Ylä-Pispala
Pispala is a city area 2.5 km from the centre of Tampere, Finland. It is located on the northern slope of Pispalanharju, the highest esker in Finland. Together with Pyynikki, Pispala is widely considered the most beautiful area of Tampere and tourists are often guided there for the view and the unique urban design features of the area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarter with 1,690 residents
- Description: city district in Tampere, Finland
- Also known as: “Upper Pispala” and “Ylae-Pispala”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hirvitalo and Rajaportin sauna.
Hirvitalo
Arts center
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hirvitalo is a social center in the Pispala's Tahmela district of Tampere, Finland. It houses the Center of Contemporary Art Pispala.
Rajaportin sauna
Sauna
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rajaportin sauna is Finland's oldest working public sauna. The sauna was founded in 1906 in Pispala in Tampere. Rajaportin Sauna is owned by Tampere city and run by the Pispalan saunayhdistys ry.
Särkänniemi
Theme park
Photo: Cryonic07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tampere is the third largest city in Finland with around 236,000 inhabitants, and around 376,000 in the metropolitan area. Located 170 km north of the Finnish coastal capital Helsinki, it is also the most populous inland town in the Nordic countries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pispala and Santalahti.
Pispala
Suburb
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pispala is a city area 2.5 km from the centre of Tampere, Finland. It is located on the northern slope of Pispalanharju, the highest esker in Finland. Together with Pyynikki, Pispala is widely considered the most beautiful area of Tampere and tourists are often guided there for the view and the unique urban design features of the area.
Santalahti
Suburb
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santalahti is a district in the western part of Tampere, Finland. It borders Lake Näsijärvi in the north, the Särkänniemi district in the east, Ylä-Pispala and Ala-Pispala in the south and Lielahti in the west.
Tahmela
Suburb
Photo: Tahmela, Public domain.
Tahmela is a district in Tampere, Finland. It is located between Ylä-Pispala and Pyynikki on the shores of Lake Pyhäjärvi. There is a Varala Sports College in Tahmela.
Ylä-Pispala
- Categories: district of Tampere and locality
- Location: Tampere, Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.50175° or 61° 30′ 6″ northLongitude
23.71499° or 23° 42′ 54″ eastPopulation
1,690Elevation
92 metres (302 feet)Open location code
9GH5GP27+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 1989371027OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
12898516Wikidata ID
Q26854050
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Ylä-Pispala” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Ylä-Pispala”
- French: “Ylä-Pispala”
- German: “Ylä-Pispala”
- Russian: “Верхняя Писпала”
- Swedish: “Ylä-Pispala”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lauri Viidan syntymäkoti and Pispalanharju.
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