Sammonkatu is a wide park street in the Kaleva district in

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. It starts at the intersection of Itsenäisyydenkatu (formerly known as ''Puolimatkankatu'') and Teiskontie (formerly ''Teiskonkatu''). The street is part of Kaleva's nationally significant built cultural environment. Along it is, among other things, Sampola, a public building with Sampola Library and Tammerkoski High School. The name Sammonkatu is based on the Finnish

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, the '' Kalevala'', like many other street names in the area. In the ancient poems of the ''Kalevala'', '' Sampo'' is a mythical artifact that generates wealth.

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from the center of Tampere to Hervanta runs on a grass track in the middle of Sammonkatu. Tram traffic started in 2021.

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