Shots Of Tampere From An Observation Tower

These wee taken last Saturday.

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This is Näsinneula, the 168 m tall observation tower you saw in the post I made the day before yesterday. On the second floor there is a rotating restaurant. It's one of the best in the city.

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West. The esker on the left is Pispalanharju. The lake on the right is Näsijärvi.

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Southwest

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East. Särkänniemi amusement park.

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Southeast. The smoke coming from a chimney downtown comes from a cardboard mill. It's one of the few still in a city center anywhere in the world.

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Northwest. Lentäväniemi cape.

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In the center you can see beginning of Tammerkoski rapid. It's reason why Tampere became an industrial city in the first place. There is a 2.5 km long tunnel that the highway now runs through. The construction of the residential area in the upper center at the end of the bridge began a few years ago.

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Särkänniemi looks down right garish against all the grey this time of the year.

Maybe. I considered the colors a welcome counterpoint to the grayness.