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The Tampere Police Station (or the Tampere Central Police Station; , ) is a
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located in the
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district in
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,
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, and also the administrative center of the . The police station is also used by the
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(SUPO). There are about 400
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s working there and about 50 others. The police station consists of two buildings located near the Tampere Bus Station along the Hatanpää Highway and Sorinkatu streets; due to this, in Tampere colloquially, the police station and its surroundings are also known as ''Sori'' by locals. The station is owned by
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History

The oldest, three-storey building of the police building was designed by architect and was completed on the Hatanpää Highway in 1963. The five-storey part on Sorinkatu dates from 1993 and was designed by architect . The old and new sides of the police station are connected by gateways that run under and over Sorinkatu. In 1919–1963, before the completion of the current premises, the Tampere Police Station operated in the building of the former (''Kaupunginhotelli'') on the Kauppakatu street.


See also

* List of police departments in Finland *
Tampere Central Fire Station The Tampere Central Fire Station () is a fire station located at Satakunnankatu 16 in the Jussinkylä, Tampere, Finland, on the eastern shore of Tammerkoski. The Art Nouveau-style fire station building, completed in 1908, was designed by architect ...
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Tampere University Hospital Tampere University Hospital (, ) is a teaching hospital of Tampere University along Teiskontie at the Kauppi (district), Kauppi district in Tampere, Finland. It serves as one of the main hospitals in the country and operates in the facilities of C ...


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External links

* Tampere Main Police Station at the official site of the
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