Tallipiha

Tampere


This restored collection of 19th-century stableyards and staff cottages houses artists and craftworkers who make handicrafts, chocolates, ceramics and shoes. The cafe and a shop or two open outside summer, but there’s not much going on, except at Christmastime.


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