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Finlayson Church

Tampere

Why visit

Built for the Finlayson factory community that grew up beside the Tammerkoski rapids, this neo-Gothic stone church invites you in — a towerless long church whose three-aisled hall carries the memory of a whole working world.

Look for: Step behind the altar, where the pulpit and the 1879 organ stand — its façade still the original. Notice, too, the polygonal choir wrapping the altar end.

About this site

Stone church. The church of the Finlayson factory community that arose at Tammerkoski is a neo-Gothic towerless long church with a polygonal choir attached to the altar gable. The church hall is three-aisled. The pulpit and the organ from 1879, original in facade appearance, have been placed behind the altar.

Official description (Museovirasto) — machine-translated from Finnish

The Finlayson Church is a church built in Gothic Revival style located in the Finlayson industrial area in the district by the same name in Tampere, Finland. It was built in 1879 as the church of the Finlayson cotton factory, for the religious use of the factory's workers. Currently the church belongs to the Evangelical-Lutheran congregations of Tampere, and it is used as a children's road church and a popular church for weddings.

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