This was one of my absolute favourites on my trip, I love me an interactive museum!…read moreDon't forget to grab a guide book in your language at the entrance, it translates most of the signs for your convenience. There's a no-photo policy, but so many things to try and play with! Lots of spy history from around the world with many interactive exhibits and even a spy tunnel to try and spy on other visitors. I really enjoyed this unusual museum.

Very poor museum 7EUR entrance very expensiveread more

This is a rock themed bar. I went for a World Cup Game and the place was packed! It has an awesome…read moreoutdoor seating area with a Jumbotron. Beer and cider selection was great. I would recommend to anyone!

Let me start by saying this is one of my favorite places in Tampere, so if you're visiting Finland,…read moreplease do yourself a favor and go. This was our weekly hotspot while we lived in Tampere. Jack the Rooster is a Rock bar which has live music most days of the week. On Sundays (Jam Night) they have a house band which offers a really unique experience. You get the opportunity to request the songs that the band plays, but you also get to be part of the band. For example, you can request a song and then replace the singer for the song you chose. This is really cool because you can replace as many or as few members of the band as you'd like. It's like kareoke for all musicians! You play drums, no problem, replace the drummer. You sing and your buddy place bass, cool, replace the bass player and the singer. It's really a cool idea and always a blast to watch. The musicians in the house band are extremely talented and there aren't many songs they can't nail. There is also a karaoke room in the bar, so no matter what else is going on, you can sing some karaoke any night! Go on a weeknight and you might even get the room to yourself for you and your friends. Now on to the food. The food is great, the burgers are amazing, but they've also got some unique things happening in this area too! First, the death burger. This is a food challenge, so you have to consume the entire burger on 30 mins without drinking any milk. This burger has about half a bottle of Ahjo hot sauce in the burger and even more on top, and trust me, that stuff is HOT! In addition, you have to finish the fries which are sprinkled with naga chili spice. Jack the Rooster also hosts a special dinner night called Hell's night twice yearly which features an original recipe spiced up menu. You can pick your item based on the skull rating, 2 skulls is moderate and 5 skulls will have you on fire. I had the Russian roulette. This meal was 5 meatballs with mashed potatoes... but here's the catch, only on of those meatballs was a 5 skull naga chili meatball. I hit that meatball second and it was so hot I felt like I was on drugs. I had to down pints of milk to bring me back to reality. :) On Monday nights in the summer they host a really cool event, Reggaeta & Makkaraa (Reggae and Sausage). They have live reggae music and free sausages fresh from teh grill! Yes, that's right, free! Might I add, this terrace gets sun alllll day and allll evening. Finnish summer days are long, it barely gets dark before it gets light again.

The car museum cafe is situated on a very nice hill between two lakes and thus the views from the…read morecafe are great. I've been here couple times on a motorcycle and couple times on a bicycle - preferring the latter. This place with it's great munkki doughnuts are a great reward after the cycling. If you have time, take a walk to the shore from the hill after enjoying your coffee, the views are best lake Finland grade.

This place is located near the Tampere train station. There is a stage outside and a bar inside…read more It is fast-food like in a way that you stand in line to order. There was a decent beer selection. I had the pork belly here and it was very good! I also ordered a brownie with a scoop of ice cream for dessert. I liked the pork belly so much that I came back a second time on a different day. Four stars!

Nice restaurant and beer garden not far from Tampere's conference centre Tampere Talo. Located in a…read moreside street, it is just far enough from the main roads to be quiet and peaceful. On a sunny day, the patio is absolutely devine with colourful tables, lilac trees and a gazebo! Inside, the atmosphere is cosy with red brick walls and wood panels. The staff is super friendly and the menu offers great burgers as well as vegetarian options like halloumi cheese salad or falafels. It was a wonderful experience and I had a great time. I highly recommend the place, especially on a sunny summer day!

A huge museum with so many different areas to explore! From…read moreViking villages, through fashion and furniture, over minerals exhibitions, to gaming history (with lots of playable games), there's so much to explore! The different sections are clearly marked and easy to find. All the different sections are distinctly decorated and laid out, including a whole village in the history section and an 80s bedroom in the gaming section. So much love and care has been put into this place. There's also a big cafeteria that offers lunch buffets, as well as a café with a selection of breakfast and lunch offers. You can definitely spend at least one entire day here, don't miss this gem of a museum!

As an American, I had never heard of Moomin until my in-laws brought us back a stuffed Moomin doll…read morefrom the airport as a souvenir in 2024. Fast-forward to May 2026 and my husband and I are in Tampere. We watched the 2 episodes of Moomin available on the plane ride over from the US on Finair. It's definitely a children's show but the stories weren't very hashed out. Oh well, we figured we'd still stop by the Moomin Museum as we had seen that Moomin is everywhere in Finland - bandages, juice, cookies, backpacks, sauna towels, airplane livery... It's everywhere. The museum is a bit expensive. €18 per adult. The museum is 2 small floors with dioramas and some original art from the books on the walls. Information is on little screens in 6 languages, including English. When you walk in, you're given a museum guide that's 40+ pages long in a hardback book (that you must return) that gives a synopsis of the 9 Moomin books and some information about some of the displays that go with each book. The museum is set up where you enter the top floor and descend to see more dioramas from other Moomin books below. I wish the dioramas were numbered as certain dioramas go in a particular order as you're walked through different scenes in some of the books. The museum doesn't have old Moomin merchandise or information about the various Moomin theater productions, movies or comic strips, it's all just dioramas, a few drawings and 2 screens playing some clips of Moomin. There is one interactive exhibit - a projector that allows you to have your silhouette Moomin-fied. For someone who didn't grow up with Moomin, I felt like I was expecting more from a museum. There is a lot of reading involved so I'd probably not bring small children here. The kids that were here were screaming and crying while I visited. If you're not someone who grew up with Moomin, I think you can save the money and skip this museum. Visited: May 2026

Really cute museum that has a lot of history in it. We went on a free day. Not sure why it was…read morefree, but it was nice. They also have lockers that can fit suitcases which was convenient. We spent a couple hours here looking at and reading everything, but it could be a shorter activity. The museum is in a performance venue so there is a cafe and then the gift shop was cute as well.