Nothing great in terms of the rooms, but this hotel sits at a great location and the staff goes out of its way to make you feel welcome. The breakfast buffet is an eye-popper, but the scrum surrounding it is enough to make you lose your appetite. Tampere's a wonderful workingman's town, and we really enjoyed being there.

I stayed here for two nights. The hotel is right next to a local park which provides some nice relaxing benches when they're not occupied with lots of people. The people-watching from the terrace is good fun at the end of the day. I could tell the hotel is a little older, but it is well kept. The staff was very friendly and spoke English well. I had a "Superior" room, what ever that means, but it was big enough for me and the bed was comfortable. It got a bit warm in the evenings and opening the window wasn’t possible, but not enough for me to complain. The lifts can get congested and slow, but the stairs are easy to access. The morning breakfast had a large variety of cold/warm meats, cheeses, fruits, cereals, etc. Internet access was included in my rate. One morning we didn’t have water until about 7:15 AM but this was due to a local water outage, not the hotel. Depending on availability/pricing, I would stay here again.

Room was lovely, a superior room with TWO pairs of slippers and bathrobes. We had a small sauna, and as a finn living abroad I really enjoyed it, despite it being very small. Lovely balcony, which came in handy as the room was HOT! Could have asked the staff how to use the thermostat, as it didnt seem to do much, so not their fault that we didnt know how to use it. We thought we had turned it off, but still +23c... boiling! Room was very nice, bed comfy.
Breakfast was nice, and the hotel good. Really nice view over the river and a super location. Nice pizza place, Rosso, just over the street and everything else was just a short walk away. Vapriikki was nice, but a lot more stuff should come at least with a leaflet in english. Same goes for the Spy museum. Kauppahalli is worth a visit!

Pros: I stayed in the 8th floor and it was nice and quiet.

Cons: Superior rooms for two people include only one pair of slippers and one bathrobe.