Transport and streets

A key characteristic of a well-functioning city is that arriving in and travelling within the urban area is easy. Tampere is ideally located in terms of traffic connections. You can reach the city easily either by car, bus, train or aeroplane.

In internal traffic, investments have been made to facilitate public transport, private car traffic and pedestrian and bicycle traffic alike. Traffic planning aims to take both local people and visitors into consideration.

There are good road and railway connections to Tampere from the south, north, east and west. Tampere-Pirkkala Airport offers daily direct flights to various Finnish towns as well as to Copenhagen, London, Frankfurt, Tallinn and Riga. Within the city, you can use the buses operated by Tampere City Transport as well as regional buses.

On these pages, you will find information regarding the construction and maintenance of streets and public spaces. You will also find public transport timetables and information concerning parking, street construction and maintenance, not to mention useful links and contact information.

The timetable pages contain a collection of links to bus, coach, train, aeroplane and boat timetables. The Tampere City Transport website provides information on public bus services: timetables and bus routes as well as available tickets and fares.

On the Parking pages, you will find information on parking in general, including related parking fees and parking houses.

The links page contains useful traffic-related links. You will find information on roads, road weather, traffic regulations and traffic signs.