Night-time work to install tram overhead wires and tracks will take place on Hatanpään valtatie and nearby streets from the night of July 19 to July 24, with single-lane traffic and residents warned of noise and warning lights.
Used apartment prices in Tampere fell 5.6% year-on-year and second-hand transactions dropped 21% in January–June, while new-apartment sales also declined.
Lightning struck the Tampere Orthodox Church during Saturday celebrations, starting a fire in the building’s highest tower; the blaze remained confined to the tower and no injuries have been reported.
Free park meals brought families and young people together in seven Tampere parks this summer; organisers handed out early meal buckets, ran activities and resolved early shortages that briefly left about 100 children without lunch.
Tampere will replace wall-mounted cupboard beds in three daycare centres after a city safety review, ordering up to 200 beds from Woodi Oy.
Heavy rain is forecast to begin around midday Saturday in Tampere, threatening stormwater flooding and possibly disrupting Tammerfest's Saturday headliner Eppu Normaali.
Finland's employment authority proposes scrapping the rule that forces unemployed people to keep applying for jobs even after signing an employment contract, arguing it wastes employers' and municipal staff time.
Hippos has launched a gambling company, Hippos ATG, to boost funding for Finnish harness racing after annual funding fell from about €40 million to roughly €30 million and several race tracks face closure.
About a quarter of OP Uusimaa mortgage applicants are choosing loan terms longer than 35 years, while Finland raised the maximum mortgage term to 40 years in June – a change that lowers monthly payments but can raise lifetime interest costs.
Area-based farm subsidy inspections began in early July in Kanta-Häme and Pirkanmaa; about 100 farms will face on-site checks while satellite imagery and AI monitor compliance year-round.
Two elderly women were removed from IC26 at Tampere after refusing to move from the Extra Rento carriage and confronting train staff.
Students from 13 vocational fields at Tredu built the Aurora House for the Lempäälä Housing Fair, completing everything from earthworks to the final interior fittings on a real construction site.
FREIJA shareholders have appointed Joni Lukkaroinen as chair of the board to oversee a phased, large-scale eMethane production project in the Tampere region using green hydrogen and biogenic CO2.
Tampere has installed temporary seating islands and planters in eight parking spaces on Hallituskatu and Pyynikintori this summer, prompting a debate on social media and a city request for feedback on the pilot.
Tays is launching two clinical trials at its PeeTU paediatric research centre to test oral baricitinib for Type 1 diabetes in 1–36-year-olds, aiming to delay onset in people with prediabetes and preserve insulin production in newly diagnosed patients.
Finland's social welfare providers must connect to the national Kanta system by early September, giving clients and relatives real-time access to social care entries through OmaKanta.
Two housing companies in Killinkoski face bankruptcy after years of unpaid maintenance fees; residents have lost hot water and bankruptcy petitions were filed on July 10.
Teivo Kuninkuusravit tickets will serve as valid Nysse travel passes for the race weekend from 31 July 10:00 until 2 August 21:00, covering buses, trams and certain VR train routes.
A new nine-storey building called Arbusca in Ranta‑Tampella has 45 income‑restricted rental apartments; residents began moving in during the weeks after Midsummer.
Tampere has launched a commercial driverless feeder bus on route 301 near Hervanta that operates without an onboard driver and is monitored from a remote control room.