The draft 2027 budget sets aside roughly €113.6 million in net investments, with most of the money earmarked for building schools and daycares across Tampere.
Tampere has halted the procurement for the main and architectural design of the Sara Hildén Art Museum in Särkänniemi after a competing firm lodged a formal complaint about the tender documents.
Tampere University's new Noodi research building in Hervanta was completed and handed over in early August, and teaching has already started in its new laboratories.
Tampere has received a €100,000 Traficom grant to develop Teiskon airfield into a drone research and product-development testing site.
A new Hakametsä unit of Sammon keskuslukio will open in August 2027 to add upper-secondary places while the permanent campus is delayed, the city says.
Päätalo's C wing, home to 16 student organisations, may be closed for three to four years for renovation starting in early 2028, raising concerns about another forced relocation.
A mobile nature game in Nekala attracted 13 locals who logged 85 forest clover observations this summer to help map habitat for a critically endangered moth.
Over 20 years Tampere's waterfront has become a sought-after, high-priced residential area, but residents now face a recurring daily nuisance linked to increased activity along the shoreline.
A zoning change on Multiojankatu could nearly double the street’s population to about 460 by replacing 1970s blocks with new multi-storey and terraced housing; the plan now moves toward the city council.
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Tampere must find temporary premises for about 100 students of the new sports-focused Hakametsä upper secondary school next autumn after zoning delays pushed the permanent campus opening toward 2030.
A UN International AI and Citiverse Forum and the first ITU‑T Focus Group meeting on AI for Smart Sustainable Cities will take place in Tampere on 10–11 September to push city AI from pilots to citywide scale.
Hippospuisto, the small park between Kaleva and Hakametsä, looks neglected with graffitied bins, boarded windows and only 20‑cm grass, even though reconstruction work at the Hakametsä ice hall is due to start next year and finish by 2035.
Pirkanmaa Wellbeing Services has launched the sale of the Pitkäniemi hospital area in Nokia, dividing the site into three lots that include a protected wooden rental house and the Linna building.
Listeners to the Aamupodi podcast are sharply divided over Tampere's new Särkänsilta bridge, calling it either "a really ugly monstrosity" or "a magnificent and beautiful bridge."
Construction begins Monday 7 September on a two-storey extension to the R-building at Tampere University Hospital to keep MRI services running while the new M-building is built.
Tampere is moving to secure the future of the Lahdenperä service station in Vihioja after the community board approved a draft plan and forwarded it to the city board and council.
Skanska will carry out the Tampere Art Museum renovation after winning a Market Court appeal that prompted the city to cancel its original procurement decision.
Nokia Arena has reworked its private boxes so several can be merged into a single VIP suite for up to 138 guests, Aamulehti reports.
Tampere will invest €750,000 to expand mountain‑bike trails and improve outdoor recreation services in the Kauppi–Niihama area, with work planned between 2026 and 2028.
Lujatalo will begin construction late this autumn on Asunto Oy Tampereen Pioni, a privately financed 45‑apartment building beside the Hatanpää Arboretum, with completion targeted for late 2027.