tampere hilla holma, annemari nieminen, nina lönnfors
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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
