Puijo tower
| Puijo Tower | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Observation, restaurant |
| Location | Kuopio, Finland |
| Coordinates | 62°54′34″N 027°39′21″E / 62.90944°N 27.65583°ECoordinates: 62°54′34″N 027°39′21″E / 62.90944°N 27.65583°E |
| Completed | 1963 |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 75.0 m (246.1 ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Seppo Ruotsalainen |
The Puijo tower is a 75 metres (246 ft) high observation tower in the Puijo hill in Kuopio, Eastern Finland. The tower, opened in 1963, has a revolving restaurant with 100 seats. It was the first tower with a revolving restaurant in the Nordic countries. The restaurant was an inspiration to Erkki Lindfors, the mayor of Tampere, who got the idea to build a similar one in his home town, resulting in the Näsinneula tower, which opened in 1971. The current Puijo tower has been visited by over 5.5 million tourists.
The current tower is the third overall. When it was completed in 1963 the second one, built in 1906, was dismantled. The first tower was built in 1856. On the western side of the tower there are three ski jumping hills.
The first Puijo tower, built in 1853, ca. 1893
The second Puijo tower, built in 1900
Both the second and third Puijo towers in 1963. The new tower had just been completed and the old was to be dismantled.
View of central Kuopio from the tower, 10 May 2003
The ski jumping hills and Puijo tower, 11 June 2008
Puijo hill and the tower pictured from Kallavesi lake, 11 June 2005
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