Kangasala is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the east of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Kangasala is approximately 33,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 417,000. It is the 35th most populous municipality in Finland.
Kangasala-talo, cultural building in Kangasala
Lake Roine seen from Vehoniemi ridge
Landscape from Kangasala by Eero Järnefelt in 1891
Haralanharju Observation Tower
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.
