Hotel Otava was a hotel in Pori , Finland , that operated between 1857 and 1985. On its time of closing, Hotel Otava was the oldest hotel-restaurant in Finland. The Neo-Renaissance building is designed by the Swedish architect C. J. von Heideken . Today it works as an office building for the city administration. Hotel Otava was named after the Finnish-language name of the constellation Big Dipper .
11-472: The building is located on the same block with the 1853 established Pori Brewery and the 1884 opened Pori Theatre . It is a part of the old town which is listed as a cultural environment of national significance by the Finnish National Board of Antiquities . The building was originally built in 1857 with two storeys, consisting of accommodation and a drawing room, which was later changed to become
22-578: A theatre. The building took its current form in 1891, when a third storey was added, as had been originally planned by the architect, C. J. von Heideken. Hotel Otava is considered to be the birthplace of the Finnish-language theatre as the Finnish National Theatre gave its first performance at the hotel's auditorium on 13 October 1872. During the World War II , the hotel hosted the staff of
33-812: Is a river in southwestern Finland . The river originates at Lake Liekovesi in the Pirkanmaa region, and flows 121 kilometres (75 mi) to the Gulf of Bothnia at Pori in the Satakunta region. Primary tributaries of Kokemäenjoki are the Loimijoki , Kauvatsanjoki and Harjunpäänjoki rivers. Kokemäenjoki river delta is the largest river delta in the Nordic countries and is an important wildlife area. 61°33′N 21°42′E / 61.550°N 21.700°E / 61.550; 21.700 This Western Finland location article
44-575: The German troops, which had an airbase at the Pori Airport . After the war, the hotel accommodated the Russian Allied Commission staff officers. Hotel Otava was also one of the concert venues of the annual Pori Jazz festival, which is one of the major European jazz festivals. Artists performing at Otava include names like Bobby Hutcherson , Champion Jack Dupree and Herbie Hancock . In 1882,
55-603: The brewery merged with another Pori based brewery and was newly named as Bäckmans Ölbryggeri Ab (The Bäckman Beer Brewery) . In the 1920s Bäckman's brewery ended to the ownership of Sulo Salmelin, a businessman from Tampere who owned the Pyynikki Brewery in his hometown. From 1940 Pori Brewery was a part of the Pyynikki Brewery. Since 1959 it worked again as an independent company known by the name Porin Oluttehdas. In 1972
66-668: The brewery was bought by Finnish brewing company Sinebrychoff which was owned by Carlsberg from 1997. March 2009 Carlsberg Group announced of closing the Pori Brewery and it was finally shut down in September. The annual beer production of Pori Brewery was about 40 million litres . It was 10 per cent of Sinebrychoff's total annual production. The company now operates in Finland with one brewery based in Kerava . The most known beer of Pori Brewery
77-490: The city administration. In July 2016, a ceiling on the building's first floor collapsed, causing the building to be closed for six months to allow repairs to take place, with the twenty affected employees moving to the City Hall. During the survey, it was discovered that the ceiling of the third floor was architecturally different to that of the other floors. Pori Brewery Pori Brewery ( Finnish : Porin Oluttehdas )
88-436: The theatre was converted into become a concert hall and a dance hall. The hotel closed on 28 February 1985, Kalevala Day ; it was, at the time, the longest continually open hotel-restaurant in Finland. The city of Pori bought the property in 1997. In 2000, a six-year long renovation took place at a cost of three million euros, and the building was rebuilt to its original size. The building is now used as an office building for
99-537: Was Karhu which was brewed in Pori since 1929. It was a brand mainly known at the Pori region up to the 1990s after it was marketed nationwide. Karhu reached a huge success and at the end of the decade it was the most popular beer in Finland. Karhu is still brewed by Sinebrychoff in Kerava. In the 1970s and 1980s Pori Brewery was also manufacturing soft drinks like Pepsi and Teem under the license from PepsiCo . Pori Brewery
110-508: Was a brewery in Pori , Finland established 1853. It was last owned by Danish brewing company Carlsberg and closed in 2009. Pori Brewery was the second oldest brewery in Finland and one of the oldest in Nordic countries . Pori Brewery was established by three local businessmen Anton Björnberg, K.J. Löneberg and Isaak Karström. It was first known as Bayerska Bryggeriet (The Bavarian Brewery) . In 1898
121-526: Was located near the city center by the river Kokemäenjoki . The plot is planned for residential area and the structures of the old brewery will mostly be demolished. In July 2013 the brewery area served as a concert venue for Pori Jazz festival as a temporary stage Otava Factory was built on the warehouse site. 61°29′22″N 21°47′22″E / 61.48944°N 21.78944°E / 61.48944; 21.78944 Kokem%C3%A4enjoki The Kokemäenjoki (" Kokemäki River", Swedish : Kumo älv )
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