Hotel Tammer
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Hotel Tammer is situated near Tammerkoski
rapids in central Tampere
, Finland
. Tammer was built in 1929 and it belongs to S Groups Sokos Hotels chain. Other Sokos Hotels in Tampere are Ilves
and Villa.
Built in neo-classical
style and designed by town architect Bertel Strömmer, it was ready to open just in time for the 150th birthday of Tampere in fall 1929. A tragic event, sinking of steamer SS Kuru in lake Näsijärvi
, cancelled all festivities. The depression years in the beginning of 1930s drove Hotel Tammer into financial trouble. At the end of the 1930s a better economic situation saved the hotel.
During its history Hotel Tammer has hosted many famous guests including the Finnish marshal C.G.E. Mannerheim and the Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin
. Also Nobel laureate in literature Frans Emil Sillanpää was a frequent guest.
The hotel has also been portrayed in books and films. Some of the events in Arto Paasilinna
s novel Elämä lyhyt, Rytkönen pitkä
were set in the hotel. Also scenes for a film adaptation of the novel were filmed in Hotel Tammer.
Tammerkoski
Tammerkoski is a channel of rapids in Tampere, Finland. The city of Tampere is located between two lakes, Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. The difference in altitude between these two is 18 metres and the water flows from Näsijärvi to Pyhäjärvi through the Tammerkoski rapids.The banks of the Tammerkoski...
rapids in central Tampere
Tampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. Tammer was built in 1929 and it belongs to S Groups Sokos Hotels chain. Other Sokos Hotels in Tampere are Ilves
Hotel Ilves
Hotel Ilves is a 18-storey hotel in the centre of Tampere, Finland. It was designed by architect Maunu Kitunen and was completed in 1986. The hotel has a total of 336 guest rooms and five restaurants. At 63 metres tall, the hotel is one of the tallest buildings in Finland outside Helsinki...
and Villa.
History
Hotel Tammer is one of Finland's oldest operating hotels. The building is listed as a part of Tammerkoski national heritage area by Finnish National Board of Antiquities.Built in neo-classical
Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing...
style and designed by town architect Bertel Strömmer, it was ready to open just in time for the 150th birthday of Tampere in fall 1929. A tragic event, sinking of steamer SS Kuru in lake Näsijärvi
Näsijärvi
Näsijärvi is a lake above sea level, in Pirkanmaa region, Finland. Näsijärvi is the biggest lake in the Tampere region at in size. The city of Tampere was built around the rapids of Tammerkoski, through which the lake drains into Pyhäjärvi. The water quality of the lake has improved as forest...
, cancelled all festivities. The depression years in the beginning of 1930s drove Hotel Tammer into financial trouble. At the end of the 1930s a better economic situation saved the hotel.
During its history Hotel Tammer has hosted many famous guests including the Finnish marshal C.G.E. Mannerheim and the Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961....
. Also Nobel laureate in literature Frans Emil Sillanpää was a frequent guest.
The hotel has also been portrayed in books and films. Some of the events in Arto Paasilinna
Arto Paasilinna
Arto Tapio Paasilinna is a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of the most successful novelists of Finland, he has won a broad readership outside of Finland in a way few other Finnish authors have before...
s novel Elämä lyhyt, Rytkönen pitkä
Elämä lyhyt, Rytkönen pitkä
Elämä lyhyt, Rytkönen pitkä is a 1991 Finnish novel by Arto Paasilinna, While farcical from the title's twist on the original saying onwards, it has a somewhat elegiac mood, an undercurrent of tragedy leavened by humor throughout. A film adaptation of the novel by Ere Kokkonen was released in 1996...
were set in the hotel. Also scenes for a film adaptation of the novel were filmed in Hotel Tammer.