Särkänniemi
 
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| Slogan | "Särkänniemeen, Särkänniemeen" |
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| Location | Tampere, Finland |
| Coordinates | 61°30′19″N 023°44′38″E / 61.50528°N 23.74389°ECoordinates: 61°30′19″N 023°44′38″E / 61.50528°N 23.74389°E |
| Owner | City of Tampere |
| Opened | 1975 |
| Previous names | Neulan huvipuisto (different park at the same location 1973-74) |
| Operating season | April to September (rides area) / throughout the year |
| Area | 50.000 m² (rides area) |
| Rides | |
| Total | 34 |
| Roller coasters | 6 |
| Water rides | 2 |
| Website | www |
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| Major exhibits | aquarium, children's zoo |
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| Website | http://www.sarkanniemi.fi |
Särkänniemi is an amusement park in Tampere, Finland. The park features an aquarium, a planetarium, a children's zoo, an art museum, an observation tower Näsinneula (Näsi Needle). Särkänniemi is the most popular amusement park in Finland with Linnanmäki in Helsinki. Särkänniemi has five, 6th under construction rollercoasters: inverted coaster Tornado, flying coaster Trombi, MotoGee, Half Pipe and Hype, a launched steel coaster Sky Rocket II opening in spring 2017, and family coaster Vauhtimato ("Whirly Worm"). Särkänniemi is owned by the city of Tampere and attracts about 1.100.000 visitors per annum. Särkänniemi is the biggest rival for Linnanmäki as the lead amusement park in Finland. Both are about the same size. The park gave up the dolphinarium in 2016 and the dolphins were safely transported to Attica Zoological Park in Greece. The kiddie flume "Taikajoki" has been demolished, and it is expected to return to the park sometime between season 2018 or 2019.
Särkänniemi has been voted several times as the best leisure center and the greatest amusement park in Finland.
This multi-purpose park is owned by the city of Tampere and boasts a variety of rides as well as an Aquarium that was opened in 1969, a Planetarium that opened in 1969, a children's zoo that opened in 1970, a 168m tall Observation Tower that opened in 1971, Sara Hilden Art Museum opened in 1979, the Dolphinarium opened in 1985.
The amusement part aspect of Särkänniemi started in 1973 with the opening of Neulan Huvipuisto (Neulan´s Amusement); in the beginning the park offered only a handful of children's rides. In 1975 the city of Tampere took over the operations of the fun park and integrated it into other attractions on the peninsula.
Located on the peninsula, about a kilometer from the city center of Tampere, that juts out into the Black Gulf. The area used to house three different breweries in the 18th century onward and in the 20th century a huge warehouse serving the log industry was built on the peninsula of Särkänniemi. These buildings were demolished in the 1960´s.
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