Kuopio Market Hall, Kuopio, Finland

The Market Hall has been selling local and imported products since 1902. The Art Nouveau style Market Hall building is one of the most precious buildings in Kuopio, and inside there are around 30 stalls. The building was designed by Johan Victor Strömberg and it was expanded in 1914.

Russian Grand Duchy (Finland)

Address

Kauppakatu 45, Kuopio, Finland

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Details

Founded: 1902
Category:
Historical period: Russian Grand Duchy (Finland)

More Information

www.kuopionkauppahalli.net
www.kuopioinfo.fi

Rating

4.4/5 (based on Google user reviews)

Interesting Sites Nearby

Kuopio City Hall (0,2 km)
Kuopio Cathedral (0,3 km)
Kuopio Art Museum (0,2 km)
Kuopio Museum (0,4 km)
Orthodox Church Museum (1 km)

Haminalahti Manor (8,4 km)

User Reviews

Kimmo Räisänen (7 months ago)
Joulun aika on ihanaa aikaa käydä hallissa! Tuoksut, tarjonta, kiireetöntä, joulun taikaa!!!

zbeagle gt (7 months ago)
Monta pientä, ihanaa putiikkia ja kahvilaa torin laidalla. Tuoretta, läheltä, suosittelen. ❤

Jaana M Almasri (8 months ago)
Kauppahalli on mukava ostospaikka. Siellä on monta ruokamyyjää. Mm. kaksi Kuopion vanhimpaa säilynyttä kahvilaa Burtsow ja Trube, kummallakin on leipomot ja tasokkaita tuotteita. B:lla on reilumman kokoisia leivoksia ja pullia. Burtsow on lisäksi kotileipomo, mikä on toiminut lähes 40 vuotta, kaikki tehdään kuten kotona vanhoilla resepteillä ilman lisä- tai nostatusaineita, se on ns. tuoretavaraa, mikä myydään tuoreena, eikä säilytetä monia päiviä. Aamulla voit saada yön yli levännyttä pullaa alehinnoin, mutta kaikki loppuu hyvin nopeasti. Tämä on pienehkö kahvila Carlsonin puoleisesta päädystä sisään tullessa. Hallissa myydään myös käsitöitä ja pikapurtavaa, lihaa ja kalaa sekä makeisia, erikoismyymälöitä ym. Tämä halli on harvoja Suomessa säilyneitä kauppahalleja. Se on kaunis myös ulkoapäin, ovi kuvattuna Veljmies-patsaan puolelta. Halli on tuoksuja tulvillaan. Auki klo 17.00:ään. Matkailija älä ohita tätä paikkaa. Hallin vieressä on Vossikka, hevoskyyti omalla tolpallaan. Paikassa ei asiakas wc:tä ole, mutta yleinen wc on maan alla ja se toimii kolikolla.

P Murray (11 months ago)
Wonderful in summer time on the weekends to stroll and visit the vendors to get fresh foods. Meat pies are the best.

Tomi Ruusala (2 years ago)
Here you can find lots of fresh fish, meat, cheese... Merchants know their products very well.

Featured Historic Landmarks, Sites & Buildings

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Church of the Savior on Blood

The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is one of the main sights of St. Petersburg. The church was built on the site where Tsar Alexander II was assassinated and was dedicated in his memory. Construction began in 1883 under Alexander III, as a memorial to his father, Alexander II. Work progressed slowly and was finally completed during the reign of Nicholas II in 1907. Funding was provided by the Imperial family with the support of many private donors.

Architecturally, the Cathedral differs from St. Petersburg's other structures. The city's architecture is predominantly Baroque and Neoclassical, but the Savior on Blood harks back to medieval Russian architecture in the spirit of romantic nationalism. It intentionally resembles the 17th-century Yaroslavl churches and the celebrated St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.

The Church contains over 7500 square metres of mosaics — according to its restorers, more than any other church in the world. The interior was designed by some of the most celebrated Russian artists of the day — including Viktor Vasnetsov, Mikhail Nesterov and Mikhail Vrubel — but the church's chief architect, Alfred Alexandrovich Parland, was relatively little-known (born in St. Petersburg in 1842 in a Baltic-German Lutheran family). Perhaps not surprisingly, the Church's construction ran well over budget, having been estimated at 3.6 million roubles but ending up costing over 4.6 million. The walls and ceilings inside the Church are completely covered in intricately detailed mosaics — the main pictures being biblical scenes or figures — but with very fine patterned borders setting off each picture.

In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, the church was ransacked and looted, badly damaging its interior. The Soviet government closed the church in the early 1930s. During the Second World War when many people were starving due to the Siege of Leningrad by Nazi German military forces, the church was used as a temporary morgue for those who died in combat and from starvation and illness. The church suffered significant damage. After the war, it was used as a warehouse for vegetables, leading to the sardonic name of Saviour on Potatoes.

In July 1970, management of the Church passed to Saint Isaac's Cathedral (then used as a highly profitable museum) and proceeds from the Cathedral were funneled back into restoring the Church. It was reopened in August 1997, after 27 years of restoration, but has not been reconsecrated and does not function as a full-time place of worship; it is a Museum of Mosaics. Even before the Revolution it never functioned as a public place of worship; having been dedicated exclusively to the memory of the assassinated tsar, the only services were panikhidas (memorial services). The Church is now one of the main tourist attractions in St. Petersburg.

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Kuopio Market Hall