Panimoravintola Plevna

Blood sausage and home-brewed beer!

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Tampere, the “Manchester of Finland”, gets rather cold in the winter.  Freezing winds, ice and snow mean that finding a good pub to settle into in this lakeside town is a must.  Thankfully, Panimoravintola Plevna fits the bill.  This surprisingly big pub/restaurant sits inside the enormous Finlayson factory conversion on one edge of the city.  Tampere used to be an industrial textile town, but the Finlayson factory – one of the largest – is now home to a whole range of restaurants, cafes, movie theatres and one of the weirdest nightclubs you’ll ever see.  Panimoravintola Plevna is one of the best places in Tampere to start a night, and definitely the place to go to try Mustamakkara – the local blood sausage.  “Musta” is not for the feint-hearted, but its worth trying for those who delight in trying local delicacies! If you can’t stomach that you can try a whole range of Finnish and German-influenced foods and they brew their own beer, giving you plenty of new experiences to try.  Their dark beers, pilsners and amber ale are all worth a try, and match the food selections really well.  Overall, Panimoravintola Plevna is a lovely little find in a fun Finnish city.