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This promontory amusement park complex has numerous attractions, including dozens of
rides, an observation tower, art gallery, aquarium, farm zoo, planetarium and dolphinari-
um. Buy all-inclusive entry or pay per attraction (€10/5 per adult/child). Opening times are
complex; check the website, where you can also get discounted entry. Indoor attractions
stay open year-round. Take bus 20 from the train station or central square.
Rides include the Tornado roller coaster, super-fast High Voltage, speedboat rides on the
www.sarkanniemi.fi
;adult/child day pass up to €29/€18; noon-7pm mid-May-Aug, 11am-9pm
Sep-mid-May)
is mediocre, with Finnish fish more interesting than the hobby-tank favour-
ites. The planetarium is in the same complex, above which soars 168m
Näsinneula Ob-
11am-11.30pm)
, the tallest in these northern lands. It's overpriced but gives spectacular city
and lake views. There's a revolving restaurant.
sarahilden
;adult/child €8/4; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun Sep-mid-May, noon-7pm daily mid-May-Aug)
has a collection of international and Finnish modern art and sculpture; the space is nor-
mally devoted to excellent exhibitions showcasing particular artists.
Werstas
MUSEUM
hibitions; 11am-6pm Tue-Sun)
This worthwhile labour museum has a variety of changing exhibitions covering social his-
tory and labour industries. The permanent exhibition consists of three parts: a reconstruc-
tion of various historically typical Finnish workplaces - a shop, a printing press; an in-
depth focus on textiles; and a hall holding the enormous steam engine and wheel that
powered the Finlayson factory in the 19th century.
Vapriikki
MUSEUM
A bright, modern glass-and-steel exhibition space in the renovated Tampella textile mill.
As well as regularly changing exhibitions on anything from bicycles to Buddhism, there's
a permanent display on Tampere's history, a beautiful
mineral museum
, a
natural his-
