32 Facts About Pori

Pori is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland.

Pori was established in 1558 by Duke John, who later became King John III of Sweden.

Pori was once one of the main cities with Turku in the former Turku and Pori Province .

Name Pori comes from the -borg part of the original name in Swedish with a Fennicised pronunciation.

The activities of the people of Pori were considered shameful and according to some information, Lieutenant General Alexander von Wendt would have later demoted the officer who had retreated from Luotsinmaki to sergeant during a review held at the Pori market square.

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From 1942 to 1944 Pori Airport served as an air depot for the Jagdgeschwader 5 of German Luftwaffe.

Pori National Urban Park preserves the story of the phases of development of the town born at the mouth of the river Kokemaenjoki.

Largest parties in Pori are Social Democratic Party and National Coalition Party.

The mayor of Pori is Aino-Maija Luukkonen, who was elected to run the city in 2004 after the former mayor, Martti Sinisalmi, retired from the post.

Since the Pori station is a terminal train station, railway traffic is quite moderate.

Pori is only connected to Tampere with 13 daily departures by the Tampere–Pori railway.

Pori has more than 100 intercity buses with major Finnish cities Helsinki, Turku and Tampere as well as smaller places like Rauma and Vaasa.

Pori Airport has daily connections to Helsinki Airport and Stockholm Airport.

In October 2013 Pori was the destination of MS Nordic Orion, the first commercial cargo ship ever to transit the Northwest Passage.

Pori's was carrying a cargo of coking coal from Port Metro Vancouver, Canada.

Pori is the home of 28 comprehensive schools and 7 gymnasiums including English, French and German classes as well as the Swedish-speaking Bjornebogs svenska samskola, Rudolf Steiner School and a Christian school.

Highest grades of education in Pori are the Satakunta University of Applied Sciences and University Consortium of Pori .

Pori is widely known for its international jazz music festival, established in 1966.

Today Pori Jazz is one of the major jazz festivals in Europe as well as one of the largest culture events in Finland.

Pori Theatre is a municipal theatre established in 1931 as a merger of two local stages.

Pori is a home for several amateur and youth theatres and the Kirjurinluoto Summer Theatre that presents open-air productions in summertime.

Pori Art Museum is a museum of contemporary and modern art.

Pori is especially known for its popular hockey team Assat which is a three-time Finnish Champion, most recently in 2013.

Biggest sports club in Pori is Liikuntaseura Pori, which offers multiple sports including gymnastics, TeamGym and cheerleading.

Olympic gold medal winners from Pori include Greco-Roman wrestler Kelpo Grondahl and weightlifter Kaarlo Kangasniemi .

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The best known, currently active athletes from Pori are swimmer Matti Mattsson, hurdler Nooralotta Neziri, NHL ice hockey goaltender Joonas Korpisalo and players Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Joel Armia and Erik Haula, and Paralympic gold medalist Leo-Pekka Tahti.

Pori Stadium has hosted the Finnish Championships in Athletics three times and will be the venue of 2015 games.

Pori Racetrack is one of the major horse racing venues in Finland.

Radio Pori is a radio station established in 1985 as one of the first commercial stations in Finland.

Public service radio in Pori area is Yle Satakunta, a regional station of Yle Radio Suomi.

Northernmost district of Pori, Ahlainen, is a natural seaside village consisting of wooden houses.

In 1952 Pori was the fifth largest city in Finland after Helsinki, Turku, Tampere and Lahti.