Posteljooninpuisto ( Finnish for "Postman's Park") is a

French formal garden The French formal garden, also called the , is a style of "Landscape architecture, landscape" garden based on symmetry and the principle of imposing order on nature. Its epitome is generally considered to be the Gardens of Versailles designed ...

style park built in the 1930s in central

Tampere Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

, at the corner of Rautatienkatu and Itsenäisyydenkatu. At the corner of the park is the former head post office of Tampere. The park is also internally connected to the

Tampere railway station Tampere Central Station is a Functionalism (architecture), functionalist building in Tampere, Finland, designed by Eero Seppälä and Otto Flodin, completed in 1936. The station is one of the most important railway stations in Finland. In 2015, t ...

located next to it, which the

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has classified as a significant cultural environment. The park is owned by the city of Tampere.XI-kaupunginosa (Kyttälä), kortteli nro 174 sekä katualuetta, Rautatienkatu 21 (ent. pääposti), rakennusoikeuden lisääminen, kartta nro 8168
(PDF), City of Tampere, 2008. Accessed on 14 September 2020.Elämän virta / Olavi Virran muistomerkki
''Tampereen patsaat''. Art museum of Tampere. Accessed on 14 September 2020. The majority of the trees at Posteljooninpuisto are deciduous. Trees planted there include common lindens. All of the lawn areas, structures of walking paths and lights were renovated from 2017 to 2018. At the same time, a pool was built underneath the park, in order to prevent

urban runoff Urban runoff is surface runoff of rainwater, landscape irrigation, and car washing created by urbanization. Impervious surfaces (roads, parking lots and sidewalks) are constructed during land development. During rain, storms, and other Precipitati ...

water from draining to the tunnel underneath the railway.Posteljooninpuisto valmistunut – raitiotien rakentaminen etenee
City of Tampere 14 August 2018. Accessed on 14 September 2020. The steel sculpture ''Elämän virta'' ("Flow of life") designed by Aimo Taleva is located at the park. It is a memorial to the schlager and tango singer

Olavi Virta Olavi Virta (originally until 1926 Oskari Olavi Ilmén; 27 February 1915 – 14 July 1972) was a Finnish singer, acclaimed during his time as the "King" of Finnish tango. Between 1939 and 1966 he recorded almost 600 songs, many of which are ...

, who lived his final years in Tampere.

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