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Tampere Market Hall
Tampere Market Hall ( fi, Tampereen kauppahalli; sv, Tammerfors saluhall) is one of the significant market places in Tampere, Finland. It is located in the center of city, between Hämeenkatu and Hallituskatu, and it was opened in 1901. It was decided to build the market in Tampere as a result of a large and unregulated market. It is the largest market hall in the Nordic countries. The floor area of the market hall is 2,100 m2 and the volume is about 18,500 m³. The market hall has 174 sales outlets and in 2013 there were 39 companies operating in them. 40 percent of the outlets are used in cafeterias and restaurants, which especially the restaurant 4 Vuodenaikaa ("Four Seasons") is very popular with both locals and tourists. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampere Market Hall
Tampere Market Hall ( fi, Tampereen kauppahalli; sv, Tammerfors saluhall) is one of the significant market places in Tampere, Finland. It is located in the center of city, between Hämeenkatu and Hallituskatu, and it was opened in 1901. It was decided to build the market in Tampere as a result of a large and unregulated market. It is the largest market hall in the Nordic countries. The floor area of the market hall is 2,100 m2 and the volume is about 18,500 m³. The market hall has 174 sales outlets and in 2013 there were 39 companies operating in them. 40 percent of the outlets are used in cafeterias and restaurants, which especially the restaurant 4 Vuodenaikaa ("Four Seasons") is very popular with both locals and tourists. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Restaurant
A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearance and offerings, including a wide variety of cuisines and service models ranging from inexpensive fast-food restaurants and cafeterias to mid-priced family restaurants, to high-priced luxury establishments. Etymology The word derives from early 19th century from French word 'provide food for', literally 'restore to a former state' and, being the present participle of the verb, The term ''restaurant'' may have been used in 1507 as a "restorative beverage", and in correspondence in 1521 to mean 'that which restores the strength, a fortifying food or remedy'. History A public eating establishment similar to a restaurant is mentioned in a 512 BC record from Ancient Egypt. It served only one dish, a plate of cereal, wild fowl, and on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaasa Market Hall , Finland. The market hall includes seven different shops, such as the fish store Ruostsala Snickars and the café Wasa Konditori.
The building was designed by (1866–1952), the province architect of Vaasa, and is built in two parts. The first part, the so-called lower hall, was completed in 1902, and the latter part, the so-called upper hall, which was also built according to Stenfors' drawings, was completed in 1927. The access between the two was opened in 1963. The developer and owner of the market hall is Halli Oy, which was founded by Sten ...
Vaasa Market Hall ( fi, Vaasan kauppahalli; sv, Vasa saluhall) is an Gothic-style market hall in the city center of Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas), [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turku Market Hall
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; 1634–1997). The region was originally called Suomi (Finland), which later became the name for the whole country. As of 31 March 2021, the population of Turku was 194,244 making it the sixth largest city in Finland after Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa and Oulu. There were 281,108 inhabitants living in the Turku Central Locality, ranking it as the third largest urban area in Finland after the Capital Region area and Tampere Central Locality. The city is officially bilingual as percent of its population identify Swedish as a mother-tongue. It is unknown when Turku gained city rights. The Pope Gregory IX first mentioned the town ''Aboa'' in his ''Bulla'' in 1229 and the year is now used as the foundation year of Turku. Turku is the old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulu Market Hall
The Oulu Market Hall is a historic market hall in the Market Square, in the centre of Oulu, Finland. The market hall was opened in 1901. The city council of Oulu decided to build the market hall in 1889 due to the tightened food safety regulations in Finland. Specifically butchers were to be moved from the open market square to the covered market. The warehouses surrounding the Hall are former granaries converted into handicraft shops. The construction of a hotel, the Oulu Market Hotel, situated next to the Hall, has been approved in 2015. The market hall was designed by architects Karl Lindahl and Walter Thomé. It was completed in 1901. Along with two aisles there were 62 wooden shop stalls. See also * Kuopio Market Hall * Tampere Market Hall * Turku Market Hall * Vaasa Market Hall Vaasa Market Hall ( fi, Vaasan kauppahalli; sv, Vasa saluhall) is an Gothic-style market hall in the city center of Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuopio Market Hall
Kuopio Market Hall is an Art Nouveau-style market hall on Kuopio Market Square in the Multimäki district in Kuopio, Finland. The market hall has a sales point for 30 companies. It is open all year round six days a week. The building was designed by Johan Victor Strömberg and the market hall began operations in August 1902.”Kauppahalli”. Kuopion kaupungin rakennushistoria, p. 130–132 (in Finnish) The hall was expanded in 1914 with a meat inspection center designed by Arne Sirelius, which now functions as a fish market. Later, the appearance of the hall has been improved and interior renovations have been made. The demolition of the market hall was last seriously discussed in the 1960s. However, it was decided to renovate the market hall in the early 1970s. The current coloring of the building dates from this period. The Market Hall project had been planned since the 1870s.”Basaari- ja hallihanke”. Kuopion kaupungin rakennushistoria, p. 127–129 (in Finnish) The purit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Häme Provincial Government
Häme (; Swedish: ''Tavastland'', Latin: ''Tavastia'') is the name of a geographical region in Finland, associated with the Tavastians, or Häme people (''hämäläiset''), a subgroup of the Finnish people. The precise area referred to can vary depending on the context. Contemporary contexts * ''Häme'', an often vaguely defined area in Southern Finland associated with the Tavastians; the most prominent regions of contemporary ''Häme'' are: **Tavastia Proper (''Kanta-Häme'') ** Päijänne Tavastia (''Päijät-Häme'') ** Pirkanmaa, (historically, most of this area belonged to Satakunta, but today it is strongly associated with ''Häme'') ** Central Finland (historically, most of this area unambiguously belonged to Tavastia, or ''Häme'', but today the association is weaker) * Place names including the element ''Häme'' in its genitive form ''Hämeen'': ** Hämeenkatu, the main street of Tampere; streets bearing the same name can be found elsewhere in Finland as well ** Hä ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kauppalehti
''Kauppalehti'' (Finnish: "Trade Newspaper") is a commerce-oriented newspaper published in Helsinki, Finland. The paper has been in circulation since 1898. History and profile ''Kauppalehti'' was established by the Finnish Businessmen's Association in 1898. Since 1919 the paper is published five or six times per week. ''Kauppalehti'' is owned by the Business Information Group of Alma Media and is based in Helsinki. The sister papers of ''Kauppalehti'' are ''Iltalehti'' and ''Aamulehti''. Their publisher is the Kustannus Oy Kauppalehti, and ''Kauppalehti'' is published in tabloid format. In 2002 ''Kauppalehti'' began to offer a supplement, ''Saldo'', together with the magazine ''Tekniikka ja Talous''. The paper published a Saturday supplement, '' Presso'', from October 2004 to December 2007. ''Kauppalehti'' is the first Finnish newspaper which launched paywall A paywall is a method of restricting access to content, with a purchase or a paid subscription, especially news. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cafeteria
A cafeteria, sometimes called a canteen outside the U.S., is a type of food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service, whether a restaurant or within an institution such as a large office building or school; a school dining location is also referred to as a dining hall or lunchroom (in American English). Cafeterias are different from coffeehouses, although the English term came from the Spanish ''cafetería'', same meaning. Instead of table service, there are food-serving counters/stalls or booths, either in a line or allowing arbitrary walking paths. Customers take the food that they desire as they walk along, placing it on a tray. In addition, there are often stations where customers order food, particularly items such as hamburgers or tacos which must be served hot and can be immediately prepared with little waiting. Alternatively, the patron is given a number and the item is brought to their table. For some food items and drinks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Market Place
A marketplace or market place is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods. In different parts of the world, a marketplace may be described as a ''souk'' (from the Arabic), ''bazaar'' (from the Persian), a fixed '' mercado'' ( Spanish), or itinerant ''tianguis'' (Mexico), or '' palengke'' (Philippines). Some markets operate daily and are said to be ''permanent'' markets while others are held once a week or on less frequent specified days such as festival days and are said to be ''periodic markets.'' The form that a market adopts depends on its locality's population, culture, ambient and geographic conditions. The term ''market'' covers many types of trading, as market squares, market halls and food halls, and their different varieties. Thus marketplaces can be both outdoors and indoors, and in the modern world, online marketplaces. Markets have existed for as long as humans have engaged in trade. The earliest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aamulehti
(Finnish for "morning newspaper") is a Finnish-language daily newspaper published in Tampere, Finland. History and profile ''Aamulehti'' was founded in 1881 to "improve the position of the Finnish people and the Finnish language" during Russia's rule over Finland. The founders were nationalistic Finns in Tampere. During the Cold War period ''Aamulehti'' was among the Finnish newspapers which were accused by the Soviet Union of being the instrument of US propaganda, and the Soviet Embassy in Helsinki frequently protested the editors of the paper. In the 1980s, Aamulehti Corporation acquired the paper '' Uusi Suomi'', which they shut down in 1991. ''Aamulehti'' was published in broadsheet format until April 2014 when the paper switched to tabloid format. Matti Apunen was the editor-in-chief of the paper until 2010. The paper is based in Tampere and serves the Pirkanmaa region. Until 1992 the paper aligned itself with the National Coalition Party, but it no longer has an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
