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Ratapihankatu's new bridge opens this weekend, closing through traffic between Åkerlundinkatu and Väinölänkatu while temporary detours and two parking-ramp exits are closed for the weekend.
The city plans to convert the old Hiedanranta pulp mill into a cultural quarter aiming to attract 1.2 million visitors a year by 2040.
Tredu says its students won multiple awards at the national SAKUstars cultural competitions held in Tampere on 14–16 April 2026.
Two veteran school-safety experts say Finland's basic education system lacks clear, practical guidance for teachers and principals on handling student violence and other safety dilemmas.
Tampere will expand neighbourhood-based community safety outreach to Hervanta, Annala and Kaukajärvi using a €195,000 grant from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.
Aamulehti asks locals to nominate the best lunch spots outside Tampere city centre — plate, buffet or salad lunches — and to state where they get good value and their maximum lunch price.
Drivers in Tampere can get a free estimate of their car’s particle emissions during voluntary measurements at the Finnpark P‑Hämp parking garage on April 21–23 and April 27–29.
A family’s detached house in Heinoo, Sastamala, was destroyed in a fire on Wednesday at about 2 p.m.; no one was injured and the cause is under investigation.
Tampere proposes adding a grocery store and expanded retail at the central bus station; the zoning amendment and participation plan are on public display until 7 May.
Tampere’s Taideratikka art tram will host pop-up performances — early music, a children’s choir and poetry readings — on line 1 between Kaupin kampus and Pyhällönpuisto from April 22 to June 11; performances are included with a regular tram ticket.
The Taideratikka pop-up performance series returns April 22 on tram line 1 between Kauppi campus and Pyhällönpuisto, with performances included on a regular travel ticket.
Five Tampere museums this week highlighted their oddest collection items, from an 18th-century executioner’s axe to a triangular 1918 prison-camp bread said not to decay.
Ilves clinched a Liiga semifinal spot and will face local rivals Tappara at Nokia Arena; tickets for Ilves' home semifinal are now on sale.
A Tampere homeowner halved annual household electricity use—from about 12,000 kWh to roughly 6,500 kWh—after replacing a 25‑year‑old ground‑source heat pump with a modern inverter-driven system integrated with rooftop solar.
Czech defenceman Radek Kučeřík scored the equaliser in Game 5 and opened the scoring in Game 7 to help Ilves blunt KalPa’s momentum in the playoff series.
The 95-year-old Viinikka kiosk in Tampere has reopened as a year-round grill, with an official opening on 18 April and test openings winning praise for the burgers.
Haloo Helsinki! will headline Nokia Arena on 18 April, and Tampere Rock City week features concerts across the city including Machinae Supremacy, Maustetytöt, Robin Packalen and Suvi Teräsniska.
A bakery worker's hand became trapped in a dough mixer at Leivon Leipomo in Tampere on Wednesday evening; rescue crews freed the worker and emergency services remained at the scene.
A Tampere neighbour has appealed to the Hämeenlinna administrative court over a permit for a planned 24‑bed group home in Lamminpää, contesting the community board’s approval of a zoning deviation.
Tampere has added about 60 new city bike stations, bringing the network to more than 170 stops while access prices remain unchanged.