Ideapark is a shopping mall

Shopping mall

A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...

 in Lempäälä

Lempäälä

Lempäälä is a municipality in southwestern Finland with inhabitants . Lempäälä is located south of the city of Tampere. The municipality covers an area of of which is water...

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. It is notable for being very large by Nordic standards. The mall was built on a greenfield site alongside the Helsinki–Tampere motorway (Finnish national road 3

Finnish national road 3

Finnish national road 3 is a highway in Finland between Helsinki and Vaasa via Tampere. The road is long and it is part of the European route E12...

) approximately twelve kilometres south of Tampere

Tampere

Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...

. It was opened for business on December 1, 2006.

The mall has a total floor space of 104,000 square metres, of which 91,712 square metres are the gross leasable area

Gross leasable area

Gross leasable area in the retail development industry is a term applied to shopping malls, lifestyle centers, outlet malls and other retail centers to indicate the amount of floor space available to be rented...

. By gross leasable area, it is the third largest shopping centre in Finland after the Itäkeskus shopping centre

Itäkeskus shopping centre

Itäkeskus shopping centre is a shopping centre in the district of Itäkeskus in East Helsinki, Finland. It is the largest fully enclosed shopping centre in the Nordic countries, with a gross leasable area of 120,300 square metres containing nearly 300 different shops and 3000 parking spaces...

 in East Helsinki and Sello

Sello

Sello is a shopping mall in the Leppävaara district of Espoo, Finland. The mall contains more than 170 shops and services including a concert hall and a library....

 in Leppävaara, Espoo.

International chains

• Hennes & Mauritz
• Dressmann
  Dressmann
  thumb|Dressmann store in [[Umeå]], Sweden.Dressmann is a chain of men's clothing stores owned by Varner-Gruppen. It was founded in Norway by Frank Varner, who opened the first store in Oslo in 1962. In addition to Norway, Dressmann stores can now be found in Sweden, Finland, Germany, Iceland,...
  
  
• Toys "R" Us
• Esprit
  Esprit Holdings
  Esprit Holdings Limited is a publicly owned manufacturer of apparel, footwear, accessories, jewellery and housewares under the Esprit label. The company is headquartered in Kowloon, Hong Kong, and Ratingen , Germany. In the 2007–2008 business year, Esprit Holdings Limited generated a worldwide...
  
  
• Din Sko
• KappAhl
• Lindex
  Lindex
  Lindex is a Swedish fashion chain, known for its fast fashion clothing offerings for women, teenagers and children. Lindex has around 400 stores in Scandinavia including Iceland, the Baltic States, Russia, central Europe, the Middle East as of November 2011...
  
  
• The Body Shop
  The Body Shop
  The Body Shop International plc, known as The Body Shop, has 2,400 stores in 61 countries, and is the second largest cosmetic franchise in the world, following O Boticario, a Brazilian company...
  
  
• Hemtex
• Lundia

Finnish chains

• Marimekko
  Marimekko
  Marimekko is a Finnish company based in Helsinki that has made important contributions to fashion, especially in the 1960s and 1970s. They are particularly noted for brightly-colored printed fabrics and simple styles, used both in women's garments and in home furnishings.- Foundation :Marimekko was...
  
  
• Finlayson
• Aleksi 13
• Seppälä
• Tiimari
• Vero Moda
• Pentik
• Instrumentarium
• R-kioski
  R-Kioski
  R-Kioski is a chain of convenience stores owned by Rautakirja Oyj. Presently, there are 723 R-Kiosk shops across Finland. They sell a range of products, such as books, magazines, tobacco, ready meals, snacks, soft drinks and alcoholic drinks such as beer and cider, excluding wine and spirits...
  
  
• Stockmann
  Stockmann
  Stockmann is a Finnish listed company which was established in 1862 and is engaged in the retail trade. Stockmann's three divisions are the department store division, Hobby Hall, which specialises in mail order and online sales, and Seppälä, a chain of fashion stores...
  
   Beauty
• Alko
  Alko
  Alko is the national alcoholic beverage retailing monopoly in Finland. It is the only store in the country which retails beer over 4.7% ABV, wine and spirits. Alcoholic beverages are also sold in licensed restaurants and bars but only for consumption on the premises...
  
  (Finnish alcohol monopoly)

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