Ylöjärvi is a municipality and town in Pirkanmaa in the Finnish Lakeland.

Understand

Veittijärvi by Hietasmäki, close to the town centre

Ylöjärvi lies on the western shore of the lake Näsijärvi, to the north-west from Tampere.

The main centre of Ylöjärvi, namesake of the municipality, is part of the Tampere urban area. Viljakkala, 26 km to the north-west, lies close to Hämeenkyrö centre. Kuru, with its former parish village 40 km to the north, was merged to Ylöjärvi in 2009. Länsi- and Itä-Aure are 20 km north-west from Kuru.

Get in and around

A roundabout in the town centre

National road 3 (part of E12) between Vaasa and Tampere runs through Ylöjärvi centre. Road 11 from Pori in the west leads through Nokia just south of Ylöjärvi. Road 65 leads from Tampere through Ylöjärvi and Kuru to Virrat, from where roads 66 and 68 continue northward.

By bus

There are coach services from Helsinki, Seinäjoki, Tampere and Vaasa. The main stop for the centre is Kumitie. Kuru has connections from Parkano in school days.

Buses of Tampere also serve Ylöjärvi, see Tampere#Get around.

By taxi

• Taksi Tampere, Menevä, iTaksi: see Tampere#By taxi
• Smartphone apps: Valopilkku, 02 Taksi

Do

• 1 Peltomäki Wake Park, Säynäväjärventie 38, ☏ +358 50-409-2240, reception@peltomakiresort.fi. Cable wakeboarding. (updated May 2021)
• 2 Seitseminen National Park (Seitsemisen kansallispuisto), Seitsemisentie 110 (in Länsi-Aure and Ikaalinen; buses from Parkano and Kuru on school days, stop 1 km from the nature centre; several other trailheads). Forests, mires and eskers, 45,5 km².  

Eat

• 1 Lounas- ja juhlapalvelu Vänrikki, Kauppatie 4, ☏ +358 44 548 9384. The selections include breakfast, café products and lunch with dessert. (updated Jan 2021)

Sleep

• 1 Oma Hotelli, Työväentalontie 5, ☏ +358 50 443 1000, anne.irri@omahotellit.fi. Self-service hotel. (updated Jun 2022)

Go next

Routes through Ylöjärvi

Vaasa ← Hämeenkyrö ←

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→ Pirkkala → Tampere