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Tampere

Last Saturday I went to Tampere with ESN, the trip was visiting the Moomin museum in the morning and then free time to see Tampere and we came back Turku at night. The day wasn´t the better because it was snowing very hard, but around p.m it stopped and we could enjoy more the visit. I have to say that I don´t like the museum, it was a bit boring and quite small, but there was an activity really cool to do there, we made our drawing of Moomin (or whatever we want to draw), we paint the sheet with blue or black paint and then we draw over it with a pencil, toothpick, cotton swab, etc.. After that we had to wait while it dries, and we had to dry another special sheet to print on it. The last step was to print it in a machine and we had our drawings! I think it´s a nice memory. 
Then, we went to a student canteen (because it´s just 2.6 €) and we started walking around the city. It´s not a really beautiful city but it´s okay to visit. The point I don´t like about it is that it´s an industrial city with factories and that is not beautiful. We also went to a Pyynikki, and I recommend going there because it´s in the middle of the forest and you can enjoy the views, and also with good weather it has to be so nice to take a drink with friends there. And if you go there you have to try the Munkki, it´s like a doughnut with a lot of glass and something black inside, but it´s delicious!
Furthermore, you have to go to Torni hotel, because it´s really high and you can go free and see all the city, there´s also a bar in the top floor, but it´s expensive for me!




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