Tampere Workers' Hall (also known as the Puistotorni, ''The Park Tower'') is a conference and congress centre in Kaakinmaa,

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, located in the corner between

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and Hallituskatu. It was built in 1900 by the Tampere Workers' Society as a

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for the local working-class. The building has been expanded twice, in 1912 after the design of the architect Heikki Kaartinen and in 1930 by the architect Bertel Strömmer. Today the Workers' Hall include conference rooms, a restaurant as well as premises of the

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, University of Tampere and the

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. The 1901 established

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was housed in the Workers' Hall until 1985 when the new theatre building was raised to the next plot. In December 1905 Tampere Workers' Hall hosted the exile conference of the

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. It was an unofficial meeting held between the

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and 4th Party Congresses in

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and

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. Tampere Conference was the first time when

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and

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met in person.

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* {{Tampere Cityscape Buildings and structures in Tampere Tourist attractions in Tampere Art Nouveau architecture in Finland