Century‑old protected factory office at Vernissaraitti 6 in Epilä up for auction
A protected, century-old factory office at Vernissaraitti 6 in Epilä is being sold at a public auction open until 8 August 2026.
A protected, century-old factory office at Vernissaraitti 6 in Epilä is being sold at a public auction open until 8 August 2026.
The first week of June in Tampere will be mixed, with patchy rain and clouds but some sun on Wednesday–Thursday and temperatures that could climb above 20°C in spots.
VR unveiled the new Sm7 Flirt electric units at Tampere railway station; they will enter regional commuter service late this summer on the Tampere-area R and M routes and can carry up to 700 passengers.
Pyynikki Summer Theatre opens Harmony Sisters on 10 June, a musical based on the true story of the Valtonen sisters who rose from Kotka to national fame in the 1930s–1950s.
Metso is moving its rock‑crushing production to a new Lahdesjärvi factory, freeing the Hatanpää industrial site for housing; earthworks start this summer and operations are expected in autumn 2028.
Volunteers will remove invasive lupines from Pekanpuisto in Huikkaa and Sahavainionpuisto in Niemenranta on Tuesday, and local politicians will join the event in Sahavainionpuisto as part of a four-stop summer series.
Aamulehti's Moro lists for Pirkanmaa on 1 June 2026 show Satu Rämö's novel Tinna topping reservations at Piki libraries with 2,274 holds.
Ilves has published its 2026–27 Liiga schedule and opened season-ticket sales, and Nokia Arena will nearly double its wheelchair seating for next season to improve accessibility.
According to the City of Tampere, a nationwide Taloustutkimus survey in February–March 2026 found Tampere remains Finland's most recommended city for people under 30 considering where to study.
The City of Tampere has opened a nature-focused playground in Korpinpuisto, Järvensivu, featuring recycled-material play structures including a log hut and wooden boats.
Pirkanmaa's health services will run reduced schedules mainly from late June through July, with many local clinics, dental services and some outpatient care operating limited hours or closing, Pirha says.
According to the City of Tampere, Disabled Pride will open the city’s June human-rights programme on 6 June 2026, highlighting invisible disabilities with an accessible march, speeches and a disco.
Niko Ranta-aho and a relative are charged with aggravated tax fraud linked to concealed dividends from Spanish property companies, with the trial opening Tuesday at Helsinki District Court and alleged illicit gains of “hundreds of thousands of euros.”
The Turku Court of Appeal has quashed a criminal conviction in a case where a man stole a Tokmanni company card from the Nokian Red Cross and spent nearly €40,000 in November 2024.
Kurpitsatalo, a more-than-100-year-old wooden house in Tahmela bought for 33,000 marks and once used as a neighbourhood communal space, has been placed under a usage ban and now stands empty and used for storage.
Messukylä’s medieval stone church reopens for the summer on 3 June with concerts, services, lectures, guided cemetery tours and an expanded courtyard coffee kiosk.
Only two Pirkanmaa upper-secondary schools made STT’s national best-school lists this spring: Vammalan in Sastamala on the large-school list and Hämeenkyrö on the small-school list, leaving Tampere unrepresented.
The western end of Lahdenperänkatu will get new traffic lights, a separated pedestrian and cycle path and other street improvements this summer; temporary traffic arrangements start overnight June 4–5 and on-street impacts begin June 5.
A spike in tick reports on the TickLive app has left Tampere resident Taru Nurmela removing ticks from her two miniature bull terriers almost daily, while researchers say long-term trends point to more ticks overall.
Imatra will run a crowdsourced invasive-plant removal campaign with the Crowdsorsa app from June and has doubled the local reward pot to €3,500 to encourage volunteers to remove lupin and other invasive species.