The Hockey Museum
The world cup and Finland's hall of fame.
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Ten museums on one ticket: Vapriikki fills the old Tampella engineering works on the eastern bank of the rapids with museums side by side — the Finnish Hockey Museum with the world cup and hall of fame, the Finnish Museum of Games (from Angry Birds to board games), the Shoe Museum, the Natural History Museum with its dioramas, the Postal Museum, the Mineral Museum and the Doll Museum — plus a permanent show on Tampere's history and major temporary exhibitions. The place is built for families: each museum takes an hour or half, children move from hockey to games to shoes without boredom, and the central café rests the adults. The best rainy-day investment in Tampere without rival. Ten minutes from the centre across the rapids, next to the Finlayson area.
The world cup and Finland's hall of fame.
Angry Birds and Finnish game history.
From peasant boot to designer.
Alaverstaanraitti 5, Tampere
The Tampere Natural History MuseumTampere's natural history museum is part of the **Vapriikki Museum Centre** — a 1 minute walk4.4
The Werstas Labour MuseumThe Finnish Labour Museum Werstas occupies an old Finlayson mill building on the2 minutes walk4.3
The Finlayson AreaThe factory that made the city: the Scot James Finlayson founded a cotton mill o3 minutes walk4.4
Finlayson ChurchFinlayson Church is a small red brick church built in 1879 inside the **Finlayso4 minutes walk4.6
Tampere Old ChurchTampere Old Church is **the oldest building in the city centre**: a timber churc6 minutes walk4.3Tampere is the capital of Finnish hockey with two major clubs and the country's first indoor rink (1965); the national team has been world champion repeatedly and the cup is here.