnish ice hockey team playing in the Liiga. They"
"between the Reds and Whites. During the summer there are regular trips from Tampere's Vieras Satama (Unknown boat Harbour) by pleasure boat to the Island. There is also a dance hall and restaurant there. Pyhäjärvi (Tampere region) Pyhäjärvi is a lake in southern Finland. Although the name means in modern Finnish ""holy lake"", it probably meant originally ""border lake"". Pyhäjärvi is shaped like the letter ""C"" with the cities of Tampere and Nokia on the northern end, and town of Lempäälä at the southern end. The lake is fed by the water running through the Tammerkoski rapids in the center"
"Tampere Film Festival The Tampere Film Festival () is a short film festival held every March in the Finnish city of Tampere. It is accredited by the film producers' society FIAPF, and together with the short film festivals in Oberhausen and Clermont-Ferrand, it is among the most important European short film festivals. The first festival was held in 1969, and since 1970 it has been held in its current form, which makes it the oldest short film festival in Northern Europe. Approximately 500 short films are screened during the five days of the festival each year, and there are lots"
"Tampereen Pallo-Veikot Tampereen Pallo-Veikot or TPV is a Finnish football club, based in Tampere. The club plays in the Kakkonen, the third highest level of football in Finland. It is the second largest football club in the Pirkanmaa region in terms of active members, with 1,600 members in 2005. The club was founded in 1930 as a general sports club for workers. In the past there were also bandy, boxing and ice hockey sections, but nowadays TPV is purely a football club. In the 1960s TPV played three seasons at the highest level of Finnish ice hockey. Before the 1950s"
"with a parish hall, a presbytery, and other venues. Holy Cross Church, Tampere The Holy Cross Church () is the name given to a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located in the city of Tampere, Finland. It offers religious services as the Mass in different languages (Finnish, Polish and English) in order to meet the different nationalities that make up the congregation. The Catholic parish of Tampere was formally established on September 3, 1957. Masses were held for the first time in Hotel Tammer, later in Emmaus. The congregation got its own church on November 22,"
"Tampere University of Technology Tampere University of Technology (TUT) () is Finland's second-largest university in engineering sciences. The university is located in Hervanta, a suburb of Tampere. The university's statutory duty is to pursue research and give the highest education in its field. The research, conducted by some 1,800 staff and faculty members, mostly focuses on applied science and often has close ties to many different companies (such as Nokia). Located next to the university campus is a Technology Centre Hermia, including a large Nokia research facility. The yearly budget of the university is some 147 million euros. TUT is"
"Holy Cross Church, Tampere The Holy Cross Church () is the name given to a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located in the city of Tampere, Finland. It offers religious services as the Mass in different languages (Finnish, Polish and English) in order to meet the different nationalities that make up the congregation. The Catholic parish of Tampere was formally established on September 3, 1957. Masses were held for the first time in Hotel Tammer, later in Emmaus. The congregation got its own church on November 22, 1969, being dedicated to the Holy Cross, and blessed"
"and medical technology at the Institute of Biosciences and Medical Technology (BioMediTech). The university pursues to become a globally recognised research community in the areas of technology, health, and society research. The university has the following Finnish Centres of Excellence: and a single Nordic Centre of Excellence: Tampere University Tampere University is a university that will be established on 1 January 2019 as a merger between the University of Tampere and Tampere University of Technology. The new university is also the major shareholder of Tampere University of Applied Sciences. Tampere University comprises the following faculties: Tampere university has three campuses"
"with other wards. Tampereentie (ward) Tampereentie (Finnish; ""Tammerforsvägen"" in Swedish) is a ward (""suuralue"", ""storområde"") of Turku, Finland, also known as Ward 6. The ward is located to the north of the city centre and named after the major route that passes through the ward in the direction of Tampere. The ward has a population of 14,010 () and an annual population decrease of 0.75%. 12.88% of the ward's population are under 15 years old, while 20.27% are over 65. The ward's linguistic makeup is 93.35% Finnish, 1.88% Swedish, and 4.76% other. The ward consists of five districts. Two of"
"FC Ilves Ilves Tampere is a Finnish football club, based in Tampere. In the 2018 season they play in the Veikkausliiga, the highest level in Finland. They play most of their domestic league games at the Tammela Stadium, with European matches and some domestic games played at the Ratina Stadium. In 1974 Ilves-Kissat Tampere and TaPa Tampere merged with Ilves, and the club took Ilves-Kissat's place in the Mestaruussarja. Ilves won the Finnish league championship in 1983 and the Finnish Cup in 1979 and 1990. In the late 1990's, Ilves suffered financial trouble and its professional team was reformed into"
"FC Ilves Ilves Tampere is a Finnish football club, based in Tampere. In the 2018 season they play in the Veikkausliiga, the highest level in Finland. They play most of their domestic league games at the Tammela Stadium, with European matches and some domestic games played at the Ratina Stadium. In 1974 Ilves-Kissat Tampere and TaPa Tampere merged with Ilves, and the club took Ilves-Kissat's place in the Mestaruussarja. Ilves won the Finnish league championship in 1983 and the Finnish Cup in 1979 and 1990. In the late 1990's, Ilves suffered financial trouble and its professional team was reformed into"
"Tampereentie (ward) Tampereentie (Finnish; ""Tammerforsvägen"" in Swedish) is a ward (""suuralue"", ""storområde"") of Turku, Finland, also known as Ward 6. The ward is located to the north of the city centre and named after the major route that passes through the ward in the direction of Tampere. The ward has a population of 14,010 () and an annual population decrease of 0.75%. 12.88% of the ward's population are under 15 years old, while 20.27% are over 65. The ward's linguistic makeup is 93.35% Finnish, 1.88% Swedish, and 4.76% other. The ward consists of five districts. Two of them are divided"
"represents a woman. Eastwards from the railway station, Hämeenkatu is followed by the -long Itsenäisyydenkatu, which then diverges into Sammonkatu and Teiskontie. In the west, Hämeenkatu continues first as Pirkankatu and then as Pispalan valtatie. Hämeenkatu Hämeenkatu is the main street of Tampere, Finland. The boulevard is roughly a kilometre long, and wide (driveway and sidewalk) at its widest point. Hämeenkatu is a boulevard, which begins from the east at the Tampere railway station, continues westward to the Hämeenpuisto park, and is covered with cobble stones for its entire length. The street also contains the Hämeensilta bridge crossing the Tammerkoski"
"Tammerkoski Tammerkoski is a channel of rapids in Tampere, Finland. The city of Tampere is located between two lakes, Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. The difference in altitude between these two is and the water flows from Näsijärvi to Pyhäjärvi through the Tammerkoski rapids. The banks of the Tammerkoski are among the oldest industrial areas in Finland. There was a busy marketplace in the 17th century. Tampere was founded on the banks of the rapids, as the rushing water provided a great deal of power for the needs of industry. There are four power stations and three dams located on the Tammerkoski."
"Hakametsä arena, are both located in Tampere. Association Football is also a popular sport in Tampere. Ilves alone has over 4,000 players in its football teams, while Tampere boasts over 100 (mostly junior) football teams. Basketball is another popular sport in Tampere. The city has three basketball teams with big junior activity and one of them, Tampereen Pyrintö, plays on the highest level (Korisliiga) and was the Finnish Champion in 2010, 2011, and 2014. Tampere Saints is the American football club in the city. The Saints won division 2 in 2015 and plays in the Maple League (division 1) in"
"of seminars and other activities surrounding the festival. The festival gathers an audience of 30 000 each year. It is an important meeting place for film professionals and enthusiasts, as well as a traditional local event. Tampere Film Festival The Tampere Film Festival () is a short film festival held every March in the Finnish city of Tampere. It is accredited by the film producers' society FIAPF, and together with the short film festivals in Oberhausen and Clermont-Ferrand, it is among the most important European short film festivals. The first festival was held in 1969, and since 1970 it has"
"the city of Tampere. 50% of commuting trips within the city limits of Helsinki are made using public transport and only 28% using a private car, while 48% of the households have access to a car. The ridership is typical to a European city, but if Helsinki were in U.S., it would have the second highest ridership after New York. Partly due to lack of trams or rapid transit outside the Helsinki Region, the ridership in other cities in Finland is significantly lower. The Helsinki Metro, opened in 1982, was the first, and so far the only, rapid-transit metro system"
"at Lempäälä on 24 March and westward ones at Siuro, Nokia, and Ylöjärvi on 25 March. The Battle for Tampere was fought between 16,000 White and 14,000 Red soldiers. It was Finland's first large-scale urban battle and one of the four most decisive military engagements of the war. The fight for the area of Tampere began on 28 March, on the eve of Easter 1918, later called ""Bloody Maundy Thursday"", in the Kalevankangas cemetery. The White Army did not achieve a decisive victory in the fierce combat, suffering more than 50 percent losses in some of their units. The Whites"