Aleksis Kiven katu is a north–south street in the center of Tampere, Finland, in the districts of Tammerkoski and

Nalkala Nalkala is a neighbourhood in the city of Tampere, Finland, covering the southern part of the city center from Hämeenkatu to the Laukontori market square. The district is bordered by the lower reaches of Tammerkoski, the Ratina estuary, Lake ...

. The street runs along the western edge of Tampere Central Square, and its southern end extends to

Laukontori Laukontori (or the Laukko Square, also known as ''Alaranta'') is a market square in the southern part of the city center of Tampere, Finland, on the shores of Lake Pyhäjärvi. It is located just a few hundred meters from Tampere Central Square. ...

. At the north end of the street is

Satakunnankatu Satakunnankatu is an east–west, busy street in the center of Tampere, Finland, which is one of the city's main streets. It starts from the vicinity of Tampere Cathedral on the east side of Tammerkoski, where it separates the Jussinkylä an ...

. Other cross streets are Puutarhakatu, Kauppakatu,

Hämeenkatu Hämeenkatu is the main street of Tampere, Finland, located in the city center. 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 ...

and Hallituskatu. Aleksis Kiven katu, which is named after

Aleksis Kivi Aleksis Kivi (; born Alexis Stenvall; 10 October 1834 – 31 December 1872) was a Finnish author who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, ''Seitsemän veljestä'' ("Seven Brothers") in 1870. He is also known for his 1864 p ...

, the Finnish national author, is one of the most important streets in Tampere, both in terms of location and status. Along it are, among other things, the city's most important administrative buildings, the Tampere City Central Office and the Tampere City Hall. On the pedestrian section of Aleksis Kiven katu is Radoslaw Gryta's 19-piece work of art Kivikirjasto (2002), which consists mainly of poetic and prose texts carved into granite tiles. They are quotes from works by writers who have lived and worked in Tampere, of which Yrjö Jylhä,

Viljo Kajava Viljo Lennart Kajava (22 September 1909 – 2 February 1998) was a Finnish poet and writer. He was born in Tampere, and his first collections of poems were released in 1935. During his 50-year career he published nearly 40 books, most of them poe ...

, Väinö Linna, Eeva-Liisa Manner, Erno Paasilinna,

Kalle Päätalo Kaarlo (Kalle) Alvar Päätalo (11 November 1919 – 20 November 2000) was a Finnish novelist, the most popular Finnish writer in the 20th century. His ''Iijoki'' series, comprising 26 novels, is one of the longest autobiographical works ever ...

F. E. Sillanpää F is the sixth letter of the Latin alphabet. F may also refer to: Science and technology Mathematics * F or f, the number 15 in hexadecimal and higher positional systems * ''p'F'q'', the hypergeometric function * F-distribution, a con ...

and

Lauri Viita Lauri Arvi Viita (17 December 1916 – 22 December 1965) was a poet hailing from the Pispala district of Tampere, Finland. Viita was a verbally talented son of a carpenter who became a self-taught writer. He only published four poetry collectio ...

are represented.

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