Ikuri
Ikuri is one of the westernmost districts of Tampere, Finland, near the border of Nokia.
Ikuri is one of the westernmost districts of Tampere, Finland, near the border of Nokia. The streets in the district have been named in a rural fashion, such as Maamiehentie, Heinämiehentie and Marjamiehentie. The forests in the Myllypuro nature preservation area stretching from Ikuri to Kalkku have been classified as an ecologically important Natura 2000 site. The famous Finnish rock band Popeda is from Ikuri. The name Ikuri first appeared in a tax listing in the 16th century. The Ikuri farm was farmed by Niilo Ijkuri, and by Simo Ikuri after him. In the early 17th century, the farm was unified with the Mattila farm in Hyhky. The district was named Ikuri in a zoning plan accepted in 1948. The zoning plan in Ikuri has been formed as quite sparse and uniform with the terrain. One reason for this seems to be that the worst rocky areas were not zoned for use as lots, but were left in their natural state. The district, intended mostly for residence by war veterans and immigrants from Finnish Karelia, mostly consisted of the lands of the Kaarila mansion in Epilä. Building of houses started very soon in the area, in fact so soon that before 1950, the district had 31 inhabitants even though the streets, the electricity and the sewage plumbing were still under construction. Old cart roads crossing the area were used as transport pathways, leading to the rocky forests and swampy fields of Ikuri from Lamminpää, Rahola and Villilä. As well as lots of roughly 10 acres, 31 residential farm fields of a couple of hectares each were founded in Ikuri. Bus transport to Ikuri started by request from the newly founded residential association by an extra peak-time bus from Lamminpää in 1951, at first twice per day to the Haukiluomantie-Maamiehentie crossing, and afterwards, as the road construction progressed, to the Maamiehentie-Kuokkijantie crossing. The bus route number 10 reached to the Ikurintie-Tuohikorventie crossing in summer 1953, which became the terminus of the route for years. According to Jarmo Peltola's book Onnikoita ja rollikoita, the bustraffic to Ikuri and to the neighbouring district of Kalkku was real social municipal transport, as Ikuri had a population of 1257 in the 1960s, with two buses and a distance of 13 km from the Tampere Central Square.
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Worth seeing in and around Ikuri
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Tampere University
Tampere University is a multidisclipinary public university located in the city of Tampere, Finland. It is the second largest university in the country by student enrollment.
9.9 km · public university in the city of Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia - 02Tampere Deck Arena
The Nokia Arena, also known by its non-sponsored name Tampere Deck Arena, is an indoor arena in Tampere, Finland, which hosts ice hockey games and large cultural events. It is the home arena of Ilves and Tappara of the SM-liiga.
9.7 km · sports arena in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia - 03Pyhäjärvi
Pyhäjärvi is a lake in southern Finland. Although the name means "holy lake" in modern Finnish, it probably originally meant "border lake".
4.9 km · lake in Pirkanmaa, Finland (near Tampere) · Wikipedia - 04Tampere Cathedral
Tampere Cathedral is a Lutheran church in Tampere, Finland, and the seat of the Diocese of Tampere.
9.4 km · cathedral in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia - 05Tampere Stadium
Tampere Stadium, also known as Ratina Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tampere, Finland. It has a seating capacity of 16,800 people, and a capacity of up to 32,000 people for concerts.
9.3 km · stadium in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia - 06Näsinneula tower
Näsinneula is an observation tower in Tampere, Finland, overseeing Lake Näsijärvi. It was built in 1970–1971 and was designed by Pekka Ilveskoski.
7.9 km · observation tower in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia - 07Särkänniemi
Särkänniemi is an amusement park in Tampere, Finland, located in the district by the same name. The park features an aquarium, a planetarium, Doghill Fairytale Farm, an art museum and an observation tower Näsinneula.
8 km · amusement park in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia - 08Tampere Orthodox Church
Tampere Orthodox Church is an Eastern Orthodox church in Tampere, Finland, located in the Kyttälä city district. It is dedicated to Saint Alexander Nevsky and to Saint Nicholas.
9.6 km · Eastern Orthodox church in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia - 09Tampere Theatre
The Tampere Theatre is one of the two main active theatres in Tampere, Finland, along with the Tampere Workers' Theatre. The theatre was started in 1904 and the opening ceremony was held in 1913.
9 km · theatre in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia - 10Tampere Old City Hall
The Tampere City Hall is a Neo-Renaissance building in Tampere, Finland, situated at the edge of the Tampere Central Square. The current city hall was built in 1890 and was designed by Georg Schreck.
8.9 km · building in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ikuri
- Airports
- Tampere-Pirkkala (TMP), 11 km · Turku (TKU), 132 km · Helsinki Vantaa (HEL), 152 km
- Stations
- Tampere railway station, 9.6 km · Nokia railway station, 6 km
- Turku → Ikuri138 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · €16–22
- Helsinki (Vantaa) → Ikuri151 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · €18–26
- Vaasa → Ikuri204 km · quickest by road, 4h 1m · €23–33
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ikuri
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ikuri. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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