City: Pirkanmaa
Top Things to do in Pirkanmaa
Top 10 Things to do Good for Big Groups in Pirkanmaa, Finland
Pirkanmaa (Swedish: Birkaland, also known as Tampere Region in government documents), is a region of Finland. It borders on the regions of Satakunta, Tavastia Proper, Päijät-Häme, Southern Ostrobothnia, Central Finland and Southwest Finland.
Restaurants in Pirkanmaa
1. Adventure Apes
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5.0 based on 27 reviews
Adventure Apes is a full-service adventure company based in Orivesi in Southern Finland. We specialise in custom, small-group adventures across Finland and especially in Tampere region. We offer wilderness excursions and adventure-based activities, hiking or skiing tours, fishing trips, kids birthday parties, city sightseeing tours, sports events and business team building days. Families and people with disabilities welcome. You name the adventure, we'll plan it.
2. Visavuori
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5.0 based on 30 reviews
VISAVUORI is the museum of the life and works of sculptor Emil Wikstrom (1864-1942)
Reviewed By piriot - Stresa, Italy
Visavuori is a few kilometres off from the main road Tampere-Helsinki. Worth the break. The old buildings tell us about the work of one of the most famous Finnish the sculptors from the time when the nationalism broke out in Finland. The new building from the 1970’s show us the works of the most famous Finnish cartoonist.
3. Milavida Museo
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4.5 based on 32 reviews
Reviewed By MikaelF413 - Vantaa, Finland
This museum is located in a restored late-19th-century Näsi Castle in the middle of the lush Näsi Park. Milavida presents the glamorous and international lifestyle of the Nottbeck family, the owners of the famous Finlayson cotton mill. The temporary exhibition 'Carry me – 100 years of handbags' showcases the centenary story of the handbag.
4. Vapriikin Museokeskus
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4.5 based on 396 reviews
Reviewed By leffex - Pietarsaari, Finland
The Vapriikki is amazing. You can find all kind of museums here. The Stone Museum, Media Museum Rupriikki , Puppet Museum , Pirkanmaa Provincial Museum , Postal Museum , Finnish Ice Hockey Museum , Finnish Game Museum and Tampere Museum of Natural History. Vapriikki is named after the Swedish word fabrik. The Museum Center is located in the former workshop of the Tampella Mill, the oldest parts of which were built in the 1880s. Half of the total area of 14,000 square meters in Vapriiki is reserved for exhibitions and public spaces. I’m a history freak, so the most interesting for me was the exhibition “Tampere 1918”, which tells about the bloody battle between the Whites and the Reds during the Finnish Civil War 1918. Perspectives are offered by the fighters on both sides, but civilians and onlookers are not overlooked either. The exhibition presents a large cross-section of society at war, from children and old people to workers and factory managers. The Vapriikki was selected as the Museum of the Century at the Centennial Cultural Gala held in October 2017 as part of Finland's 100th anniversary program.
5. Tampereen Tuomiokirkko
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4.5 based on 418 reviews
Reviewed By mWrite - Helsinki, Finland
This beautiful church was designed by famous Finnish architect Lars Sonck and built early 20th century. I highly recommend a visit and admiring all simple and beautiful detailed decorations. To get all out of the visit, I recommend to read about the church before hand.
6. Pyynikki Park and Observation Tower
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4.5 based on 735 reviews
Reviewed By ester994
Awesome view from the tower!!! The café downstairs is very good with nice coffee and hot chocolate and the best munkki in the whole Finland! (You can find many different things to drink and eat as well) Besides, Pyynikki has nice places to visit around, like pyynikin uimaranta (beach), the theater etc. Definitely must visit this place!
7. Serlachius Museum Gosta
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4.5 based on 86 reviews
In the magnificent milieu, Art museum Gösta shows contemporary art, masters of the Golden age and interesting wood architecture. Also sculpture park and island. Restaurant Gösta at the museum serves pure tastes. Serlachius bus: Tampere - Mänttä - Tampere direct to the museums.
Reviewed By Xtrttvllr - Helsinki, Finland
A kind of a hidden gem - you wouldnt expect such a small place house such a rich collection. Given ties to industrial history and papermills, its safe to say this museum is much better funded and curated than most museums in relatively remote small villages. You can catch samples from Finnish masters (like Gallen-Kallela, Edefelt and Schjerfbeck) and also contemporary art in more frequently changing exhibitions. Beautifull location is a bonus. You should also see their other museum, i think one ticket gives you entrance to both. Sadly we were short on time, so we had to do with just this little piece of magic.
8. Hatanpaa Arboretum
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4.5 based on 171 reviews
Reviewed By JussiK365
Hatanpään arboretum is a large park of Mansion of Hatanpää in Tampere. There are plenty of different plants like flowers, trees, bushes and flowers. The arboretum is open from early spring to late autumn and is a lovely place have a nice picnic. In the area there are lots of small beautiful pathways bound here and there with benches. Specially in July the parks rose garden is filled with roses marked with their names. There are also two good cafe´s. Arboretum is free to visit.
9. Nasinneula Tower
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4.5 based on 205 reviews
Reviewed By tonit717 - Tuulos, Finland
Magnificent view over Tampere, a city between two lakes, and Pirkanmaa landscape. Spacious observation deck with large windows and a cafeteria. Windows were slightly annoyingly dirty outside. There is also a restaurant, but we didn't visit there.
10. Moomin Museum
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4.5 based on 129 reviews
Reviewed By Pure_Fin - Shanghai, China
The worlds only Moomin Museum is locates at Tampere Talo aka the biggest opera house in Finland. Good location to visit as family, both adults and children has something to do. They have translations with Finnish, Swedish, Russian, English and Japanese. The ticket allows you to say 4 hours but 1-2 hours is enough. It is forbidden to take photos inside of the museum except one location ( staff will help you) It’s the second location of the Moomin Museum (first one was at the central library). There are storytelling times when visitors can listen the stories (adults and children). Every day there is an art workshop on the B1 floor All of the original drafts and models are visible in the Museum. The location is close to city centre and central train station (10-15 min walk).
