By bus
There is an almost hourly ExpressBus (http://www.matkahuolto.fi/en/) coach connection from Helsinki-Vantaa airport to Tampere bus station operated by Paunu, departing from platform 13. The service operates round the clock, although there may be a gap of 1 to 2 hours between services in the small hours of the night. The trip takes between 2 h and 2 h 30 min depending on whether the service calls in towns on the way. In some cases, there is a change of coach close by at Keimolanportti service station, but it is well-coordinated and effortless. Tickets cost €22.50 round trip €40.50 for adults, €11.30 for Finnish students ISIC not accepted and children of age 4-16. Children under the age of four travel free.
A budget coach service Onnibus recently started operating between Tampere and few Finnish cities, such as Helsinki, with bargain ticket prices as low as €3. (http://www.onnibus.fi/)
By plane
Tampere is serviced by Tampere-Pirkkala airport (http://www.finavia.fi/air...) IATA: TMP ICAO: EFTP , which lies 17 km from the city. Finnair has several connections to Tallinn and Helsinki every day. During winter season there are also flights up north to Kittilä and Kuusamo. Blue1 has direct flights to Stockholm and Copenhagen, while airBaltic connects Tampere to Riga. More importantly for the budget traveller, Tampere is Ryanair's Finland hub, with service to Kaunas, Oslo, Edinburgh, Riga, Bremen, Frankfurt/Hahn, London, Milan, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa, Rome, Trapani, Alicante, Budapest and Malaga. Ryanair uses Terminal 2, while all other airlines use Terminal 1.
Paunu (http://www.paunu.fi/engli...) route 61 connects Terminal 1 to Pyynikintori in central Tampere €4.40, while Ryanair has its own bus service (http://www.airpro.fi/bus_...) €6 to Terminal 2. Both take around 40 minutes. In addition to regular taxi service €25-40, 20 min, there is also a shared airport taxi service €17 one-way between Tampere and airport (http://www.taksitampere.f...). The direct bus service betweeen the airport and Helsinki has stopped running, but it is possible to change in Tampere long-distance coach station linja-autoasema between airport bus 61 and long-distance coaches to Helsinki and elsewhere.
By car
Tampere can be easily reached by car. The drive from Helsinki takes about 2 hours and there is a four-lane motorway throughout the journey speed limit 120 km/h with small portions 100 km/h in the summer, or 100 km/h throughout in the winter. The motorway is new and in excellent condition, but is mainly not well lit. Care must be exercised when driving in the dark, particularly in winter as driving conditions can be harsh due to snow and slippery roads.
There are also road connections from Tampere to Turku, Pori, Rauma, Seinäjoki/Vaasa, Jyväskylä and Lahti. These are mostly two-lane regular roads with speed limits between 80 km/h and 100 km/h.