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Ruotula

Ruotula is a district of Tampere, Finland.

The place

Ruotula is a district of Tampere, Finland. It borders the districts of Niihama and Kauppi to the north and west, Takahuhti to the east, Takahuhti and Huikas to the south, and Kissanmaa and Uusikylä to the west. The population of Ruotula was 1,396 in 2025.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Ruotula

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.

    3.3 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.

    3.5 km · sports arena in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Tampere Cathedral

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

    3.6 km · cathedral in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    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.

    3 km · museum in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Tampere Orthodox Church

    Tampere Orthodox Church is an Eastern Orthodox church in Tampere, Finland, located in the Kyttälä city district. It is dedicated to Saint Alexander Nevsky and to Saint Nicholas.

    3.5 km · Eastern Orthodox church in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    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.

    2.3 km · church building in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    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.

    1 km · ice hall in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Tampere Theatre

    The Tampere Theatre is one of the two main active theatres in Tampere, Finland, along with the Tampere Workers' Theatre. The theatre was started in 1904 and the opening ceremony was held in 1913.

    4 km · theatre in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Iidesjärvi

    Iidesjärvi is a small lake in Tampere, Finland. It is situated southeast of the center of Tampere.

    2.5 km · lake in Tampere, Finland · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Tampere Hall

    The Tampere Hall is the largest congress centre in the Nordic countries, located in the southern edge of Sorsapuisto, in the centre of Tampere, Finland. It was inaugurated on September 29, 1990.

    3 km · conference and congress 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 Ruotula

Airports
Tampere-Pirkkala (TMP), 16 km · Turku (TKU), 139 km · Helsinki Vantaa (HEL), 145 km
Stations
Tampere railway station, 3.4 km · Tampere Bus Station, 3.7 km
  • Turku → Ruotula
    144 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · €17–23
  • Helsinki (Vantaa) → Ruotula
    144 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · €17–24
  • Vaasa → Ruotula
    211 km · quickest by road, 4h 19m · €24–34
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Ruotula

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 Ruotula. 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

    144 km
  2. 02179 km
  3. 03
    Iniö and the Turku archipelago ring roadFI

    9 ways of moving, 30 sources

    181 km
  4. 04
    Kumlinge and the Åland archipelagoFI

    11 ways of moving, 40 sources

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

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    263 km

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

Around it

Next door to Ruotula

  • Kalevacity district in Tampere, Finland2 km
  • Kalevanrinnecity district in Tampere, Finland1.9 km
  • Nekalacity district in Tampere, Finland3.3 km
  • Hakametsäcity district in Tampere, Finland1.2 km
  • Linnainmaacity district in Tampere, Finland3.1 km
  • Osmonmäkicity district in Tampere, Finland3.1 km