Drinks & Nightlife
Pulteri station
A nice traditional bar, also good food.
A alternative punk style bar with lots of gigs. Upstairs there is a more peaceful bar with free gigs.
7 locals recommend
Vastavirta-Klubi Bar
39 Pispalan valtatieA alternative punk style bar with lots of gigs. Upstairs there is a more peaceful bar with free gigs.
Shopping
Sale Pispala Tampere
2 Pispalan valtatieA basic little supermarket.
K-Market Tahmela
2 Tahmelan viertotieA good little supermarket.
Everything Else
The oldest public sauna still in use in Finland. A great place! There's also a cafe.
29 locals recommend
Rajaportti Sauna
9 Pispalan valtatieThe oldest public sauna still in use in Finland. A great place! There's also a cafe.
Pyynikki Swimming Pool
26 KortelahdenkatuAn old swimming hall.
Lorisevanpuisto
TahmelankatuA beach and a park, and a nice walking route along the lakeside.
A local activity house, originally for former alcoholics, but also for everybody else. The best thing is the sauna on monday and friday, from where you can go swimming, also in the winter.
Tahmelan Monitoimitalo
9 UramonkatuA local activity house, originally for former alcoholics, but also for everybody else. The best thing is the sauna on monday and friday, from where you can go swimming, also in the winter.
A nature reserve by the city center. Forest, jogging paths and skiing in the wintertime, and nice views.
6 locals recommend
Pyynikinharju station
A nature reserve by the city center. Forest, jogging paths and skiing in the wintertime, and nice views.
Food Scene
A sightseeing(?) tower and a cafe with great traditional finnish "donuts".
56 locals recommend
Pyynikki Observation Tower
20 NäkötornintieA sightseeing(?) tower and a cafe with great traditional finnish "donuts".
A really nice little restaurant and a cafe in the basement of an old wooden house.
31 locals recommend
Café Pispala
30 PispankatuA really nice little restaurant and a cafe in the basement of an old wooden house.
Kurpitsaliike ry
2 IsolähteenkatuA summertime cafe in an old wooden house by the lake.
Heinätori
HeinätoriA nice fine dining restaurant in an old building.
Sightseeing
Pispalanharju
PispalanharjuThe Pispala ridge! Great for just to walk around.
Arts & Culture
An alternative art gallery and a social center in an old wooden house. Lots of happenings. www.hirvikatu10.net
Hirvikatu 10
10 HirvikatuAn alternative art gallery and a social center in an old wooden house. Lots of happenings. www.hirvikatu10.net
Galleria & Kahvila Dada
50 Pispalan valtatieAn alternative art gallery and a cafe.
Essentials
Pispalan Kirjastoyhdistys ry
A local library with public computers.