Finland: Northern Lights

Salam alaykum

About the northern lights; Tampere is quite south so the northern light are usually quite pale but if you are lucky you can see them sometimes. Dark winter nights are the best times. You can find more info from: http://www.tampereenursa.fi/?page={74348C5A-9713-4A29-9E9B-A8487D447213} (click --Briefly in English... )

In Tampere is one mosque (I posted before it´s contanct info to you):

Yliopistonkatu 60 A,
33100 TAMPERE
+358 50 323 5594
info(at)islamtampere.com

They are also in Facebook (but unfortunately only by Finnish):

https://www.facebook.com/Tampereen-islamin-yhdyskunta-174097486070687/

From them you can ask more info about times and places where to pray.

From the official site of city of Tampere you can find info where to go and visit but I am sure you will get information also from the university about the city.

https://www.tampere.fi/en/index.html

As I know, every people whose visit in there, like to visit in the observation tower called Näsinneula.

When you travel, remember that winters are cold with a lot of snow (well, mostly). Be sure you have warm clothes with you. Warm wool socks are the must. Hyvää matkaa ja tervetuloa. (Have a nice travel and welcome.)
 
sister herb said:
Salam alaykum

About the northern lights; Tampere is quite south so the northern light are usually quite pale but if you are lucky you can see them sometimes. Dark winter nights are the best times. You can find more info from: http://www.tampereenursa.fi/?page={74348C5A-9713-4A29-9E9B-A8487D447213} (click --Briefly in English... )

In Tampere is one mosque (I posted before it´s contanct info to you):

Yliopistonkatu 60 A,
33100 TAMPERE
+358 50 323 5594
info(at)islamtampere.com

They are also in Facebook (but unfortunately only by Finnish):

https://www.facebook.com/Tampereen-islamin-yhdyskunta-174097486070687/

From them you can ask more info about times and places where to pray.

From the official site of city of Tampere you can find info where to go and visit but I am sure you will get information also from the university about the city.

https://www.tampere.fi/en/index.html

As I know, every people whose visit in there, like to visit in the observation tower called Näsinneula.

When you travel, remember that winters are cold with a lot of snow (well, mostly). Be sure you have warm clothes with you. Warm wool socks are the must. Hyvää matkaa ja tervetuloa. (Have a nice travel and welcome.)
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Thank you.

The wool socks is a good tip! Never experienced winter before.

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How is the travelling around the city like?
 
sister herb said:
Traveling by city bus is cheap and easy. More info from:

http://www.opiskelijantampere.fi/en/public-transport-2/

You´ll get more info from your university about how to get student´s card and student´s certificates.
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Thank you.
My uni is in TMP but the flight lands in Helsinki.
I searched on the onnibus for travel from HEL to TMP.

Under HEL, there's many locations. Which one should I choose which is closest to the airport?
I know the TMP uni is in Hervanta.

Thanks!

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At the first you have to travel from the Helsinki airport to Helsinki (Kamppi) central bus station (It is a center of the city.) by bus and from that central bus station you can travel to Tampere.

Finnair City Bus goes every 10 minutes to the Central Railways Station which is not far from the Kamppi Bus Station.

https://www.pohjolanliikenne.fi/cs/pl/en/fcb_timetable

I think that brother [MENTION=31766]Futuwwa[/MENTION] might know better about those bus routes than I. It´s decades ago when I at the last times have traveled by bus in Helsinki. :embarrass
 
sister herb said:
If you stay in Inari where that video was from, there isn´t daylight at all at this time of the year. The polar night is about 50 days. However, at the mid summer there isn´t nights at all and this makes fasting quite impossible if using the local times. The polar day is normally for 74 days.

Naturally Muslims whose live so up north can´t use the local times for the fasting.
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Went to the very north of Norway two winters ago. On this particular day it was 40 below. Local tour guide (a lass) said: 'We love it when the spring comes. That's when we unwrap the kids to see who they belong to!'
 
sister herb said:
At the first you have to travel from the Helsinki airport to Helsinki (Kamppi) central bus station (It is a center of the city.) by bus and from that central bus station you can travel to Tampere.

Finnair City Bus goes every 10 minutes to the Central Railways Station which is not far from the Kamppi Bus Station.

https://www.pohjolanliikenne.fi/cs/pl/en/fcb_timetable

I think that brother @Futuwwa might know better about those bus routes than I. It´s decades ago when I at the last times have traveled by bus in Helsinki. :embarrass
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Ok thank you!
 
sister herb said:
At the first you have to travel from the Helsinki airport to Helsinki (Kamppi) central bus station (It is a center of the city.) by bus and from that central bus station you can travel to Tampere.

Finnair City Bus goes every 10 minutes to the Central Railways Station which is not far from the Kamppi Bus Station.

https://www.pohjolanliikenne.fi/cs/pl/en/fcb_timetable

I think that brother @Futuwwa might know better about those bus routes than I. It´s decades ago when I at the last times have traveled by bus in Helsinki. :embarrass
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Gonna bother you with another question :hiding:

Is it easy to find halal frozen foods in supermarkets? Is there a logo saying the product is halal or kosher like they have in other countries?
 
From normal supermarkets you don´t find much halal products but you can check nearest markets and ask if they have halal meat, frozen or fresh. And yes, halal products have logo to tell they are halal. In Tampere is 2 special markets where you can find halal foods (Alanya Market, Puutarhakatu 14 and East Asian Mart, Tullikatu 6). You can also contact to mosque and ask if someone can help you to find suitable foods. Muslims in Tampere are very helpful. ;)
 
Thanks again! Sorry for not creating a separate thread and for hijacking your one :peace:
 
No problem about hijacking. I am happy if I can help you, even a little. :statisfie May Allah makes your stay in here easy.
 
What came to my mind; as you might need photos about yourself to the student cards, it may be easier to you if you have them already before you leave your home. I mean similar photos which are needed for the passports.
 
sister herb said:
What came to my mind; as you might need photos about yourself to the student cards, it may be easier to you if you have them already before you leave your home. I mean similar photos which are needed for the passports.
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Great tip! Might also be handy when creating a bank acc / sim card
 
http://aurorasnow.fmi.fi/public_service/

Auroras Now! is a space weather service maintaining by Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) to help watching auroras in Finland.
The service includes auroral monitoring with the all-sky cameras and magnetic field alarm systems for Northern and Southern Finland separately.
 
Assalamu alaikum,

Is anyone living in tampere currently? I googled mosques in tampere and one mosque showed up which is very near to where I'll be staying. I am so happy. But I can't find any details about the mosque except for it's location. Can anyone verify if it exists?

Jazakallah Khair

Hervanta Mosque

Address: Opettajanraitti 4, 33720 Tampere, Finland

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I'm emailing the islam tampere society in the top post as well.


Update: They mentioned there's a mosque there. Alhamdulillah

 
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sister herb said:
From normal supermarkets you don´t find much halal products but you can check nearest markets and ask if they have halal meat, frozen or fresh. And yes, halal products have logo to tell they are halal. In Tampere is 2 special markets where you can find halal foods (Alanya Market, Puutarhakatu 14 and East Asian Mart, Tullikatu 6). You can also contact to mosque and ask if someone can help you to find suitable foods. Muslims in Tampere are very helpful. ;)
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Assalamu alaikum,

do you have any pictures of the halal logos? I can't seem to find it in google. thanks again!!
 
Majority of halal products you find from shops are imported so they might be what ever logos. In Finland seems to be at the least one Finnish food producer which has halal products (but I don´t know how widely they sell them).

For example halal salami:

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(producer: Kylmänen Food Oy)
 

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