Tampere, Pirkanmaa Region, Finland

Economy

🇫🇮 Tampere is a city in Pirkanmaa in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries and has a metropolitan area, also known as the Tampere sub-region and the second most populous Finnish city. Tampere is one of the major urban, economic, and cultural hubs in the whole inland region.

Tampere and its environs belong to the historical province of Satakunta. The area belonged to the Tavastia Province from 1831 to 1997, and over time it has often been considered to belong to Tavastia as a province. For example, in Uusi tietosanakirja published in the 1960s, the Tampere region is presented as part of the then Tavastia Province. Around the 1950s, Tampere and its surroundings began to establish itself as their own province of Pirkanmaa. Tampere became the centre of Pirkanmaa, and in the early days of the province, Tammermaa was also used several times in its early days - for example, in the Suomi-käsikirja published in 1968. Tampere is wedged between two lakes, Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. Since the two lakes differ in level by 18 m (59 ft), the rapids linking them, Tammerkoski, have been an important power source throughout history, most recently for generating electricity. Tampere is dubbed the "Manchester of the North" for its industrial past as the former centre of Finnish industry, and this has given rise to its Finnish nickname "Manse" and terms such as "Manserock". Also, Tampere has been officially declared the "Sauna Capital of the World", because it has the most public saunas in the world.

Helsinki is approximately 160 km (100 mi) south of Tampere, and can be reached in 1 hour 31 minutes by Pendolino high-speed rail service and 2 hours by car. The distance to Turku is roughly the same. Tampere–Pirkkala Airport is Finland's eighth-busiest airport, with over 230,000 passengers in 2017. Tampere also serves as an important transit route for three Finnish highways: Highway 3 (E12), Highway 9 (E63) and Highway 12.

Tampere has often been rated as the most popular city in Finland. The positive development of Tampere and the Tampere metropolitan area has continued throughout the 21st century, which is largely due to Tampere being one of the most migratory and attractive cities in Finland.

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Economy The Tampere region, Pirkanmaa, which includes outlying municipalities, has around 509,000 residents, 244,000 employed people, and a turnover of 28 billion euros as of 2014. According to the Tampere International Business Office, the area is strong in mechanical engineering and automation, information and communication technologies, and health and biotechnology, as well as pulp and paper industry education. Unemployment rate was 15.7% in August 2020. 70% of the areas jobs are in the service sector. Less than 20% are in the manufacturing sector. 34.5% of employed people live outside the Tampere municipality and commute to Tampere for work. Meanwhile, 15.6% of Tampere's residents work outside Tampere. In 2014 the largest employers were Kesko, Pirkanmaan Osuuskauppa, Alma Media and Posti Group.

According to a study carried out by the Synergos Research and Training Center of the University of Tampere, the total impact of tourism in the Tampere region in 2012 was more than 909 million euros. Tourism also brought 4,805 person-years to the region. The biggest single attraction in Tampere is the Särkänniemi amusement park, which had about 630,000 visitors in 2016. In addition, in 2015, 1,021,151 overnight stays were made in Tampere hotels. The number exceeded the previous record year with more than 20,000 overnight stays. All that makes Tampere the second most popular city in Finland after Helsinki in terms of hotel stays. Leisure tourism accounted for 55,4% of overnight stays and occupational tourism for 43,2%. The occupancy rate of all accommodation establishments with more than 20 rooms was 57,0%, while that of accommodation establishments in the whole country was 48,3%.

Tampere's economic profit in 2015 was the worst of big Finnish cities. In 2016 the loss of the fiscal year was 18,8 million euros. In the city's economy, the largest revenues come from taxes and government contributions. In 2015, the city received 761 million euros in municipal tax revenue. In addition, 61,4 million euros came from corporate taxes and 64 million euros from property taxes. Tax revenues have not increased as expected in the 2010s, although the city's population has increased. This has been affected by high unemployment.

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Tampere, Pirkanmaa Region, Finland 
<b>Tampere, Pirkanmaa Region, Finland</b>
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Tampere was ranked #579 by the Nomad List which evaluates and ranks remote work hubs by cost, internet, fun and safety. Tampere has a population of over 317,316 people. Tampere also forms the centre of the wider Pirkanmaa Region which has a population of over 517,666 people. Tampere is the #26 hipster city in the world, with a hipster score of 5.9472 according to the Hipster Index which evaluates and ranks the major cities of the world according to the number of vegan eateries, coffee shops, tattoo studios, vintage boutiques, and record stores. Tampere is ranked #326 for startups with a score of 0.79.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Tampere has links with:

🇷🇴 Brașov, Romania 🇩🇪 Chemnitz, Germany 🇩🇪 Essen, Germany 🇨🇳 Guangzhou, China 🇱🇹 Kaunas, Lithuania 🇫🇴 Klaksvík, Faroe Islands 🇮🇸 Kópavogur, Iceland 🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine 🇳🇮 León, Nicaragua 🇦🇹 Linz, Austria 🇭🇺 Miskolc, Hungary 🇹🇿 Mwanza, Tanzania 🇨🇳 Nansha District, China 🇷🇺 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia 🇸🇪 Norrköping, Sweden 🇩🇰 Odense, Denmark 🇨🇿 Olomouc, Czech Republic 🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, Russia 🇺🇸 Syracuse, USA 🇪🇪 Tartu, Estonia 🇳🇴 Trondheim, Norway 🇵🇱 Łódź, Poland
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Antipodal to Tampere is: -156.243,-61.498

Locations Near: Tampere 23.7572,61.4975

🇫🇮 Hämeenlinna 24.459,60.997 d: 67.2  

🇫🇮 Salò 23.125,60.388 d: 128  

🇫🇮 Lohja 24.067,60.25 d: 139.7  

🇫🇮 Seinäjoki 22.841,62.789 d: 151.3  

🇫🇮 Espoo 24.813,60.168 d: 158.6  

🇫🇮 Vantaa 25.033,60.283 d: 151.6  

🇫🇮 Satakunta 22,61.333 d: 95.3  

🇫🇮 Helsinki 24.933,60.167 d: 161.1  

🇫🇮 Turku 22.252,60.453 d: 141.7  

🇫🇮 Pori 21.795,61.486 d: 104.1  

Antipodal to: Tampere -156.243,-61.498

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15098.7  

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15294.2  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 14638.7  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 14570.9  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 10982.9  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 10872.9  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 10856.4  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 10853.8  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 10853.6  

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