Events

Enjoy the atmosphere before the night’s game! The event is included in the entrance fee. See you there!

Enjoy the atmosphere before the night’s game! Come and get your cheering technique in shape for the World Championship games! The programme offers the pounding of drums, badge and pennant workshops, hockey music and guided tours of Hockey Hall of Fame Finland in Finnish, English and Swedish. The event is included in the entrance fee. See you there!

Programme:

11am−1pm Chant and cheer workshop
Good cheer and drum beats! Make and perform hockey songs and cheers at a workshop organised by Kulttuuriosuuskunta UULU. Cheer you team to victory!
Location: Hockey Hall of Fame Finland, 3rd floor.

11am−2pm Hockey music
Dj Juissi pumps up the crowd with hockey classics from World Championship tournaments through the years.
Location: Hockey Hall of Fame Finland, 3rd floor.

11am−4pm Table hockey
Come and play like you mean it, or just have fun with tabletop hockey!
Location: Museum of Games, 2nd floor.

Noon−2pm VR games at the Finnish Museum of Games
Location: Arena 2nd floor.

Noon−3pm Badge workshop
Design a badge in the colours of your favourite team!
Location: Meeting room Pellava, 2nd floor.

Noon−3pm Pennant workshop
Make yourself a pennant to support your team with!
Location: Workshop space, 2nd floor.

Tours:

2pm Tietoisku Suomen Jääkiekkomuseossa
Suomenkielinen vartin tietoisku, alkaa 3. kerroksesta.

2.20pm Visning till Finlands Ishockeymuseum
Kort visning (ca. 15 min) till Finlands Ishockeymuseum, tredje våningen

2.40pm Guided tour in Hockey Hall of Fame Finland
A short guided tour in English, approximately 15 min, starting from the 3rd floor.

3pm Tietoisku Suomen Jääkiekkomuseossa
Suomenkielinen vartin tietoisku, alkaa 3. kerroksesta.

3.20pm Visning till Finlands Ishockeymuseum
Kort visning (ca. 15 min) till Finlands Ishockeymuseum, tredje våning

3.40pm Guided tour in Hockey Hall of Fame Finland
A short guided tour in English, approximately 15 min, starting from the 3rd floor.

The programme will be confirmed later. Admission with event wristband only.

Two exhibitions will be on display at the Art Museum.

Wäinö Aaltonen – The Joy f Creating  February 4 – May 21

The extensive retrospective exhibition presenting Wäinö Aaltonen’s art from the 1910s to the 1960s is based on his monumental works created in Tampere and Turku. The statues on Hämeensilta Bridge and the statue of the runner Paavo Nurmi in Turku are among Wäinö Aaltonen’s most notable public works. Over time they have become symbols and emblems of the spirit of these cities and indeed of Finland more generally.

The exhibition will comprise over 100 works: sculptures, medals, paintings, drawings and book illustrations. In addition, the exhibition will be accompanied by Nuutti Koskinen’s media work Pirkkalaisveistoksista.

Pioneer of Queer Art – Del Lagrace Volcano February 4 – May 21

Bodies of Resistance, an exhibition devoted to the works of the internationally renowned pioneer of queer art Del LaGrace Volcano (b. 1957), consists of a diverse gallery of photographs of persons, bodies, genders and sexualities that reject society’s heteronormative classifications.

The exhibition is composed of photographs taken by Volcano over different decades during their career. It offers a diverse presentation of their portraits, self-portraits and their documentary photographic background as well as various projects from the late 1970s right up to the 2020s.

The Tissot Crack the code competition, where the racing crowd can enter
to test their hockey and clock knowledge in a multi-phase code competition.

Ice hockey can be seen and heard in the streetscape of the Kulta-Center store at Hämeenkatu 27.

For the second time, we are organizing the Tissot Crack the code competition, where the race crowd can enter to test their hockey and clock knowledge in a multi-phase code competition. Competition are held weekly and during the week tips are published to help the contestants possible to find out the code with which the competition safe opens and the prize can be claimed.

In the code competition, it is possible to win tickets to the World Cup and Tissot Supersport 2023 IIHF A limited edition WM Special Edition watch. In addition to the code contest, in store can participate in a raffle, where it is also possible to win a limited edition Tissot Supersport-clock.

Jump into the spirit of The Ice Hockey World Championships with Pikseli’s gamepackage. Package includes one set of vr-goggles for 60 minutes and one drink (nonalcoholic or alcoholic) for 40€/person.

Pikseli Arcade is the first virtual reality park in the Nordic countries. Virtual reality is an easily approachable, versatile way to experience amazing things that are not possible in the real world. Our selection includes several multiplayer games and virtual reality escaperooms, which are fun to experience together with your friends! Book now online www.pikseli.fi or email us at sales.ratina@pikseli.fi

Welcome to the Home of Hockey party at the Frenckell Square in Tampere 10 May. The event features Reino Nordin and Costi. The event is free of charge.

The Home of Hockey party will take place on Wednesday 10 May 2023 at Frenckell square.

The City of Tampere organizes The Home of Hockey party at Frenckell square on Wednesday 10 May 2023 from 6-7 pm as a kickoff for the 2023 Ice Hockey World Championship. The event will feature live music including Reino Nordin and Costi.The event is hosted by Pauliina Puurila and Mikko Töyssy.

Finland’s ice hockey team will also go on stage to greet the crowd. The city welcomes everyone to celebrate the homecoming of ice hockey.

Welcome to enjoy the hockey atmosphere in the Home of Hockey zone in Keskustori Central Square.

The Home of Hockey zone, free of admission and open to everyone, offers programs and activities every day throughout the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship from 12 – 28 May.

In the area, you can watch the ice hockey World Cup matches played in Tampere for free and take part in a variety of hockey related activities and games.

The event area is located right in the heart of the city, in the area between Keskustori Central Square and Frenckell square.

The area is open every day, including on Ascension Day:

• Fri-Sun 12-14 May from 11 am to 11 pm
• Mon-Fri 15-19 May from 2 pm to 11 pm
• Sat 20 May from 11 am to 11 pm
• Sun-Mon 21-22 May from 2 pm to 11 pm
• Tue 23 May from 11 am to 11 pm
• Wed 24 May from 10 am to 6 pm
• Thu 25 May from 2 pm to 11 pm
• Fri 26 May from 10 am to 6 pm
• Sat 27 May from 12 am to 9 pm
• Sun 28 May from 1 pm to 11 pm

Activities in the area will be open daily until 8 pm, except on the days when the area closes at 6 pm.

Tampere Old Church is hosting “Old Church & Old School Hockey” -events during World Championships (12.5-28.5.).

Come and enjoy ice hockey from big screen in this “hockey sanctuary”.

Our guest are some of the most legendary Finnish Ice hockey figures – Veli-Pekka Ketola, Juhani Tamminen and Rauno Korpi for example.

We also have live-music, Jussi Syren & The Groundbreakers is coming Fridat 12.5. to play bluegrass -music before the FIN-USA game starting at 15:20.

Old Church & Old School Hockey schedule 2023
(Schedule updates once tournament progresses)

Fri 12.5. – 15.20
Bluegrass-band Jussi Syren & The Groundbreakers performs before the game
FIN-USA starts at 16.20.

Sat 13.5. – 20.00
Guest interview with Hockey Lion #72, Veli-Pekka Ketola.
GER-FIN starts at 20.20.

Mon 15.5. – 20.00
Guest interview with Hockey Lion #79, Juhani Tamminen.
FIN-SWE starts at 20.20.

Tue 23.5. – 20.00
Guest interview with Hockey Lion #167, coach Rauno Korpi.
FIN-DEN starts at 20.20.

Thur 25.5. – 20.00
Guest interview with Hockey Lion #52, Lasse Oksanen.
Quarterfinal match starts at 20.20.

Sun 28.5. -13.00
On Final match day – English Service with Elvis Gospel hits by Aron.

 

Bar Hönö – Where the hockey, rock and live music meets

Hönö Bar  is Live music venue, based in Tampere. In HÖNÖ Rock meets Ice Hockey! You can watch Ice Hockey from big screen and when there is a game, there is Happy Hours, and after the game there is afterparty with live bands.

Ice Hockey World Championship spirit in Särkänniemi! Klamydia, Matti & Teppo, Portion Boys, and Oku Luukkainen get on stage. The event is only accessible with the event ticket which includes rides. The event is only for adults 18+.

For more information: Pirkanmaa Events / Home Hockey Party

In Plevna, you can see all the Finland’s games during the Ice Hockey World Championship games, and in the Mallaskabinetti all the World Championship games. You can watch the game in Mallaskabinetti, great auditorium-like room! Of course, beer is also available in the cabinet to achieve the right atmosphere. The Mallaskabinetti can hold max. 25 people.

Koskipanimo has also produced the beer specifically for use by hockey people. Hoki Lager 5.5% is available at Panimoravintola Plevna, Oluthuone and to buy in a bottle from Koskipanimo’s factory store during the Ice Hockey World Championship games!

Welcome to watch the game!

It’s a home race AGAIN!

You don’t have to this year either spend all your money in kalja, maggara och hattara but you can also get a race tattoo – you get them from us during the race WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT (and the tattoos don’t have to be hockey-themed).

However on Thursday 18th of May we are also drinking beer and the shop is closed.

See you in Putka!

Take a tour in Tampere on the Home of Hockey City train! The train operates on Finland’s game days.

The city train operates on game days of Finland’s team, departures are on the hour from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM:

Stops:

• Original Sokos Hotel Ilves
• Solo Sokos Hotel Torni Tampere
• Vapriikki Museum Center
• Särkänniemi Amusement Park
• Laukontori