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Spy Museum<\/a><\/h2>\n

Tampere is called the city of unusual and weird museums. Say, did you know that it hosts the world\u2019s first and Europe\u2019s only\u00a0Spy Museum? Here, you will learn about the methods and techniques the legendary spies used. Here you can examine real bugs, cipher machines, spy cameras, CIA\u2019s radio sets suitable for intercontinental traffic, rare ground listening devices and over 400 other espionage gadgets. At Spy Museum, you can even legally run a program that steals e-mails. Take a spy test, have your spy skills accessed and receive a certificate along with a recommendation to the intelligence service that suits you best!<\/p>\n

Address: Satakunnankatu 18, Siperia building at Finlayson<\/em><\/p>\n

Milk Platform Museum<\/h2>\n

The Velaatta Milk Platform\u00a0is one of Tampere\u2019s most unusual museums. The museum is also the smallest museum in Europe and the only of its kind. A former milk reception center, which was used to receive milk, represents a living history of Finnish culture. The Museum is located 50 km from Tampere, in the countryside along the road, and is open from June to October daily all the time. The theme of exhibition is changed every year.<\/p>\n

The museum is situated on the road 338 Tampere-Ruovesi. The address is\u00a0Velaatantie 551<\/em><\/p>\n

Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame<\/a><\/h2>\n

The Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame is in rare company \u2013 there are only six museums in the world dedicated to ice hockey! The one in Museum Centre Vapriikki specializes, of course, in Finland\u2019s history in the game. Surely ice hockey fans around the world will appreciate some of the memorabilia the exhibition displays, though! It also scratches the surface of ice hockey\u2019s development internationally.<\/p>\n

Museum Centre Vapriikki, Alaverstaanraitti 5<\/em><\/p>\n

Postal Museum<\/a><\/h2>\n

Tampere also has the only Postal Museum in Finland. The new permanent exhibition will open in 2026.\u00a0In addition to the permanent exhibition, the museum organizes special exhibitions with different themes and interesting events. At the Postal Museum, you can admire the vast collection of stamps, pictures and objects.<\/p>\n

The Postal Museum is situated in Museum Centre Vapriikki<\/em><\/p>\n

Locomotive Museum<\/a><\/h2>\n

In Akaa\u2019s Locomotive Museum,<\/strong> you will find steam locos and both big and small diesel locos. The Locomotive Museum can be seen as a cross section of Finnish locomotive industry history. Locomotive Museum displays 12 locos starting from the 1950’s and it specializes in old diesel locomotives.<\/p>\n

Address:\u00a0Ry\u00f6dintie 3, Akaa<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4849,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[970,981,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4848","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-lifestyle","category-museums-galleries","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTampere\u2019s Bizarre Museums – the best tips for your stay in Tampere, Finland – Visit Tampere<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tampere is known for it's variety of quirky museums.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visittampere.fi\/en\/articles\/tamperes-bizarre-museums\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tampere\u2019s Bizarre Museums – the best tips 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