Rising right from the Tammerkoski rapids and being surrounded by Seelanti (a 1865 built weaving mill), Puutarhatehdas (a 1891 built spinning mill), Pääkonttori (a 1895 built office building in neogothic style), Finlaysonin kirkko (a 1897 built chapel in neogothic style) and Finlaysonin Palatsi (a 1899 built palace in neorenaissance style), the 1852 built dyehouse Värjäämö is an essential key element of both the historical Finlayson area and the beatyful landscape of Tammerkoski rapids in the city of Tampere, Finland.

Today a Finnish insurance company Varma together with the city of Tampere wants to tear down this central piece of landscape and history and replace it with Soviet-style six-storey block - right in the middle of historical surroundings of Finlayson area and Tammerkoski landscape, both of which have been declared protected areas by Finnish authorities.

This site is a cry for help! Please help save Värjäämö!

To learn more about Värjäämö, please visit Värjäämö-page. You can find pictures of Värjäämö and the surrounding area on Gallery-page. To see the impact of insurance company Varma's plans to the Finlayson area, please visit the Before and After -page. To make a personal statement, please fill and submit a form on Join the appeal -page. To learn other ways to help, please visit Action Plan -page.