Rajaportin sauna
The oldest still-functioning public sauna in Finland. Located in historical Pispala, easily reached with buses 1, 13, 18, 19, 25 and 26. In old days, people who didn't have a sauna of their own went to a public sauna to clean up. In addition to seeing a piece of history, you can experience one of the best quality saunas in the world: the stove is three cubic meters in size and contains over a ton of stones that are heated literally glowing red with burning logs. After simmering for couple of hours, the sauna is ready for the customers, and it doesn't get any bigger or better than this!
Hiking
In Finland, everyone has a right of public access to the wilderness provided that you don't cause damage. In Tampere, good hiking/jogging/cycling/skiing grounds with marked paths can be found in the Pyynikki and Kauppi forests. In Hervanta, there's a popular 4km loop trail around lake Suolijärvi take bus number 30 to get there.
Fishing
You can fish at the Tammerkoski rapids that run right through the city center. You need to purchase a fishing permit from a nearby R-kioski Hatanpään valtatie 2, tourist office Verkatehtaankatu 2 or a vending machine at the wall of restaurant Rosso. You may catch at most three salmonoids a day, whitefish not included.
Ice swimming
During winter, you can combine sauna with ice swimming: drill a hole into the ice cover of a lake and hop in! The water under the ice stays at constant temperature of +4°C, and is very refreshing. You can try ice swimming at Kaupinojan sauna (http://www.talviuimarit.f...), (http://www.talviuimarit.f...) or Rauhaniemen kansankylpylä (http://www.rauhaniemi.net...) on Rauhaniementie near hotel Holiday Club Tampere.
Ice walking
A popular pastime during sunny midwinter day is to go for an ice walk. In March people walk about a 1km trip to a small island of Siilinkari on lake Näsijärvi and have a picnic. Be aware that it's only safe to walk on well-frozen lake. Only go if you see other people and not just ice-fishers doing so.
There are two universities in Tampere; the University of Tampere (http://www.uta.fi/english...), and Tampere University of Technology (http://www.tut.fi/public/...). The former has about 15,000 students and the latter about 10,000 students. Tampere has also two universities of applied sciences, the TAMK (http://www.tamk.fi/en/) and PIRAMK (http://www.piramk.fi/english), each of which has some 5,000 students.
City of Tampere runs the Adult Education Centre (http://www.tampere.fi/eng...) that offers rather cheap courses for everyone.
Downhill skiing
There are two small skiing hills in Tampere. One is in Hervanta buses 13, 23 and 30 eastbound. The longest slope in Hervanta is 350 meters with altitude change of 59 meters. The other hill is in Mustavuori buses 70 and 71 westbound, near Kalkku. The longest slope in Mustavuori is 350 meters with altitude change of 69 meters. Both hills offer courses and equipment rental.
Ice hockey
Tampere has two ice hockey teams in the Finnish premier league, Tappara (http://www.tappara.fi/lii...) and Ilves (http://www.ilves.com/engl...), which are among the most successful in Finland.
Holiday Club Tampere Spa
A spa hotel, about 1 km from the city centre, built into an old cotton mill situated next to a marina. The large spa department offers swimming pools, jacuzzis, a children's pool, saunas, a steam room, and spa treatments also for day visitors.
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
The best of the classics and new works. One of the largest symphonic orchestras in the Nordic countries plays in Tampere Hall.