Näsinpuisto Park

Näsinpuisto was created in the early 20th century on almost bare rock using earth dredged from the Mustalahti harbour.

Many fragile plants died during the extreme colds of the winter of 1940. However, the dead plants were replaced after the Second World War and Näsinpuisto is still a park with a high variety of flora. On the western edge of the park grows the thickest Populus 'Rasumowskiana' in Finland (the girth 584 cm in 1988).

On the southern side of the park is the first public work of art in Tampere, a fountain of the national romantic style, designed by Emil Wikström and donated by Commercial Counsellor Tirkkonen. The fountain comprises three statues. One of the statues depicts the maiden Pohjanneito spinning gold thread and the other two statues are on a lower level and symbolize the cycle of life by representing a grandfather and his grandson by a water wheel and a grandmother teaching her granddaughter how to knit. I personally do not especially like these very stereotypical statues, but the location the the fountain itself are beautiful.