An online survey open 10 August–4 September 2026 invites residents to give feedback on planned Kauppi–Niihama hiking trail upgrades that aim to improve access while protecting the area's natural values.
Former practical nurse Rauno Nevalainen enrolled at Häme University of Applied Sciences in 2023 and is retraining to become a forest engineer while completing an internship at Stora Enso.
Nearly 100 low-threshold cultural events for older Tampere residents will be held across the city this autumn, with programmes adapted for those with limited mobility.
The Perseid meteor shower will peak in Finland in the early hours of August 13, with up to 60 meteors per hour; the display will remain visible through August 24.
Social Affairs and Health Minister Wille Rydman questioned the UKK Institute’s special legal status and funding while speaking in Tampere on Thursday.
Ståhlberg is opening two new lunch cafés in Tampere – one in Tulli at the end of August and another in Linnainmaa after renovations expected to finish in October, bringing the chain's total to 12.
A Tampere clinical veterinary nurse has launched a citizens' initiative to ban extreme pedigree traits she says cause serious health problems in animals.
Ilves clinched third place in the Tampere Cup on Saturday, beating HIFK 1-0 in a penalty shootout.
Empty pizza boxes have been blocking public bins across central Tampere this summer, forcing more frequent emptying and pushing cleanup costs into the hundreds of thousands of euros.
Tampere will replace dilapidated student blocks east of Turtolankatu in Lukonmäki with new apartment buildings and five single-family plots, creating housing for about 400 people.
A Tampere court sentenced 24-year-old Anni Eliisa Piesk to five years in prison for deliberately setting a fire in a first-floor studio on Kullervonkatu in Tammela last September, a blaze that forced 43 residents to evacuate.
Akaa's Finns Party group says Anton Murola should remain chair of the city's audit committee despite criticism over racist social media posts; the city council will make the final decision after the city board discusses a removal motion.
Finland's university hospitals, including Tampere University Hospital, are facing an acute nationwide shortage of donor sperm this summer, leaving many public fertility patients waiting months or even up to two years for treatment.
Tampere ranks among the cleanest European cities for urban air quality, placing in the top ten of a 761-city index focused on long-term health risks from PM2.5, NO2 and ozone.
Eppu Normaali will end regular touring after 50 years with three farewell concerts at Ratina Stadium in Tampere on 6–8 August, concluding on 8 August.
Tampere-talo hosts a free Moomin birthday celebration on Saturday 8 August from 10:00–16:00 with discounted entry to the Moomin Museum and family activities including readings, meet-and-greets and workshops.
From early August, young people under 29 who missed out on study places can use a free 30‑credit study voucher to take open university or university of applied sciences courses.
Finland will send 65 athletes to the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham (Aug 10–16); Tampereen Pyrintö has five athletes selected, though Reetta Hurske and Saga Vanninen are sidelined by injury.
Police have recorded 964 vandalism crimes in Tampere so far this year as residents report dog faeces in mailboxes, urine in stairwells and repeated attacks on vehicles, leaving neighbourhoods frustrated and property owners facing repair bills.
Police now consider a man seen following women in Hervanta woods a prime suspect in the 2011 killing of 42-year-old Yuqing Yin.