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Attila House
Tampere University's student caféteria in Attila House has cheap meals.
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Bodega Salud
Salud is a Tampere institution - a classic Spanish restaurant-bar with everything from tapas plates, paella and the best steaks in town to such delicacies as kangaroo fillet. Great atmosphere.
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Donatello
Lavish all-you-can-eat pizza and pasta buffet for lunch and dinner.
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Finlaysonin Palatsi
This grand turn-of-the-20th-century residence behind the Finlayson centre has gardens and grounds and houses a classy restaurant with a relaxing terrace. The food is ambitious and delivers, with a short, quality selection of dishes such as reindeer carpaccio or lamb kidneys and tongue in port sauce.
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Kauppahalli
This intriguing indoor market is one of Finland's best, with picturesque wooden stalls. There are several good cafés, and, at number 50, Teivon Liha, the best place to try cheap mustamakkara with berry jam.
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Khon Kaen
A sister restaurant to Thai Na Khon, this is on the other side of the bridge. The main dishes are generous and come with rice, so they're good value. The setting has an comfortably authentic feel.
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Koskikeskus Shopping Centre
Just south of the tourist office, this centre is good for fast food - it has pizza, kebab, taco and hamburger outlets, as well as a supermarket.
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Panimoravintola Plevna
This cavernous German-style brewery pub-restaurant in the old Finlayson textile mill is all polished timber and high ceilings and is one of Tampere's best choices for informal dining. The house speciality here is German sausage such as bratwurst, but there are soups, fish and steaks - wash it down with a pint of Plevna's strong stout.
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Størget
A small bright café at the quay, this specializes in spectacular Danish open sandwiches (Danwiches), as well as burgers and American-style tuna and club sandwiches. It's not cheap but the sandwiches are big.
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Teatteriravintola Tillikka
This place, wedged between the river and the Tampere Theatre, serves a fine buffet-style lunch. In the evenings it steps up a gear, serving a creatively prepared range of steaks and fish and also happily catering to children.
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Thay No Khon
Cheap and cheerful with tasty Thai dishes, noodles and decent lunch buffet.
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Viikinkiravintola Harald
This is a Viking-theme restaurant, which isn't really Finnish, though much of the food is, with game specialities such as reindeer. It's a lot of fun, and identical to the one in Turku, with plenty of pageantry; some meals are served on Viking shields. There's a variety of set menus.
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Vohveli Kahvila
This homey café in a quaint stone house specialises in Tampere's best waffles - the name means 'waffle café' - delicious with whipped cream, fruit and sticky sweet toppings.
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Wanha Vanilja
Tampere's best café is a treasure-trove of time-worn furniture and curios, including dozens of clocks showing different times. It has a seriously tempting array of cakes and pastries which are well accompanied by their famed vanilla coffee. There's also a good lunchtime salad bar and a range of quiches.
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Wistub Alsace
This small, intimate and softly lit place specializes in the cuisine of the Alsace region and does it well, with delicious magret (the breast of corn-fattened birds) of duck and tasty chicken with spätzle noodles perfectly accompanied by deliciously aromatic Alsatian white wines. The desserts are original and delicious.
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