Yliopistonkatu (literally "University Street") is a north–south street in the Tulli district of

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. The street is a southern extension of Tammelan puistokatu, which starts at

Itsenäisyydenkatu Itsenäisyydenkatu (literally "Independence Street") is an east–west street in the center of Tampere, Finland. It is a significant street connection in the Keskusta, Tampere, city center of Tampere in terms of transport connections, as it ...

and extends south to Kalevantie. It is 400 meters long. To the east of the street is the Sorsapuisto park area and the

Tampere Hall The Tampere Hall (; ) is the largest congress centre in the Nordic countries, located in the southern edge of Sorsapuisto, in the centre of Tampere, Finland. It was inaugurated on September 29, 1990. Opposite of the Tampere Hall is the main bui ...

, a concert and congress center completed in 1990. Originally, the street was only the southern part of Tammelan puistokatu, but in 1984 it was named Yliopistonkatu on the initiative of the

University of Tampere The University of Tampere (UTA) (, ) was a public university in Tampere, Finland that was merged with Tampere University of Technology to create the new Tampere University on 1 January 2019. The university offered undergraduate, postgraduate an ...

, which turned 60 years old. The university campus is located at the southern end of the street across Kalevantie.

References

Streets in Tampere {{Europe-road-stub