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Make the most of your Tampere Card!

Visit interesting museums, take a sightseeing tour or enjoy a lake cruise. Available from June! Read more

Sights and attractions

With a population of well over 200,000, Tampere is the largest inland city in the Nordic countries.

Founded in 1779 on the banks of the Tammerkoski Rapids - one of Finland's national heritage landscapes - Tampere evolved into the most highly industrialised locality in Finland during the 19th century.

Thanks to the new city planning, former industrial areas such as Finlayson and Tampella are alive again: cafés, restaurants, shops, sport and fitness centres, dramatic and cinema theatres, workshops and galleries have found locations there.

The converted industrial areas also house a variety of museums, such as Museum Centre Vapriikki, Central Museum of Labour, Textile Industry Museum, Steam Engine Museum, Spy Museum and Rupriikki Media Museum.

Besides the rich industrial heritage, there is a lot to see in Tampere: dozens of other museums, galleries and exhibitions, original Finnish architecture, breathtaking lake sceneries, magnificent glacial ridges, beautiful parks and lush forests next to the city centre.

Four seasons - four reasons to visit Tampere. Grab a map from the tourist information of GoTampere and start exploring!

History of Tampere in Brief

Light and Life - Tampere Tourism Video

See the best bits of Tampere in six minutes here! TV-Production Petri Merta Ky 2007

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GoTampere Sales Office recommends:

The legendary agent test measures your readiness to handle ultra demanding tasks in the world of James Bonds! Test includes entrance to the Spy Museum and 8 tasks including shooting, using a metal detector, cracking a code... Everyone who does the test will be rewarded with a recommendation book that recommends you to an organization that is suitable for the points given. Available at GoTampere Tourist Office at the Railway station.
Price: 12 euros
With Tampere Card, you can visit not only the Moominvalley but also the Museum Centre Vapriikki, Tampere Art Museum and lots of other interesting museums. With Tampere Card, you can also drive around the city with the blue buses, take a sightseeing tour or enjoy a cruise on the lake Pyhäjärvi. Ask for a list of the attractions included in the card at GoTampere Tourist Information at the Railway Station! Tampere Card is available from June.
Price: adults 25 euros/24 hours, 31 euros/48 hours
On this guided walking tour along the streets, alleys, paths and stairways of Pispala, the old part of Tampere grown on the ridge sides, you can get magnificent views and listen to fabulous stories about this unique part of Tampere. Duration 2 hours.
Price: 137 euros.

Put Tampere in your pocket - experience more!

- From the vast selection of museums in Tampere you can choose between bears, toys, the Moomins or different art experiences.

- You can enjoy a verdant picnic on the Viikinsaari Island - free boat trip

- Choose the northern or the southern lake, and sail at 20 % discount (from the boat ticket). Enjoy Finnish Silverline and Poet's Way! (excl. programme cruises).

- Get acquainted with the city on a daily bus tour for free. The best of Tampere, Pyynikki and Pispala, churches and culture.

- Ride from one place to another on the blue city buses whenever you like, for free. An excellent route network at your disposal!

- Särkänniemi Adventure Park is worth seeing! Free entrance to the Sara Hildén art museum and the Näsinneula observation tower.

- Dicounts and offers in selected restaurants and shops.

 

Get your own Tampere card from the GoTampere Tourist Office at the Railway Station!

Price: 24 hrs card adults 25 euros, youth 7–19 yrs 15 euros; 48 hrs card adults 31 euros, youth 7– 9 yrs 19 euros, special gift for children (7–11 yrs)