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  1. Hey!

    For underground culture one hasn’t even to leave the centre!

    We have this wonderful hang-out place called Romu & Random in Satamakatu close to Kuuma, it’s basically combination of everything what one wants it to be. Gigs, meetings, workshops, gallery, shop, fleamarket… You should definitely check it out from Facebook!

    Close by Kodin kakkonen in Pyynikki you can find Taidetila Katve, which is more oriented to visual arts and the place is just unbelievable as there are couple of artist working all the time and they have made the outlook of the place (buildings and garden) just great! It’s quite easy to spot since it’s so colorful and full of weird stuff. The history of the place is also very interesting. If you see people around there just start asking questions as that was exactly what I did and got surprised! They have free workshops every sunday (?) and this place with the details can also be found on Facebook!

    Couple of nice underground bars can also be found from the centre. In Hämeenpuisto there’s a bar called Maanalainen (straight translation from underground) and they organize many gigs and jamming-sessions in the basement. Second bar/restaurant worth mentioning must be Telakka, the place which has got the greatest athmosphere of all! You MUST check this out. As Maanalainen, they also have got a lot of gigs and jamming sessions (for example soul and jazz) which are free and you can enjoy the warm and old building as it makes the place so welcoming. They also have got very good food there which I can definitely recommend even though it’s a bit expensive.

    In Tahmela and Pispala can be found some amazing places as it’s the main spot for almost every artist! I’ll mention just Hirvitalo and Kurpitsatalo for example. And of clubs located in the same area I want to recommend the Vastavirta-klubi! It’s just the greatest.

    There’s also many other amazing places which you can pretty easily find if you just walk around and keep your eyes open.

  2. Haha good thing you liked Tampere. Coming from born-in-the-city-Tamperelainen few short pointers. Sauna-restaurant Kuuma is ridicolously expensive and way too “look at me, im rich” kind of place, it is almost a joke with “natives”. On the food aspective, I would recommend two places: Pispalan Pulteri wich is the oldest restaurant on Pispala area. Awesome food and magnificent pub-atmosphere. From the menu, I would suggest taking “Superpihvi” wich is the steak (and THE SAUCE) they are known for in Tampere. The second place is called Sticky Wingers (Wings, suprise suprise!) known for three kinds of wings and over TWENTY different sauces for them.

    For the bars, shortly: Thrasherie bar, the only and the Best metal bar in Tampere, located on corner of Hämeenkatu and Hämeenpuisto.
    You can locate me every day there from the corner of the bar, come to chat :D

    Welcome to Tampere

    Tatu Suomalainen, proud to be Tamperelainen

    Ps. Kauppahalli is THE place to visit, words cant describe how wonderful that place is, especially on breakfest time. They shared your post on Facebook and that is how I found this article :)