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20-559: Kirjurinluoto is a part of the Pori National Urban Park . At the Kirjurinluoto island are located several facilities like cafés and restaurants, a playground for children, a beach, a miniature golf , a disc golf course and a summer theater. In the latter half of the 19th century Kirjurinluoto island was a recreational area for the wealthy citizens of Pori. The English landscape garden was completed in 1897 by

40-602: A century. In 1996, a beach was added, along with the Pelle Hermanni children’s playground. Kirjurinluoto has been the site of the Pori Jazz festival since 1966. The park complex is being expanded towards the Kirjurinluoto Arena , on Raatimiehenluoto. Kirjurinluoto is connected to the city center by the pontoon bridge Taavi. The Pormestari bridge, completed in the summer of 2001, connects Kirjurinluoto to

60-602: Is a large, complex contraption with its own video communications screen. Because the show predates actually feasible real-world video communication by more than a decade, this only adds to the comedy. Hermanni is in love with Sylvia, the circus's fortune teller , but she has a rival suitor in Max, the circus magician . For most of the show, both Sylvia and Max remained unseen characters , with Hermanni only visiting their trailers where they were not present. In later episodes, both Sylvia and Max were briefly seen. In September 2022, it

80-479: Is one of the largest jazz festivals in Europe. A permanent stage, "Lokki" ("The Seagull"), was completed in 1974. Kirjurinluoto Arena is an open-air concert park for audience up to 80,000. It has been the venue for Pori Jazz Festival since 2004 and for Sonisphere Festival in 2009 and 2010, as well as for some individual happenings. Today the old Lokki-stage hosts smaller events, such as Porispere rock festival. Over

100-467: Is opened every summer. A new summer theater has been active in Kirjurinluoto since 2008. In the early 1980s the City of Pori held an architecture competition for the design of a congress hall planned in Kirjurinluoto. The competition was won by a Danish architecture firm Kjær & Richter but the construction was never launched. Since 1966 Kirjurinluoto has been the main venue for Pori Jazz Festival which

120-620: The Clown), a clown who lives in his own trailer at a circus trailer park. He was played by Veijo Pasanen . There is no major continuing plot, instead the episodes consist of Hermanni talking about his life and daily events in a funny, clownish, somewhat childish way. His comedic antics are further increased by the comically misproportioned props and his way of fumbling over difficult words. Hermanni would often ask questions from his children audience, and then pretend to actually hear what they answered, saying such things like "Right, Annika there knew

140-859: The Junnelius palace, a neo-Renaissance building which is currently used as the City Hall. The National Urban Park also contains the Pori bridge; the Old Courthouse; "stone Pori", a collection of stone buildings; the Juselius Mausoleum , and Kirjurinluoto island, made famous by the Pori Jazz Festival. The Pori National Urban Park forms a single green corridor traversing the city from the Kokemäenjoki river delta, through

160-600: The Pormestarinluoto and Isosanta districts of Pori. The Kokemäenjoki river flows through the middle of the Pori National Urban Park, and from its northern side, the river flows out towards the sea into the widest river delta of the Nordic countries. The riverbank groves reach right up to the town centre, whose crisscross boulevards are known for providing a nesting place for rooks . To the south,

180-494: The answer!" In most of the episodes, Hermanni is the only human actor shown. Other characters include Vekkari, Hermanni's large alarm clock which starts ringing when Hermanni least wants, and Kepakko, a wooden teacher's staff who feels intellectually superior to Hermanni and often insults him by laughing at him. Hermanni is especially fond of his dear old mother and the pancakes with strawberries she makes, and he often phones her to see how she's doing. Hermanni's telephone

200-460: The city center to the Isomäki open-air sports complex, on to the countryside surrounding the town. The park juxtaposes built-up sections of the city, natural parks, play areas, and elements of cultural landscape. Pori was founded in 1558 by Duke John, John III of Sweden , at which time the mouth of the Kokemäenjoki was at the site of the present town center. As a result of the rise of the land and

220-455: The cotton mill. Large-scale industry has, however, partly given way after the period of industrialization, to make room for a thriving center of excellence, containing the university center of Pori. The stone buildings on the south bank of the river Kokemäenjoki, with their administrative buildings and the boulevards that dissect the center, tell of numerous fires in the city and of the set of values of that time. "Kivi-Pori" (stone Pori), built in

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240-406: The decades, Kirjurinluoto has been a venue for dozens of international major artists, such as Metallica , Kylie Minogue , Iron Maiden , Elton John , Kanye West , Phil Collins , Carlos Santana and Sting . 61°29′34″N 021°47′6″E  /  61.49278°N 21.78500°E  / 61.49278; 21.78500 Pori National Urban Park The Pori National Urban Park , located in

260-417: The decomposition of river silt, over time, islets were formed off the shore. The names of the islets come from the historical recreation areas of the city officials. The area distinguishes itself by the remnants of the idyllic villa community of early twentieth-century workers "summer homes". An example of an English-style park, Kirjurinluoto in particular has been the recreational area for Pori people for over

280-489: The design of Swedish garden designer Anders Fredrik Rydberg and the Art Nouveau style restaurant in 1910. It was drawn by Finnish architect Torkel Nordman. The first stage for musical events and theater plays was built in 1921. The park was later renovated in the 1930s and 1960s. The first bridge to Kirjurinluoto was opened in 1973, a smaller bridge for pedestrians and cyclists in 2001. A temporary bridge for pedestrian use

300-409: The railway station, was completed in 1998 and connects the southern and northern areas of the urban park. The length of the zone is 11 km and at the point of the central avenues the zone measures almost 3 km in the east-west direction. The width of the urban park varies from a kilometer at the islands and the forest of Pori, to only a hundred meters at the central avenues. The narrowest point of

320-413: The spirit of the neo-renaissance, is a cultural environment of national significance. The key features of the urban park – the tree-lined avenues, which crisscross the center of Pori – have featured in the city structure since the last town fire of 1852. Pori National Urban Park is an integral part of the inhabitants' everyday life, with the opportunities it brings for recreation. The pedestrianized area in

340-425: The town center, Promenadi-Pori, which has been developed since the 1970s, is now complemented by the national urban park of Pori. Railway buildings have brought their own theme to the national urban park of Pori. The old wooden railway station of Pori is located at the end of Länsipuisto (West Avenue) and the present railway station, built in the functional style, lies to the south. The Portal, an underpass going under

360-559: The town of Pori , Finland, was established in May 2002 with the goal of preserving the story of the phases of development of the town born at the mouth of the river Kokemäenjoki . It emphasizes the importance of the culturally valuable building legacy, as well as the boulevards and other parkland. The most prominent monuments are the industrial buildings on the north bank of the Kokemäenjoki, the Neo-gothic Central church of Pori, and

380-604: The urban park is as it passes below the railway and highway 2 along the Portal. The total surface area of the park is about 9.5 km². Pelle Hermanni Sirkuspelle Hermanni (translates to Hermanni the Circus Clown ) is a Finnish children's TV show from 1978–1988 shown on Yle TV2 in the Pikku Kakkonen children's program. The show's main character is Pelle Hermanni (translates to Hermanni

400-416: The urban park is connected directly with the surrounding countryside. The islands are known for their captive bird populations, including peacocks, different species of pheasants, collared turtle-doves, as well as wild species. Industrialization gave rise to a heritage of buildings along the riverbank, which have been well preserved. The north bank of the Kokemäenjoki is dominated by the redbrick building of

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