What to See at Hiedanranta

Manor Café Mielihyvin

Maintained by Sopimusvuori ry, the café offers sweet and savoury pastries, refreshments and ice cream. You can borrow outdoor games and play a round or two in the stunning lakeside scenery in the manor’s garden. The café also organises small-scale events, community meetings and exhibitions. In addition to salaried staff, the café employs customers of rehabilitative work.

Opening hours
Tue-Sat 11 AM to 4 PM
Closed on Mondays and Sundays

Address: Lielahti Manor, Tehdaskartanonkatu 38

The Manor Cafe’s Facebook page

Sauna

The sauna is located between the manor and the factory, next to the yellow Jukola building. The sauna is accompanied by two container dressing rooms, a terrace stage. There’s room for about eight people at a time.

The sauna is heated every Wednesday from 5 PM to 8 PM. Book your slot by messaging 041 511 6853 or emailing korentoartofficial@gmail.com. The fee of five euros is paid on the spot by MobilePay and will be used to cover running expenses. The sauna is unisex, so bring your own swimwear, drinks, peflet, towel and shampoo if needed. The sauna can also be reserved for small groups.

The most up-to-date info can be found on the sauna’s Instagram account: @Hiedanrannansauna.

The Spraycankontrol street art park features graffiti and murals from more than 200 artists from more than 20 countries and four continents. The works of art in the area cover around 3,000 m2, which makes it the largest graffiti and street art park in Finland.

Boombattle is providing an urban street battle game in the summer of 2022 inside the park, but the inner walls are available as follows:

Mondays: The whole day
Tuesdays and Wednesdays: after 6 PM
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays: after 8 PM
Sundays: after 4 PM

The outer walls are available at all times, except during Uusi Tampere Festival and it’s construction: July 18th to July 24th.

Come Enjoy

Hiedanranta is also the home of many different services from hobbies to arts and culture. Come to events, try out a skateboard, exercise, enjoy street art or shop arts and crafts supplies! Here are a few examples of the offering:

Kenneli D.I.Y is Finland’s largest concrete indoor skatepark for skaters of all ages. Pirkanmaan Kaarikoirat has expanded the skatepark also outdoors. The new skating facilities can be found at Muovitehdas (“plastic factory”) at Tehdaskartanonkatu 14.

The Sellupuisto disc golf course encompasses nine courses, and it is suitable for both beginners and more experienced enthusiasts.

MORE OPPORTUNITIES ON THE CULTURE PAGE

Photograph: Laura Vanzo / Visit Tampere

Guided Tours

You can order guided Hiedanranta tours subject to a charge from Tampere Tourist Guides.

The district of the future full of history

The guided tour of Hiedanranta introduces the history, current status and future use of the district and its buildings, such as the imposing manor and old mill properties. The tour also presents the future Hiedanranta district that is planned to become a modern city district of more than 20,000 residents and 10,000 jobs by 2050 where new innovations of the circular economy and sustainable development will flourish. The tour starts and ends at Lielahti Manor (Tehdaskartanonkatu 38). Duration 1.5 hrs or as agreed.

Hiedanranta – Lielahti of the Nottbeck family

The owners of the Finlayson factory left their mark on the history of Tampere but also on Lielahti where they had an impressive manor and a farm. How can the Nottbeck era be seen in Hiedanranta today?

Tour orders:
City of Tampere, Cultural Affairs
+358 (0)41 730 2242
opasvaraukset@tampere.fi

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Hiedanranta in the Social Media