[3] Opened in 1963, the tower is 75 metres (246 ft) tall and has a revolving restaurant with 100 seats.

It was the first tower with a revolving restaurant in the Nordic countries.

The restaurant was an inspiration to Erkki Lindfors, the mayor of Tampere, who got the idea to build a similar one in his home town, resulting in the Näsinneula tower, which opened in 1971.

The current Puijo tower has been visited by over 5.5 million tourists.

On the western side of the tower there are three ski jumping hills.