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Tampere Day (Finnish: Tampereen päivä; Swedish: Tammerforsdagen) is an annual celebration in Finland, held on October 1, to celebrate the city of Tampere; on that date, Tampere was granted full city rights in 1779. [1] Tampere Day has been celebrated since 1955, when the decision to celebrate Tampere Day was made by the city government in 1954.
In the 2010s, there has been a lot of popular musical activity in Tampere, particularly in the fields of rock and heavy/black metal; one of the most important metal music events in Tampere is the Sauna Open Air Metal Festival. [160] Some of the most popular bands based in Tampere include Negative, Uniklubi, and Lovex. Tampere also has an active ...
The Tampere Theatre Festival, or Tampereen Teatterikesä, takes place in Tampere, Finland, at the beginning of August and is the oldest annual theatre festival in the Nordic countries. [ 1 ] The festival was founded in 1968 and the first festival was held in 1969 with support from Tampereen Teatterikerho ( Tampere Theatre Club ).
Tampere metropolitan area or Tampere region (Finnish: Tampereen seutu, Swedish: Tammerfors region) is the metropolitan area around the city of Tampere in Finland.The joint municipal authority of the Tampere city region (Finnish: Tampereen kaupunkiseutu, Swedish: Tammerfors stadsregion) consists of eight municipalities: Tampere, Kangasala, Lempäälä, Nokia, Orivesi, Pirkkala, Vesilahti and ...
Pyynikki Summer Theatre (Finnish: Pyynikin kesäteatteri) or Pyynikki Open Air Theatre is a theatre operating in Tampere, Finland, known especially for its revolving auditorium. [1] It is one of the largest summer theatres in Finland and has been running uninterrupted longer than any other open-air theatre in the country.
The event with the largest number of visitors to Tampere Hall is Tracon, the annual role-playing and anime cosplay event. [4] The Tampere Opera and the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra are also based there. [5] The managing director of the Tampere Hall is Paulina Ahokas. [6] Kalervo Kummola served as the managing director from 2004 to 2011. [7]
Hirvitalo is run by Pispala's Cultural Association, which was founded in 2006. Its main aim is to invigorate the cultural life in Tampere and Pispala by offering free space for contemporary artists, and for the local people to organize happenings.
Särkänniemi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsærkæˌnːie̯mi]; 'Cape of Sandbank') is an amusement park in Tampere, Finland, located in the district by the same name. The park features an aquarium , a planetarium , Doghill Fairytale Farm , an art museum and an observation tower Näsinneula (Näsi Needle).