Visit Tampere
Welcome to the Tampere Region!
The Tampere Region, one of the largest growth regions by population in Finland, is a modern concentration of industry, commerce, services and education. The region provides its residents with opportunities of work and prosperity, good traffic connections and attractive living conditions in an environment that combines the centrally located towns with clean nature and rural landscapes close at hand.
Visit Tampere website collects the latest information of what the Tampere region has to offer for visitors. From the website you will find information about the Tampere region's hotels, restaurants, shopping possibilities, nature sites, cultural offering and much more. Visit the website here.
Tampere in Brief
- Founded by Sweden’s young monarch, Gustavus III, in 1779
- Finland’s third largest city and the largest inland city in the Nordic countries (over 220,000 inhabitants)
- Located on an isthmus between lakes Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi in ridge scenery; the Tammerkoski rapids a nationally recognized landscape, awarded lighting at the Keskustori central square
- A monumental industrial history; the Finlayson cotton mill was the first large-scale industrial enterprise in Finland, the Nordic countries’ first electric light was lit in Finlayson’s factory hall
- A centre of leading-edge technology, research, education, culture, sports and business
- Shortest day approx. 5 hr 20 min (Dec 22), longest 19 hr 30 min (Jun 21)