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Rahola

Rahola is a district in Tampere, Finland.

Rahola
Rahola · Antti Makkonen
The place

Rahola is a district in Tampere, Finland. The area is located on northern shore of Pyhäjärvi lake, south of the Tampere–Pori railway.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Rahola

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Tampere University

    Tampere University is a multidisclipinary public university located in the city of Tampere, Finland. It is the second largest university in the country by student enrollment.

    7.4 km · public university in the city of Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Tampere Deck Arena

    The Nokia Arena, also known by its non-sponsored name Tampere Deck Arena, is an indoor arena in Tampere, Finland, which hosts ice hockey games and large cultural events. It is the home arena of Ilves and Tappara of the SM-liiga.

    7.2 km · sports arena in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Pyhäjärvi

    Pyhäjärvi is a lake in southern Finland. Although the name means "holy lake" in modern Finnish, it probably originally meant "border lake".

    2.2 km · lake in Pirkanmaa, Finland (near Tampere) · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Tampere Cathedral

    Tampere Cathedral is a Lutheran church in Tampere, Finland, and the seat of the Diocese of Tampere.

    7 km · cathedral in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Tampere Stadium

    Tampere Stadium, also known as Ratina Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tampere, Finland. It has a seating capacity of 16,800 people, and a capacity of up to 32,000 people for concerts.

    6.7 km · stadium in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Moomin Museum

    Moomin Museum is situated in the city of Tampere, Finland. Shown at the Moomin Museum are illustrations by Tove Jansson, 40 miniatures, tableaux about Moomin events and a large model Moomin House.

    7.6 km · museum in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Näsinneula tower

    Näsinneula is an observation tower in Tampere, Finland, overseeing Lake Näsijärvi. It was built in 1970–1971 and was designed by Pekka Ilveskoski.

    5.6 km · observation tower in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Särkänniemi

    Särkänniemi is an amusement park in Tampere, Finland, located in the district by the same name. The park features an aquarium, a planetarium, Doghill Fairytale Farm, an art museum and an observation tower Näsinneula.

    5.6 km · amusement park in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Kaleva Church

    Kaleva Church is an Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland church building in the Liisankallio district of Tampere, Finland. It was designed by Reima and Raili Pietilä and built in 1964–66.

    8.2 km · church building in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Tampere Ice Stadium

    Tampere Ice Stadium is an indoor sports arena in Tampere, Finland. It is primarily used for ice hockey, and it was the former home arena of Ilves and Tappara of the Finnish Liiga until November 2021, when both teams moved to the new Nokia Arena.

    9.8 km · ice hall in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Rahola

Airports
Tampere-Pirkkala (TMP), 9 km · Turku (TKU), 132 km · Helsinki Vantaa (HEL), 149 km
Stations
Tampere-Pirkkala Airport, 9.6 km · Tampere railway station, 7.1 km · Nokia railway station, 7.6 km
  • Turku → Rahola
    138 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · €16–22
  • Helsinki (Vantaa) → Rahola
    149 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · €19–26
  • Vaasa → Rahola
    206 km · quickest by road, 4h 8m · €24–34
  • From anywhere
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Rahola

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Rahola. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextIt makes an interesting day trip by train, bus or car.

From Wikivoyage: Tampere, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Turku and the archipelago gatewayFI

    11 ways of moving, 13 sources

    138 km
  2. 02
    Iniö and the Turku archipelago ring roadFI

    9 ways of moving, 30 sources

    173 km
  3. 03173 km
  4. 04
    Kumlinge and the Åland archipelagoFI

    11 ways of moving, 40 sources

    206 km
  5. 05
    Åland (Mariehamn and Fasta Åland)FI

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    254 km

If you know how people move in Rahola – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Rahola

  • Tamperecity in the region of Pirkanmaa in Finland6.4 km
  • Nokiatown in the region of Pirkanmaa in Finland7.5 km
  • Ylöjärvitown in the region of Pirkanmaa in Finland6.5 km
  • Pirkkalamunicipality in the region of Pirkanmaa in Finland3.5 km
  • Pispalacity area in Tampere, Finland3.5 km
  • Pyynikkicity district in Tampere, Finland4.8 km