TAMPERE & Pirkanmaa
WHERE ARE WE?
TAMPERE ESSENTIALS black sausage - mustamakkara ice-hockey Näsinneula Tammerkoski Information Technology
ICE HOCKEY birthplace of Finnish ice-hockey two teams divide the population
MUSTAMAKKARA national food of Tampere blood sausage looks suspicious but tastes great!! with milk and lingonberry jam
NÄSINNEULA famous landmark of Tampere tallest tower in Scandinavia also marks the place of the amusement park Särkänniemi
TAMMERKOSKI-RAPID runs through the centre of Tampere Tampere was built around Tammerkoski water power supplier good for fishing too!
TAMMERKOSKI-RAPID © The City of Tampere
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Small town of Nokia neighbours Tampere Tampere is Nokia’s major R&D centre Internet and GSM are widely used eLearning
PIRKANMAA PROVINCE Total of 33 towns and villages (including Tampere) Area of 14300 km2 Population 440 000