Yliopistonkatu (Tampere)

This article is about the street in Tampere, Finland. For a street in Turku, Finland, see Yliopistonkatu (Turku).
The Tampere Hall seen from the Yliopistonkatu street
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Yliopistonkatu (literally "University Street") is a north–south street in the Tulli district of Tampere, Finland. The street is a southern extension of Tammelan puistokatu, which starts at Itsenäisyydenkatu and extends south to Kalevantie. It is 400 meters long.[1] To the east of the street is the Sorsapuisto park area[2][3] and the Tampere Hall, a concert and congress center completed in 1990.[4]

Originally, the street was only the southern part of Tammelan puistokatu, but in 1984 it was named Yliopistonkatu on the initiative of the University of Tampere, which turned 60 years old.[5] The university campus is located at the southern end of the street across Kalevantie.

  1. ^ maps.google.fi Google maps
  2. ^ Sorsapuisto – Tampere.fi (in Finnish)
  3. ^ Sorsapuisto – Visit Tampere (in Finnish)
  4. ^ Saapuminen – Tampere-talo (in Finnish)
  5. ^ Maija Louhivaara (1999). Tampereen kadunnimet (in Finnish). Tampere: Tampereen museot. p. 91. ISBN 951-609-105-9.