![Ratinanniemi](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Ratinanniemi.jpg)
Ratina is a
district
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in the center 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
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, on the east side of
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 t ...
. The
Ratina 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, ...
,
Tampere Bus Station
The Tampere Bus Station ( fi, Tampereen linja-autoasema) is a bus station in the city center of Tampere, Finland, located in the Ratina district along the Hatanpää Highway. It takes about 20 minutes by bus to Tampere Airport from the bus statio ...
and Tampere's largest
shopping mall
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, the
Ratina shopping centre, are located in the district, among others. To the north of Ratina is also the
Koskikeskus
Koskikeskus (literally ''Rapids Center'' in Finnish) is a neighbourhood in the Tuira area in the city of Oulu, Finland. The neighbourhood is located in the estuary of the river Oulujoki. The Tuira Bridges in Koskikeskus connect the city centre an ...
shopping centre. The district consists of a
peninsula
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called Ratinanniemi, which is surrounded on three sides by Ratinansuvanto and Viinikanlahti. Between Ratinanniemi and the
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. ...
square is a
pedestrian
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bridge called Laukonsilta, which significantly shortens travel time to the
city center
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. The Tampere highway has good connections to the
Helsinki-Tampere motorway and along it to the
Tampere Ring Road
The Tampere Ring Road (Finnish language, Finnish: ''Tampereen kehätie'') or former Finnish National Road 60 (Finnish: ''Kantatie 60'') is a ring road in Tampere sub-region, Finland. It leads (from west to east) from Ylöjärvi to Tampere, passing ...
, and via the Ratinansilta bridge and the
Hämeenpuisto
Hämeenpuisto is a street and public park in Tampere, Finland that is over in length. Its length and central location has earned the park the name "Central Park of Tampere". The park was designed by Carl Ludvig Engel in 1830. Originally the nam ...
park to
Highway 12
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For a list of roads named A12, see A12 roads.
International
* Asian Highway 12
* European route E12
* European route E012
Argentina
* National Route 12
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* Western Sydney Airport Motorway ( ...
. Ratinanranta is the southern part of the Tampere highway from Ratina, which used to be a
recreation ground
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and
factory
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area. Its new construction into a dense
apartment building
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area of 1,000 inhabitants began in 2008, and the latest residential buildings east of the Voimakatu street are expected to be completed in 2013.
![Ratinanranta Tampere 1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Ratinanranta_Tampere_1.jpg)
The name ratina probably dates back to the road meaning ''rata''. Ratinanniemi, which lies between the Ratina Reservoir and
Lake Pyhäjärvi's Viinikanlahti, remained uninhabited for a long time, until a few residential buildings began to rise there in the late 19th century. In 1874 a
glass factory
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was built on the peninsula and a dozen years later two machine shops, but all these companies remained short-lived. Later, a
brick factory
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and the city's electric
power station
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operated in the area. The first
town plan
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for the Ratinanniemi district was completed in 1886, according to which a total of 57 residential estates were reserved in the area, the smallest of which were for
villa buildings. The plan for the eastern part of the Ratina district, with an area reserved for a new
bus station
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, was confirmed in 1935.
[Maija Louhivaara: ''Tampereen kadunnimet'', p. 81. Tampereen museoiden julkaisuja 51, 1999, Tampere. (in Finnish)]
See also
*
Hatanpää
Hatanpää () is a district in Tampere, Finland, located in the southern part of the city center on the shores of Lake Pyhäjärvi. Hatanpää is actually a peninsula that protrudes towards the lake, leaving the waters of Viinikanlahti Bay to th ...
*
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 ...
References
External links
Kaupunginosa XIII - Ratinaat Koskesta Voimaa (in Finnish)
Ratinaat Virtual Tampere (in Finnish)
Keskusta (Tampere)
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