25 Sep 2008 at 08:30 | Published by: JJM | Views: 10639 | News search

A rain break at European Championships 2008.  (Photo by Arto Borg 2008)

The latest statistics published by Eurostat reveal that Tampere is the 8th most rainy city in European Union, thanks to its location on a hill between two big lakes.

Tampere gets some rain on 249 days of the year — the chance for rain is 68%. The only places in Europe that get even more rain than Tampere, are 2 cities in Germany (Halle a.d. Saale and Köln) and 5 cities on the British isles (Glasgow, Cork, Derry, Manchester and Galway).

Who would have guessed...

photo by Arto Borg 2008
cartoon by JJM 1999

» Eurostat statistics of European cities

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