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tory museum
and a small but cluttered
ice-hockey museum
, with memorabilia of star
players and teams from Finland's sporting passion. There's also a
museum of shoes
-
Tampere was known for its footwear industry - and a pleasant cafe.
Lenin-Museo
MUSEUM
11am-6pm Jun-Aug)
Admirers of bearded revolutionaries won't want to miss this small museum in the Work-
ers' Hall where Lenin and Stalin first met in 1905. Lenin's life is documented with photos
and papers; it's a little dry but it's fascinating to see, for example, his old school report
(Vladimir was a straight-A student) or a threadbare couch that he slept on. The gift shop
stocks Lenin pens, badges, T-shirts and other Soviet-era souvenirs.
Muumilaakso
MUSEUM
incl Tampereen taidemuseo €10/4; 9am-5pm Tue-Fri, 10am-6pm Sat & Sun)
Explore the creation of Tove Jansson's enduringly popular Moomins in this atmospheric
museum in the basement of the art gallery, Tampereen taidemuseo. It contains original
drawings and beautiful dioramas depicting scenes from these quirky stories (English ex-
planations available). It's scheduled to move to a new home in the Tampere-talo building
in 2016.
Activities
The
www.visittampere.fi
website has plenty more ideas for getting active in and around
Tampere, including fishing information.
Pyynikki
PARK
Rising between Tampere's two lakes, this forested ridge has fine views plus walking and
cycling trails. It soars 85m above the lakeshores - an Everest by southern Finnish standar-
ds - and claims to be the world's highest gravel ridge. A stone
observation tower
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