Tampere Things to Do Tips by fipsi

Lenin Museum The Lenin Museum Review

Lenin Museum really is a curiosity. When I arrived I expected some anti-communism-museum, but it turned out to be the complete opposite.

The first you see is a bigger-than-life statue of Lenin who has a special relationship to the worker's town Tampere.

The initiative to establish the Lenin museum originated from the people of the city of Tampere. As early as the in the 1920s the students in the workers' institute discovered they were studying in the same Workers' Hall where Lenin had pledged to a delegation of townspeople to further the cause Finnish independence. In the same building Lenin and Stalin met for the first time in 1905. (found on the museum's homepage)

Address: Hämeenpuisto 28, FIN-33200 Tampere

Tuomiokirkko Tuomiokirkko Review

Tampere's Cathedral was built between 1902 and 1907 by Lars Sonck and is a typical building representing the Finish art nouveau that can be found in most parts of the city.

Inside you find paintings on the walls and on the ceiling by Hugo Simberg, Magnus Enckell and Eric O.V. Ehrström.

Address: Tuomiokirkonkatu 3