Ilves midfielder Otto Tiitinen, 18, has joined English club Charlton Athletic on a season-long loan that includes an option for Charlton to buy him permanently.
Ilves-Hockey approved its 2025–26 financial statements and elected Aleksi Arpiainen and Pekka Tammela to its board at its annual meeting in Tampere on 3 September 2026.
Almost two-thirds of Tampere's upper secondary students use AI at least once a week, according to a survey of 1,896 pupils that follows the city's June research-sparring pilot with Tampere University.
Pyynikki Upper Secondary School has opened an English-language study stream this autumn, enrolling 27 students who will study in English while learning Finnish and preparing for the Finnish as a Second Language and Literature matriculation exam.
Normet has opened a new technology centre in Pirkkala focused on autonomous, robotic and digital technologies for underground mining, expanding its research, product development and testing capacity.
Tampere Filharmonia is asking concertgoers in Tampere to complete a nationwide visitor survey open from 8 August to 15 November 2026; participants can win concert gift-card packages.
Maija Vilkkumaa released 'Esikoinen' on 4 September 2026 as the third single from her ninth album 'Karaoke-queen', and will perform at Tavara-asema in Tampere on 12 November.
Asla Jo’s new single “Baby Gay”, released 4 September via Kaiku Entertainment, gained attention after festival performances and will be featured on her autumn tour, including a Tampere show at G Livelab on 19 November.
Patria has finished assembling Finland’s first F135 fighter engine at its Linnavuori plant in Nokia; the production line is expected to employ about 50 people through 2030.
Two new maintenance, storage and repair halls at the Tampere tram depot were completed and handed over at the end of August.
VR will remove station ticket machines after November because they account for only about 2% of sales; paper 10-ride regional tickets will stop being sold from machines and R-kiosks on 30 November.
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.
Kauppi Sports Center has opened a new café inside the Hakametsä ice rink and will begin serving weekday breakfasts from Monday in addition to its lunch buffet.
Ilves travel to Pori to face Ässät at Enersense Areena on Friday, aiming to extend their shutout run after a 2–0 season-opening win.
Finland’s municipalities could face about €900 million in unemployment penalty payments this year after a 2025 TE reform shifted costs to local governments; Tampere alone expects roughly €55 million in penalties.
A 45-square-metre storage building on Iso Riihisaari in Mänttä‑Vilppula was destroyed by fire during a severe thunderstorm on Wednesday evening.
A heritage train will run two return trips between Tampere and Nokia on Saturday 5 September, calling at Tesoma.
Ilves' rejuvenated U20 squad opens the 2026–27 U20 SM season in Hämeenlinna on Friday against HPK as the club aims to defend last season's silver.
A new "Glow of the Winter Night" Moomin mug, based on a Tove Jansson gouache from the Muumimuseo collection, goes on sale at Tampere's Moomin Museum shop on 26 September, with the museum holding an exclusive one-month sales window.
Tullikamari in Tampere has reopened after a €13.7 million renovation that added a new basement, a large artist green room with a sauna, and improved accessibility alongside upgraded acoustics and technical systems.