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The city's
tourist office
is by the river, 500m from the
train station
at Verkatehtaankatu 2 (June-Aug Mon-Fri 8.30am-8pm, Sat 8.30am-6pm, Sun 11.30am-6pm; Sept-May Mon-Fri 8.30am-5pm; tel 03/31466800,
www.tampere.fi
), and a similar distance along HatanpA¤A¤n from the
bus station
: it offers free
Internet access
and hands out an excellent free Tampere guide.
Bicycles
can be rented from Sportia-10, Sammonkatu 60 (tel 03/225 0000). Central, moderately priced
hotels
include the
Victoria
, ItsenA¤isyydenkatu 1 (tel 03/2425111; A?25-30/$40-48/a?¬45-54), and
Sokos Hotel Villa
, Sumeliuksenkatu 14 (tel 03/2626267; A?30-35/$48-56/a?¬54-63). There are various
hostels
, the best being the
Uimahallin maja
, an HI hostel centrally located at Pirkankatu 10-12 (tel 03/2229460; A?5-10/$8-16/a?¬9-18), and the
NNKY
opposite the cathedral at Tuomiokirkkonkatu 12a (tel 03/2524020; A?5-10/$8-16/a?¬9-18; June-Aug). The nearest
campsite
is
HA¤rmA¤lA¤
, 5km south (tel 03/2651355; mid-May to late Aug; bus #1), which also has three-person cabins for a?¬30.
The cheapest places to eat are the
student mensas
at the university at the end of Yliopistonkatu. Still cheap are the usual pizza joints such as
Paprika
on the second floor of the
Hostel Uimahallion Maja
, Pirkankatu 10-12 (nightly till 11.45pm), and for relaxed posing,
CafA© Strindberg
, opposite the train station, serves fine baguettes as well as full meals. For a local speciality, try
mustamakkara
, a type of black sausage, at the
Laukontori
open-air
market
by the rapids. For
drinking
, the
Plevna
is a German-style beer hall in Finlayson's converted factory on Kuninkaankatu, which is especially busy at weekends; for live music, head for
Tullikamari
, a
nightclub
in an old customs house on ItsenA¤syydenkatu behind the train station. The observation tower at SA¤rkA¤nniemi has an excellent revolving restaurant,
NA¤sinneula,
which serves traditional Finnish delicacies for about a?¬25. Other useful information
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Finland,
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