Good to know
Facts:
Tampere is called Manse, i.e. the Finnish Manchester, because both of them are
working-class towns.
The Rajaportti sauna in Tampere is Finland's oldest public sauna still in use.
Celebrities from
Tampere:
Simo Frangen, Pasi Heikura and Jyrki Liikka, who host the Alivaltiosihteeri
radio program on YleX
musician Juice Leskinen
the band Popeda
hockey teams Tappara ja Ilves
Dialectal cartoons:
Kyä viksup päriää (Aku Ankka = Donald Duck)
Dialectal books:
Tamperelaisten katkismus (the catechism in the Tavastian dialect)
Dialectal words:
nysse = linja-auto
Stereotypies:
People from Tavastian area are gawky and backward. There are many jokes about
it: How can you give a happy old age to a man? Tell him a couple of good jokes
when he is young.
People from Turku make jokes of people living in Tampere.