One of the most important objectives for both Guards was the seizure of Haapamäki, a railway junction northeast of Tampere which connected both western-eastern and southern-northern Finland.

The battle for Tampere was fought between 16, 000 White and 14, 000 Red soldiers.

The Tampere City Hall was among the last strongholds of the Red troops.

The fighting in Tampere was purely a civil war — Finn against Finn, " brother rising against brother "— as most of the Russian army had retreated to Russia in March and the German troops had yet to arrive in Finland.

The Battle of Tampere was the bloodiest action of the Civil War.

The world's first GSM call was made by the Finnish prime minister Harri Holkeri to Kaarina Suonio ( mayor in city of Tampere ) on 1 July 1991 on a network built by Telenokia and Siemens and operated by Radiolinja.

* IOI 2001 was held in Tampere, Finland, July 14 – 21, 2001

The Tampere factory was closed in the 1960s and main part of the aircraft factory became the facility at Kuorevesi.

The company also manufactured trolleybuses, between 1948 and 1960, but the total number built was only 52, comprising 23 for Helsinki and 29 for Tampere.

The Renaissance Revival Raatihuone ( Tampere City Hall | City Hall ), 1890 ; from its balcony was read the " red manifesto " in 1905.

Tampere was the centre of many important political events of Finland in the early 20th century.

On 1 November 1905, during the general strike, the famous Red Declaration was proclaimed on the Keskustori, the central square of Tampere, subsequently leading to universal suffrage in Finland and the Tsar of Russia granting larger freedoms to Finns.

Tampere was a red stronghold during the war, with Hugo Salmela in command.

During this era some of the most renowned city managers of Tampere were Erkki Napoleon Lindfors ( who was responsible for many ambitious construction projects such as the Näsinneula tower and the construction of the suburb of Hervanta, Tampere's " daughter town "), Pekka Paavola ( who gained some notoriety in corruption scandals ) and Jarmo Rantanen.

Timo P. Nieminen was elected as the first mayor of Tampere for the years 2007 – 09.

After World War II, Tampere was enlarged by joining some neighbouring areas.

Tampere was known for its textile and metal industries, but these have been largely replaced by information technology and telecommunications during the 1990s.

The first allotment garden was established 1916 in Tampere.

In 1904 he was commissioned to decorate the interior of Saint John's church in Tampere ( now Tampere cathedral ), a project which he carried out with Magnus Enckell between 1904 and 1906.

Häräntappoase was made into a six-part television series and stage productions in Turku and Kotka and summer 2010 in Pyynikin kesäteatteri in Tampere.

* The city of Tampere, Finland, is founded.

* Universomo in Tampere, Finland, founded in 2002, acquired in May 2007, closed March 2, 2010.

Tampere Airport was founded in 1936 in Härmälä ( a district in Tampere ) located some from the centre of Tampere.

pHinnMilk Recordings, a small record label publishing CD-Rs, was founded in 2001 in Tampere, Finland as the publishing outlet of pHinnWeb.

Tampere grew as a major market town and industrial centre in the 19th century.

The Technical Institute of Tampere had provided engineers for its industries since 1911, but all higher technological education in Finland took place in Helsinki University of Technology.

FC Ilves continued to play in lower divisions and Tampere United inherited its place in the second highest division.

* 1995: Tampere ( FIN ) – 1st place ( single scull )

* 2000 2nd place at the European Championships in Tampere, Finland.

The team also participated in the Continental Cup in Tampere, Finland, and finished in second place.

* 3rd place World Championships ( Tampere, Finland ), open category

Many councils also have their own bus operators, such as Tampere City Transit ( TKL ), which operates some bus lines on a commercial basis in competition with privately owned providers.

The Red Guards were partly secret groups formed in industrialized towns and industrial centres including Helsinki, Kotka, Tampere, Turku, Viipuri and the Kymenlaakso area, on the model of the domestic Red Guards built up during 1905-1906 in Finland.

Whites besiege Tampere and encircle attacking Soviet Russian and Red forces at Rautu, on Karelian Isthmus.

He launched the attack on 16 March at Längelmäki, 65 km north-east of Tampere.

Eventually, the Whites cut off the Red troops ' connection to the area south of Tampere, arriving in Lempäälä from the east, via Kangasala, on 24 March, and in Siuro ( Nokia, Finland ) and Ylöjärvi, in the west, on 25 March.

The fight for the Tampere town area began on 28 March, on the eve of Easter 1918 ( later called the " bloody Maundy Thursday "), in the Kalevankangas graveyard.

* 1929 – Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland.

The Moomin Museum in Tampere displays much of Jansson's work on the Moomins.

White forces captured Tampere, seizing about 10, 000 Red prisoners on 6 April.

From 2007 on, Tampere switched to a new model of having a mayor and four deputy mayors, chosen for a periods of two years.

There have been many debates on the origin of the name Tampere.

Pispala in Tampere, Finland is on an esker between two lakes carved by glaciers.

Queensrÿche performing at the Sauna Open Air Metal Festival on June 11th 2011 in Tampere, Finland.

Nokia, Finland () is a town and a municipality on the banks of the Nokianvirta River ( Kokemäenjoki ) in the region of Pirkanmaa, some west of Tampere.

Seven stations allow loading and unloading of cars on trains: Helsinki, Turku and Tampere in the south, Oulu further north, and Rovaniemi, Kemijärvi and Kolari in Lapland.

Jyväskylä is located on the northern coast of Lake Päijänne, north-east of Tampere and north of Helsinki.

The paper also publishes four weekly supplements: the entertainment-centered Valo (" Light "), which is published on Fridays, and Moro (" Hi " in the dialect of the Tampere region ), which explores the culture of Tampere on Thursdays.