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Nekala
Neighborhood in Tampere, Finland

Nekala

Nekala is a neighbourhood in the district of Iides in the city of Tampere, Finland.

Plan a trip to Nekala→From Helsinki (Vantaa)

The area has one of Finland's biggest allotment gardens.

Get in

Getting to Nekala

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    Tampere-Pirkkala Airport

    As of Feb 2026, Air Baltic is the only airline operating in the Tampere-Pirkkala Airport.

See

Worth seeing

Most of Tampere's museums concentrate on its industrial history. Kids will get a kick out of the Moomin Valley and the Spy Museum.

  1. 01
    Amuri Museum of Workers' Housing
  2. 02
    Art and Craftcenter Verkaranta
  3. 03
    Finnish Labour Museum Werstas
  4. 04
    Hiekka Art Museum

    Home museum of art collector Kustaa Hiekka.

  5. 05
    Nootti
  6. 06
    Milk Platform Museum
Do

Things to do

Fishing. You can fish at the Tammerkoski rapids that run right through the city centre. You must purchase a fishing permit from a nearby R-kioski (Hatanpään valtatie 2), tourist office (Verkatehtaankatu 2) or a vending machine at the wall of restaurant Rosso. You may catch at most three salmonoids a day, whitefish not included. €4 for 4 hours, €4.50 for full day. Guided bus tour.

Eat

Where to eat

Tampere's most famous dish is black sausage (mustamakkara), made from pig blood, minced pork and rye. Despite the intimidating pitch-black appearance, the taste is rather mild and fans of English black pudding will feel right at home.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.