Tammerkoski

Tammerkoski is a channel of rapids in , . The city of Tampere is located between two lakes, and . The difference in altitude between these two is 18 metres and the water flows from Näsijärvi to Pyhäjärvi through the Tammerkoski rapids.
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  • Type: River
  • Description: channel of rapids in Tampere, Finland
  • Address: Tampere

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hämeensilta and Koskipuisto.

Bridge
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is a bridge in , , crossing the Tammerkoski rapids. The main street of Tampere, Hämeenkatu, runs along the bridge, connecting the district to the western parts of the city center.

Park
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is a in , , , to the east of the Tammerkoski rapids. On the opposite shore of the rapids is the Kirjastonpuisto park - which is sometimes considered part of .

Church
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The is a wooden cross church opened in 1825 in , near the Central Square. The old church is mainly used by the Swedish-speaking Lutheran congregation in Tampere.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tampere and Kyttälä.

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is the third largest city in Finland with around 260,000 inhabitants, and around 410,000 in the metropolitan area. Located 170 km north of the Finnish coastal capital , it is also the most populous inland town in the .

Suburb
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is a district in , . It was born in the late 1870s as a working-class neighborhood to the eastern outskirts of the town. As Tampere soon expanded, is now a part of the city center between the Tammerkoski river and the railway.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the city of , , covering the southern part of the city center from Hämeenkatu to the market square.

Tammerkoski

Latitude
61.4983° or 61° 29′ 54″ north
Longitude
23.76373° or 23° 45′ 49″ east
Elevation
113 metres (371 feet)
Open location code
9GH5FQX7+8F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22964325
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­river
Geo­Names ID
634986
Wiki­data ID
Q222028
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Venetian—“Tammerkoski” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Tammerkoski”
  • Belarusian: “Тамеркоскі”
  • Bulgarian: “Тамеркоски”
  • Catalan: “Tammerkoski”
  • Cebuano: “Tammerkoski”
  • Chinese: “坦梅尔急流”
  • Chinese: “坦梅爾急流”
  • Czech: “Tammerkoski”
  • Danish: “Tammerfors ström”
  • Dutch: “Tammerkoski”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تامركوسكى”
  • Finnish: “Tammerkoski”
  • French: “Tammerkoski”
  • Galician: “Tammerkoski”
  • German: “Tammerkoski”
  • Hungarian: “Tammerkoski”
  • Icelandic: “Tammerfors ström”
  • Irish: “Tammerkoski”
  • Japanese: “タンメルコスキ”
  • Japanese: “タンメルコスキ川”
  • Korean: “타메르 여울”
  • Korean: “탐메르 여울”
  • Ladin: “Tammerkoski”
  • Latin: “Tammerkoski”
  • Luxembourgish: “Tammerkoski”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tammerfors ström”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tammerfors ström”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tammerkoski”
  • Persian: “تامرکسکی”
  • Romanian: “Tammerkoski”
  • Russian: “Таммеркоски”
  • Scots: “Tammerkoski”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tammerkoski”
  • Slovenian: “Tammerkoski”
  • Swedish: “Tammerfors ström”
  • Swedish: “Tammerkoski”
  • Turkish: “Tammerkoski”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Tammerkoski”
  • “Tammerkoski”
  • “Tammerkoski (Tampere)”

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