Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately 255,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 417,000. It is the 3rd most populous municipality in Finland, and the second most populous urban area in the country after the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Clockwise from top: the cityscape (viewed from Näsinneula); Tampere City Hall; Särkänniemi (from Näsinneula); Tampere Hall; the skyline with Näsinneula; Tammerkoski from Hämeensilta Bridge; and the Cathedral.
Messukylä Old Church, built between 1510 and 1530
Tampere seen from the Messukylä side of Tammerkoski in the 1837 artwork by Pehr Adolf Kruskopf
The Renaissance Revival Raatihuone (City Hall), 1890; the Red Declaration was read from its balcony in 1905.
Tampere metropolitan area
Tampere metropolitan area or Tampere region is the metropolitan area around the city of Tampere in Finland. The joint municipal authority of the Tampere city region consists of eight municipalities: Tampere, Kangasala, Lempäälä, Nokia, Orivesi, Pirkkala, Vesilahti and Ylöjärvi. The Tampere metropolitan area forms a compact, urban-like regional growth centre where people commute from a relatively large area of the Pirkanmaa region.
Boat on the river Tammerkoski
Image: Tampereen kaupunkiseudun kartta 2017