Puijo tower
| Puijo Tower | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Observation, restaurant |
| Location | Kuopio, Finland |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Completed | 1963 |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 75.0 m (246.1 ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Seppo Ruotsalainen |
The Puijo tower is a 75 metres (246 ft) high observation tower in Kuopio, Eastern Finland.[1] The tower, opened in 1963, has a revolving restaurant with 100 seats. It was the first tower with a revolving restaurant in the Nordic countries. The restaurant was an inspiration to Erkki Lindfors, the mayor of Tampere, who got the idea to build a similar one in his home town, resulting in the Näsinneula tower, which opened in 1971. The current Puijo tower has been visited by over 5.5 million tourists.
The current tower is the third overall. When it was completed in 1963 the second was dismantled (it was built in 1906 (see the Finnish- and German-language Wikipedia articles on Puijo and the Puijo tower)). The first tower was built in 1856. On the western side of the tower there are three ski jumping hills. An FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event is held yearly in Puijo along with many smaller events. The event is hosted by a local ski jumping club, Puijon Hiihtoseura. Most of the Puijo hills area is preserved as a nature park in which there are excellent hiking and skiing routes that are popular with the inhabitants of Kuopio.
Puijo (Kuopio) based skijumpers
- Janne Happonen
- Matti Hautamäki
- Jussi Hautamäki
- Risto Laakkonen
- Arttu Lappi
- Mika Laitinen (former)
- Ari-Pekka Nikkola (former)
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Gallery
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Puijo2.jpg
The first Puijo tower, built in 1853, ca. 1893
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Old Puijo tower.jpeg
The second Puijo tower, built in 1900
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Puijo 1963 adjusted.jpg
Both the second and third Puijo towers in 1963. The new tower had just been completed and the old was to be dismantled.
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View of central Kuopio from the tower, 10 May 2003
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Puijo (2008-06-11) All Hills (2).jpg
The ski jumping hills and Puijo tower, 11 June 2008
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Puijon mäki.JPG
Puijo hill and the tower pictured from Kallavesi lake, 11 June 2005
References
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Puijo Tower at StructuraeLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
