Finlayson
Scotsman John Finlayson started a spinning mill on the western bank of the Tammerkoski in 1820. The first surviving factory building in the Finlayson area dates from 1837 ("Kuusvooninkinen"). Most of the buildings date from the second half of the 19th century. The first light bulb of the Finnish, Nordic and Russian empires was lit in Plevna on 15 March 1882. Plevna was also once the largest weaving mill in the Nordic countries. The area was in industrial use until the early 1990s. Today it is home to cultural facilities (museums, cinema), commercial premises and restaurants, among others.
The log Barker House, dating from 1837, is the oldest residential building in Tampere. Next to it is the Old Post House from 1867.
Tampella
Tampella, Naistenlahti and Armonkallio form the district of Tampella. The Tampereen Pellava- ja Rauta-Teollisuus Osakeyhtiö was founded in 1844 and the first linen mill and weaving mill were erected on the banks of the Tammerkoski in 1856. The present buildings date from the late 19th century. They remained in industrial use until the early 1990s. Today they are home to the Vapriikki Museum Centre and the Pirkanmaa District Court. Herrainmäki, also located on the site, was until 1991 a residential area for the Tampella managers, closed to the public.
Frenckell
Johan Christopher Frenckell founded Finland's first continuous paper mill on the shores of Tammerkoski in 1842. However, the first paper mill was already there in 1783. The present buildings date mainly from 1903-05. The octagonal boiler room chimney was built in 1875-76. The mill was moved to Pori in 1928 and the buildings are now used for office and cultural purposes.
Tammerkoski
Tammerkoski is one of Finland's national landscapes and its surroundings one of Finland's first industrial centres. The first record of grain mills in the rapids dates back to 1466, when Takahuhti, Messukylä and Tammerkoski fought over the shares of the mills. It is likely that there were mills on the rapids long before that. At the beginning of the 17th century, there was an important market on the banks of the rapids and in 1638 Per Brahe ordered two markets a year. Initially, Tampere covered the western bank of the rapids and only in 1876 was it extended to the eastern bank, which was previously the side of the Turku and Pori provinces. Tampere and its surroundings were transferred to the Häme Province in 1870. There was also a manor house in the area of Tammerkoski. The first Hämeensilta over the rapids was built of wood in 1807, the present one dates from 1929. The 'Kuusvooninkinen' was erected on the Finlayson site in 1837.
Nalkala
Houses called Nalka are mentioned in 1540.
Kaakinmaa
Kaakinmaa was the site of the town's pillory until the second half of the 19th century.
Amuri
The first plots were formed in Amuri in 1869. The name comes from the fact that the area was considered by contemporaries to be as far from the centre as Amuri in Siperia. Finnish immigrants had just moved there at that time, so the area was in the news. Amuri's distinctive wooden houses were demolished in the 1960s to make way for new apartment blocks, leaving only one whole block, now a museum.
Pyynikki
Mentioned in documents in the 1540s. Pyynikki House became part of Tammerkoski Manor in the 1650s. The area was initially a communal pasture, from the 19th century onwards a place of observation and gathering. A gazebo was built in 1840, restaurants in 1864 and -66.
Pyynikinrinne
The area was mostly built in the 1920s and 1930s and is mainly a protected, coherent stock of wooden buildings. Pyynikki also has the largest bishop's house in Finland. Lars Sonck's zoning plan, Bertel Strömmer designed much of it. The westernmost part of Tampere before 1937.
Tammela
Owned by the city in 1876, before that the area was the farmstead of Hatanpää Manor. Planned and zoned as a working-class residential area. Until the 1960s, Tammela was one of Tampere's most important industrial centres, with shoe factories such as Aaltonen and Attila. Since then, many of the old wooden blocks of flats in the area have been demolished and replaced by apartment blocks.
Lappi (Lapinniemi)
The district also includes Käpylä since 1915 and Naistenlahti was annexed to Tampere in 1888. The name comes from the fact that women who travelled by boat from Teisko to Messukylä to go to church used to land there.
Kyttälä
The Skyttälä farmstead was located on the site of the Bank of Finland house. In the 17th century the area passed to the Tammerkoski manor and in 1790 to the Hatanpää manor. It is divided into North and South Kyttälä. The eastern side of the Tammerkoski was still Messukylä in the 1850s. In 1877 it was transferred to the town and in 1892 the farmers in the area were evicted to make way for new settlements in Armonkallio. Ronganoja was located where Rongankatu is today, while Sorinahde was the farmstead that gave the clearing its name. Kyttälä was badly destroyed in the battles of 1918.
Armonkallio
The former farmers of Kyttälä were given plots here for the first five years as tenants, the so-called 'years of grace'. The first block of flats was built in 1938, before that it was a poorhouse area.
Railway station
The railway and railway station were opened in Tampere in 1876. At first it was also the terminus of the line. The arrival of the railway had a major impact on the industrialisation of Tampere and the city's population increased eightfold between 1870 and 1935. The current functionalist station building dates from 1936 and is protected.
