Keskusta ("City Centre") is a main
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
of the city of
Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...
,
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
, formed by less than 20 suburbs in the city centre. Over 63,000 people live in Keskusta.
It is located along the
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 ...
rapids and its most important services include
Tampere City Hall
The Tampere City Hall ( fi, Tampereen Raatihuone; sv, Tammerfors rådhus) is a Neo-Renaissance building in Tampere, Finland, situated at the edge of the Tampere Central Square. The current city hall was built in 1890 and was designed by Georg Sc ...
and the
Market Hall.
Districts
Finlayson,
Nalkala,
Amuri,
Kaakinmaa,
Pyynikinrinne,
Särkänniemi
Särkänniemi (; translates to "Cape of Sandbank") is an amusement park in Tampere, Finland, located in the district by the same name. The park features an aquarium, a planetarium, a children's zoo, an art museum and an observation tower Nä ...
,
Tampella
Oy Tampella Ab was a Finnish heavy industry manufacturer, a maker of paper machines, locomotives, military weaponry, as well as wood-based products such as packaging. The company was based mainly in the Naistenlahti district of the city of ...
,
Jussinkylä,
Kyttälä
Kyttälä is a district in Tampere, Finland. It was born in the late 1870s as a working-class neighborhood to the eastern outskirts of the town. As Tampere soon expanded, Kyttälä is now a part of the city center between the Tammerkoski river an ...
,
Ratina,
Osmonmäki,
Tammela,
Tulli,
Kalevanharju,
Hatanpää,
Pyynikki.
Gallery
File:Finlayson industrial building at night. - panoramio.jpg, Finlayson industrial building
File:Aamulehden talo, Hallituskatu 14, Tampere.jpg, ''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 Russ ...
'' office building in Nalkala
File:Tampere City Library interior.jpg, Tampere Central Library in Amuri
File:Pirkanmaa music institute in Tampere Nov2011 001.jpg, Pirkanmaa Music Institute in Kaakinmaa
File:Särkänniemi6.jpg, Särkänniemi
Särkänniemi (; translates to "Cape of Sandbank") is an amusement park in Tampere, Finland, located in the district by the same name. The park features an aquarium, a planetarium, a children's zoo, an art museum and an observation tower Nä ...
amusement park
File:Vapriikin etupiha ja sisäänkäynti.jpg, Vapriikki Museum Centre
The Vapriikki Museum Centre (Finnish language, Finnish: ''Museokeskus Vapriikki'') is a cluster of museums operating in the old factory premises of Tampella, in Tampere, Finland. The name ''Vapriikki'' derives from the Swedish language, Swedish ...
in Tampella
File:Tampere Catherdal - panoramio.jpg, Tampere Cathedral
Tampere Cathedral ( fi, Tampereen tuomiokirkko, sv, Tammerfors domkyrka; originally known as St. John's Church) is a Lutheran church in Tampere, Finland, and the seat of the Diocese of Tampere. The building was designed in the National Romantic s ...
in Jussinkylä
File:Tampere railway station in December.jpg, Tampere Central Station
Tampere Central Station is a functionalist building in Tampere, Finland, designed by Eero Seppälä and Otto Flodin, completed in 1936. The station is one of the most important railway stations in Finland. In 2015, the Tampere Central Station was ...
in Kyttälä
File:Ratina Stadium 4.jpg, Tampere Stadium
Tampere Stadium ( fi, Tampereen stadion), also known as Ratina Stadium ( fi, Ratinan stadion), designed by architect Timo Penttilä and completed in 1965, is a multi-purpose stadium in Tampere, Finland, with a seating capacity of 16,800 people ...
in Ratina
File:Salhojankadun Pub in Tampere Aug2009.jpg, Salhojankadun Pub, a local bar in Tammela
File:Tampere-talo 2017.jpg, Tampere Hall
sv, Tammerforshuset
, image = Tampere-talo panorama 2014.jpg
, caption = Tampere Hall in June 2014
, former_names =
, building_type =
, architectural_style = Postmodernism
, structural_system =
, ...
in Tulli
File:University of Tampere.jpg, Tampere University
Tampere University (, shortened TAU) is a Finnish university that was 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 U ...
in Kalevanharju
File:Hatanpaan kartano (926080045).jpg, Hatanpää Manor
File:Rosendahlin ranta.jpg, Rosendahl Beach in Pyynikki
See also
*
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 Tampe ...
*
Iides
Iides is one of the main districts in the city center of Tampere in Pirkanmaa, Finland. The so-called planning area of Iides includes the statistical areas of Viinikka, Nekala, Vihioja, Jokipohja and Muotiala.
The district is named after Ta ...
*
Sampo
References
External links
City of Tampere- Official Website
Keskusta (Tampere)
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