Emil Aaltonen Park’s playground will close in September for a full renovation that is scheduled to finish by the end of 2026.
The City of Tampere says major works on Irjalankatu are entering their final phase this autumn, with the first reconstructed sections due to be completed and intersection work scheduled for October.
Tampereen Tenniskeskus will expand by over 1,000 m² with a two‑storey extension housing an indoor sprint lane, pilates/yoga studio, multipurpose cue-sports space and extra café/restaurant area; work starts this autumn and should finish in June.
Councillor Julia Sangervo has asked the city to renovate and reopen a 100-year-old lakeside sauna beside the Sara Hildén Art Museum in Särkänniemi and proposes developing it as an "art sauna" combining contemporary art, architecture and the Näsijärvi shoreline.
Pirkanmaa plans to sell the historic Pitkäniemi hospital campus in Nokia as one lot with a starting price of €15,577,000, combining protected hospital buildings and new housing building rights.
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The Metsäniitty early childhood centre's courtyard in Tampere has been rebuilt as a pilot climate‑resilient play and learning space, with more vegetation, shade and nature-based stormwater management.
Koivisto’s school, library and youth facilities will be extensively renovated from August 2028 to May 2030 at an estimated cost of about €19.5 million, with spaces reopening for school use and evening community activities in August 2030.
Construction of a new pedestrian, cycle and ski bridge in Kauppi will begin after the 2026 pesäpallo season; the existing underpass will close from the week starting 21 September 2026 and detours will be signposted.
Local conservation volunteers in Pälkäne have turned a frozen 150 m² shoreline channel on Kukkiajärvi into a trial filtering system after a suspected clear-cut clogged a stream, aiming to stop humus and organic carbon from reaching the Natura 2000 lake.
Tampere will rent portable school blocks in Kaleva for €80,640 a month to house pupils while city-centre schools are renovated.
A City of Tampere study found that most people moving from Tampere to neighbouring municipalities between 2020 and 2026 did so to get larger apartments or plots, Tamperelainen reports.
Twenty-five high school students at the Orivesi campus must unexpectedly move after the site's cooperative said it cannot pay heating bills and district heating will be cut on 5 October.
A motion-activated camera has recorded stoats, otters, foxes, badgers and protected pool frogs using a 39-metre wildlife tunnel under Lääkärinkatu in Kaupinlaakso.
The City of Tampere says a June 2026 phone survey found most people who recently moved from Tampere to neighbouring municipalities did so to find a more suitable home, especially single-family houses and larger apartments.
Tampere city officials outlined measures to remove food and shelter that attract rats and to tackle sightings near the Härmälä tramline, warning that large infrastructure works can push rodents into new neighbourhoods.
Tampere University Hospital (Tays) is the first hospital in Finland to introduce high‑dose (HDR) brachytherapy for rectal cancer, a treatment that may allow some patients to avoid major surgery and a permanent stoma.
Draft street, walking and cycling plans for the Tasanteen interchange – including a green bridge and a new roundabout – will be presented at a public drop-in on 23 September at Koilliskeskus library.
Tampere has granted YIT a two-year exemption to remove a collapsing south wall of the protected Santalahti paper mill at Tervatehtaanraitti 6, citing an immediate safety risk.
Pirkanmaan Osuuskauppa will close ABC Oritupa in Orivesi for a comprehensive renovation starting autumn 2026, with a full shutdown for about four weeks in January 2027 and reopening planned for the 2027 ski holiday.
Construction on the new child and adolescent psychiatry building at Tampere University Hospital has reached ridge height, and services are scheduled to begin in early 2028.