Entertainment in Tampere
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Hakametsä Ice Stadium
Tampere has two ice-hockey teams in the national league - Ilves and Tappara - both of which are among the best in the country, and the city is generally regarded as the home of the sport. Finland's first artificial hockey rink was opened here in 1955. The Hakametsä Ice Stadium, about 2km east of the train station, is the venue for matches on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from September to March.
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Teivo Trotting Track
Ten kilometres northwest of Tampere on Rd 3, Teivo Trotting Track offers a popular, recommended, Finnish experience. There are races nearly every Tuesday evening at 6pm, and entry is free, though you can bet as much as you like. Special buses from town run to the track on race evenings. In winter the horses race on compacted snow under floodlights.
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Tampere-Talo
Classical concerts are held in spectacular modern Tampere-Talo. Performances by the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra (www.tampere.fi/filharmonia) are on Fridays from September to May. In addition to this it also puts on regular chamber music concerts, and visiting opera and ballet performances.
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Café Europa
This is easily Tampere’s coolest bar. Furnished with 1930s-style horsehair couches and chairs, it is a romantic old-world European type of place complete with Belgian and German beers, board games, ornate mirrors and chandeliers, and an excellent summer terrace. Upstairs is a small weekend dance club.
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O’Connell’s
Popular with both Finns and expats, this rambling Irish pub is handy for the train station and has plenty of time-worn, comfortable seating and an air of bonhomie. Its best feature is the range of interesting beers on tap and carefully selected bottled imports. They also do hearty pub meals.
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Tullikamari Klubi
This cavernous place near the train station is Tampere’s main indoor live-music venue; there are usually several bands playing every week, and big Finnish names regularly swing by for concerts. DJs play classic rock on nights when there’s no band. The cover charge varies from free to €15.
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Tampere Hall
For classical concerts, this is the city's spectacular modern concert hall. It hosts classical concerts by the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra on Friday from September to May. In addition to this it also puts on regular chamber music concerts, and visiting opera and ballet performances.
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Tullikamari klubi
This cavernous club in the old customs house near the train station is Tampere's main indoor venue for rock concerts and music sessions. Big-name Finnish bands sometimes perform here and the cover charge varies. It's also the venue for the film festival and jazz events.
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Fall’s Café
Set among craft shops in a converted brick factory, this bar has a decent range of beers and ciders as well as perhaps Tampere’s cutest terrace, a wedge-shaped balcony right by the water where you can watch crazy little fish jumping vertically in the evening light.
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Telakka
This is a bohemian bar-theatre-restaurant in a Tampere’s restored red-brick factories. There’s live music regularly, theatre performances, art exhibitions and a brilliant summer terrace with colourful blocky wooden seats.
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Teerenpeli
A good pub with home-brewed beer and cider, this has a relaxing, candlelit interior and heaps of choice at the taps. They do some good fruit-flavoured brews and also have a terrace and a cavernous club downstairs.
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Hämeensilta
A restaurant, bar and nightclub popular with middle-aged Finns, with wonderful views over the rapids and the city from the top floor. There’s live crooner music and plenty of traditional dancing going on.
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Onnela
This dark building looks like a library from outside but is the town’s most popular nightspot, with several different sections playing rock, pop and electronica for a 20s and 30s crowd.
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Mixei
‘Why Not?’, Tampere’s premier gay venue, is a welcoming place that hosts regular club nights and themed parties and is a good place to meet Finns. There’s a €3 cover at weekends.
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Suvi Boat Bar
Tampere has arguably the best nightlife in Finland after Helsinki and locals are blessed with plenty of music venues. In summer, Suvi Boat Bar is a floating beer terrace.
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Suvi
Moored alongside the Laukontori Quay, this is a typical Finnish boat bar offering no-nonsense deck-top drinking. Prepare a boarding party and lap up the afternoon sun.
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Ruma
A cool spot with offbeat decor, quirky lighting, friendly staff, and a mixture of Finnish and European pop and alternative rock every day of the week.
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TT
TT on the central square offers major Finnish and international shows, including musicals, with performances mostly in Finnish.
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Club Apple
Upstairs from Café Europa is this small but stylish dance club with DJs playing house, hip-hop and funk. Entry is free before 23:00.
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Plevna
Plevna in the Finlayson centre is the main venue for the film festival. Films are in original language with subtitles.
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TTT
TTT offers major Finnish and international shows, including musicals, with performances mostly in Finnish.
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Groove Bar & Cellar
Intimate one-room bar with loungey furniture and board games. Below is a cellar nightclub with DJs playing from 22:00.
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Inferno
Atmospheric bar and nightclub specialising in heavier and darker sounds. Sometimes has live music.
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Ilves
This is one of the town's more popular nightclubs, with fashionable folk aged 25 and over.
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Paapan Kapakka
Live jazz and blues every day and a swinging terrace outside its zebra-chaired interior.
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