Tampere Beaches and Vicinity -Cooling off in the Inland City.

Tampere beaches are unique, since the city of Tampere is built smack between two lakes of differing heights. The Näsijärvi at the north, and Pyhäjärvi - south. A very clever building strategy, since the drastic difference in lake levels permits an ideal location of an electric-power-generator in. Hence...Power for the city, and...

...somewhat lower terrain seen at these Tampere beaches in Pyynikki near the Scandic Rosendahl hotel.

Get there by walking toward the water from the hotel, and you will hit em.

Directions: Getting to these Tampere beaches in Pyynikki from the center of Tampere by bus. -A 10 minutes drive. At the central square catch bus 21 toward Tahmela.

By car: Follow the road to Pyynikintie 13, Tampere. There is a large parking lot for free parking.



A Beach for Swimming Swimmers Laps

The beach contains coarse grain sand and sticks to your feet less than finer beach sand does. For adults swimmers too. This particular beach is for serious swimmers. Tomi is wading in the water waving -"here I am"!

Tomi is waving in the water at the Pyynikki beach

Water temperatures...Cool!! Tomi dips into the water shrieking. "It's Cooold daddy." So it was a short dip for him. Tomi and I walk to our next beach.

A five minutes walk brings us to our next beach.

Tampere beaches with beach volleyball and scenic rocks.

You could probably enjoy these Tampere beaches year round. During the warm season: Yep, people go there. Take a refreshing brisk walk, while snow is on the ground.


Elevation 62 meters at N61,49145 E23,72934


This beach has a volleyball court, fine sand, similar to East Coast north American beaches. A stretch of 20 meters of grainy type sand.

Fine sand at the Pyynikki beach

Compared to our 'swimmer beach,' this beach is exposed to more sunlight so water temperatures are...Ahhh..warm.

While on the topic of sand, let's walk toward the waters edge.

The sand near the water

About to enter into the water.

The sand on this beach is nice to play with!

Digging his fingers into soft sand, ready to get into warm water. Very small swells. On a windy day, perhaps you could surf.

The beach strand - And, In the distance to the right --a rocky exploring ground.

Pyynikki beach strand in Tampere

You can walk 40 to 50 meters out into the water, until the water is 'up-to-your-neck.' Great for kids, or folks who would rather wade. Tomi -left.

So we leave our warm beach water and head over to our rocky exploring ground.

A bridge connects us from the beach area main land to a small rounded island.

We are on Jalkasaarentie or Jalkasaari road heading toward Jalkasaari foot island

!!--Thinking about a picnic. Hey, why not bring a portable grill --!!


A nice place to take your family since there are large rocks stretching out to the water. And you can tell your grandson one day. You visited a one-man Finnish island.

Cool down at a family friendly public Ylöjärvi beach in July.

Getting there- Super basic driving directions coming from Tampere.

By car: Ylöjärvi is a 15 minutes drive from the center of Tampere. Driving from the center of Tampere, use number 3 road toward direction Vaasa.

Follow signs to Yjöjärvi. After exiting road 3, take a right toward the Ylöjärvi public library. You will be driving over an overpass. A few hundred meters after an overpass bridge you'll notice on your right...the volleyball courts.

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