Näsinneula tower
Näsinneula (; ) is an observation tower in Tampere, Finland, overseeing Lake Näsijärvi. It was built in 1970–1971 and was designed by Pekka Ilveskoski. It is the tallest free-standing structure in Finland and at present the tallest observation tower in the Nordic countries at a height of . The tower opened in 1971 and is located in the Särkänniemi amusement park. There is a revolving restaurant in the tower above the ground; one revolution takes 45 minutes. The design of Näsinneula was inspired by the Space Needle in Seattle. The idea of a revolving restaurant was taken from the Puijo Tower, w
Key facts
- Building.name
- Näsinneula
- Building.image
- Särkänniemi 20150804 cropped Näsinneula.jpg
- Building.image_size
- 200px
- Building.caption
- Näsinneula in August 2015
- Building.location
- Särkänniemi, Tampere, Finland
- Building.construction_start_date
- 1970
- Building.completion_date
- 1971
- Building.opening_date
- 28 April 1971
- Building.building_type
- Observation, communication, restaurant
- Building.floor_count
- 2
- Building.elevator_count
- 2
- Building.architect
- Pekka Ilveskoski
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Näsinneula (; ) is an observation tower in Tampere, Finland, overseeing Lake Näsijärvi. It was built in 1970–1971 and was designed by Pekka Ilveskoski. It is the tallest free-standing structure in Finland and at present the tallest observation tower in the Nordic countries at a height of . The tower opened in 1971 and is located in the Särkänniemi amusement park. There is a revolving restaurant in the tower above the ground; one revolution takes 45 minutes. The design of Näsinneula was inspired by the Space Needle in Seattle. The idea of a revolving restaurant was taken from the Puijo Tower, which is located in Kuopio, the city of North Savo.
The base of the tower is at about of elevation from lake Näsijärvi. There are two elevators, which were changed to new Kone elevators in 2020. Before the update the elevators were manufactured by Valmet-Schliren. The elevators go up to a height of , to the Pilvilinna ("Cloud Castle") café. The restaurant (called Näsinneula) is one story higher.