Mostly water and forest, this region has some of the most attractive and quintessentially Finnish scenery in the country. More than 10 000 years ago, the ice sheet covering Finland created a highly complex landscape of lakes, ridges and rocky outcrop..

This grey-granite cathedral with a red roof was built from 1902 to 1907 by Lars Sonck in the national Romantic style. The medieval Gothic influence can be detected in the arrows of the towers and the pillars supporting the vault. Behind the high al..

This concrete church locally known as "the silo of souls" is a bold creation by architects Reima and Raili Pietilä , dating from 1966. The absence of columns gives an astonishing impression of elevation (30m) and avoids any obstacle obst..

This is the largest conference centre and concert hall in Finland (1990). The distinctly modern style adopted by the architects Sakari Aartelo and Esa Piiroinen is striking. It is home to the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra and the venue for confe..

This picturesque area, with its wooden houses high up on the crest of Pyynikki between two lakes, grew up at the beginning of the 20C when workers' families built their little houses on available patches of land. The summit of the crest affords an im..