TAMPERE Hilla Holma, Annemari Nieminen, Nina Lönnfors

TAMPEREHilla Holma, Annemari Nieminen, Nina Lönnfors

Basic Facts

Location: • Between the lakes Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi• 170km from Helsinki • 150km from Turku

Population: • 220 446 inhabitants • 3rd largest city in Finland

Basic Facts

Ways to get to Tampere• Train• Bus, car• Plane• Boat*

Manchester of Finland (Manse)• Finland's industrialism started in Tampere

Feels like a small city• Hämeenkatu

Tourism

Accommodation utilization rate 2007• 67,6%• Second highest after

Helsinki• Nights spent at hotels:

838 000• 20% foreigners

Tourism

In January-July 2014• Nights spent: 563 500• 1,5% less than last year

• Most of foreign tourists came from Germany, Sweden, Russia, Great Britain and USA• Accommodation utilization rate 53,2%• Reasons for travel:• 55,2% Leisure• 38,5% Business• 6,3% Other purpose

Hotels

Solo Sokos Hotel Torni• Restaurant, bar and terrace on the 25th floor

• Enjoy the view over Tampere and surrounding lakes• Rooftop terrace is temperarely closed at the moment

• And this is why...

• In the city centre

• 88m high

Hotels

Solo Sokos Hotel Tammer• 1920s-style

• In the city centre

• Enviroment friendly

• 3rd oldest hotel in Finland which is still open• Built in 1929

• Mannerheim has stayed in this hotel

Restaurants and Café

• Pyynikki Observation Tower Café• Greatest doughnuts in Finland

• Ravintola Tiiliholvi• Eat in the dark

• Aussie Bar • INES Tapas Bar

Local food – Try these!

• Black sausage • Rievä bread

Social Media• Facebook

• Tampere• Visit Tampere • Tampere All Bright

• Twitter• Tampere kaupunki• Visit Tampere

• Instagram• Tampere All Bright

• YouTube• Visit Tampere

Attractions

Särkänniemi• Amusement park• Observation tower Näsinneula• Tamperes landmark

• Dophinarium• Aquarium• Planetarium• Petting zoo and Dog Hill-Town• Angry Birds Park

Attractions

Tampere Hall Congress and Concert Centre• Scandinavia's largest

Congress and Concert centre• One of the most popular

congress centres in Finland

Attractions

Museums• Police museum

• Spy museum

• Finland boxing museum

• Finland hockey museum

• Coffee cup museum

• Stone museum

• Lenin museum

• Shoe museum

• Moomin museum

Attractions

Anvetururous Activities• Laser tag – Shoot your opponent with laser guns• Room escape – Try to find a way out from the room you

are locked in by looking for hidden clues• Glow paintball – Play paintball in the dark. There will

be a lot of UV-lights and neon colors!

Attractions – Outdoor activities

Winter• natural ice curling• husky- and snowmobile

safaris • football in the snow• Forest night-trips

Summer• canoeing • visit Viikinsaari, a nice

little island with a restaurant, mini golf, theatre and many small beaches• Rock climbing• kayaking

Attractions – Outdoor activities

Around the year• fishing• bumper football • guided nature tour• sauna bathing by the lake

Happenings

• Tammerfest •Blockfest • Tampere Pride-festival• Tampere Illuminations

Welcome to Tampere!