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Sarkanniemi Theme Park

Sarkanniemi Theme Park

Sarkanniemi Theme Park
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Spin, swing, swoosh and splash! Sarkanniemi is home to over 30 rides that provide fun for visitors of any age. There are also many other popular attractions, such as Doghill Fairytale Farm, Planetarium, Aquarium and Tampere’s pride Nasinneula Observation Tower. We welcome all fun lovers, gourmets, thrill seekers, animal enthusiasts and culture fans! Sarkanniemi is more than an amusement park.
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Mizu1993
Tampere, Finland402 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2022
1. English! Särkäniemi is a theme park, therefore it is a tourist attraction, therefore it would be quite necessary to write things in English. The whole info paper is in finnish, all menu lists are in finnish, even hygenic rules are only in finnish! Staff can speak english though.
2. Employees. Good lord, the employees there. I haven't seen so unmotivated employees in a long time. You can see in their face that they do not like to work there. One station for kids, was closed for hours, reason: They are on a break. Are you on break for 2 hours? Only one employee was amazing and I could see that he really loved to see children smile. He himself smiled a lot and was very friendly. I don't know if the employees change the station, but it was at the rekkaralli and his name is Jussi, Huge thumbs up for this guy.
3. Tickets. The next thing where I can say, oh lord. We were probably just unlucky, we were first time there, didn't know how everything works, but it seems like that the staff didn't know either. We were 3 adults and 1 child, 1 baby. Only the adults got wristbands, but our child didn't. Because it was first time, we thought that this is normal and we already were at the stations. Then we heard, that the child needs a wristband too. It was such a big hassle to get a child wristband, employees called each other and didn't know what to do. It took 25 min to figure this out and get a child wristband.
4. If your child is under 100cm there is nothing for you to do there and that is a bit sad. Nothing for really small ones.
Written 14 June 2022
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Chandrashekar S
Chennai (Madras), India52 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2021
One of the best theme parks in Finland! There are good amount of rides for children (100m and above in height) with good options for adults too and many options to eat with. We did not have time to visit the aquarium and the petting zoo but heard they are good too.
Would suggest that you take the unlimited ride pass
Written 28 July 2021
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Miranda H
Helsinki, Finland41 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2013 • Friends
Couple rides are fun even though they are not thrill rides. The one I liked is a roller coaster called "Motogee" where you are sitting on a motorbike and it's going pretty fast. Then there is a huge snowboard called "Half pipe", which you should definitely try. People say a roller coaster called "Tornado" is a lot of fun but I think it's just average. The water rides are fun and you will get wet!

Angry birds land is only for small children and we just walked through it. "Koiramäki" is a cute little village with a nice cafe and a lot of animals. It's based on the stories of a finnish writer.

And then there is dolphinarium where you can go see a dolphin show, which is good for both children and adults.

Go immediately when it opens and you can run through everything since there are no lines.
Written 11 July 2013
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JaniOo
Tampere, Finland89 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2012 • Family
The new Angry Birds Land is great addition to Särkänniemi. I think it is mainly targeted for young kids, there is for example a big playground where at least our kids really enjoyed. There are also couple of big touch displays where you can play Angry Birds!
Other than the new Angry Birds Land there are of course still all rides from earlier years. Personally I really enjoy Tornado roller coaster, It gives smooth nice exiting ride. Even the park is not that big as many huge international amusement parks I think it is offering quite well fun for everyone regardless of the age.
Besides rides there also is kids zoo, small aquarium, dolphinarium where dolphins present their skills, planetarium, Näsinneula observation tower and even small Art Museum. So you can easily spent at least one day there.
Written 2 May 2012
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Antti Mäkelä
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1.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2019
I don't recommend Särkänniemi to anyone with small kids. You will not get value for the money. We had a bad day there with our 3 year old son, for whom we had to pay 42 euros bracelet based on age, but because of his height 98 cm, he could not access most of the rides even with adult (yes, we paid also 47 for adult bracelet) with him. Prices are insane (what about parking fee 15 euros in addition to everything else?), and with small kids you don't really get anything.

The worst thing is their reclaim handling. We submitted a reclaim, not to demand anything, but to suggest to improve their marketing to focus out of whole family park concept which it clearly isn't. They did not answer until we contacted them by different channels a week later. And their response was in short, that they are right, all this is in terms, conditions and park rules. Oh yes, they are right, we already knew that, but is this the way they suppose to turn negative customer experience to positive which nowadays is the thing that you should do in service business? I don't think so, and they should go and learn how to improve their customer service in generally.
Written 13 August 2019
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Riikka
Southern Finland, Finland37 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2017 • Family
Visited the park on a sunny Saturday. Hit a 15 min queue at the front gate. After that the only queue was to the new roller coaster Hype: enjoyable, scarry but smooth ride. Other favourite rides: Tornado, Log river (got soaked) and Rapids Ride (did not get wet). Needed a longer break after X. If in doubt, save it to the last.

Doghill petting zoo is still adorable. We did not try the fancier restaurants but found gluten free veggie burger that was top quality.
Written 9 August 2017
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MichaelPurves
Dunbar, UK20 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2012 • Family
A super place to spend the day- lots of really great rides for all ages, from very young children who can easily spend an hour or two in the Angry Birds section, to the older "kids" who have a pretty good selection of rides to choose from too. My son and I particularly enjoyed The Tornado, and tried it several times. It's a super-fast roller-coaster ride that is guaranteed to leave you breathless!
But there's lots more to Sarkanniemi than just the rides. The children's zoo is very well spread out, clean and has a wide variety of animals to spend a bit of time with. The Näsinneula Observation Tower- the highest in the Nordic countries, is a fantastic viewing place, with a very nice cafe to enjoy a leisurely coffee and cake in- and the lift rockets you up to the top in only around 10 seconds! There's the dolphin shows that take place several times throughout the day, the Planetarium and a really lovely art museum as well- so it's easy to fill your day. Added to all this, there are a multitude of options for eating- and many of them are very reasonably priced too. And, the best thing of all is that it never seems too busy- there's no long waits to get on rides, or to see things- it all flows pretty smoothly.
One thing's for sure- you and the kids will all leave feeling like you've had your money's worth, despite the fairly hefty entry fee. (To be honest, I thought it was MUCH better value than Legoland in Denmark, which we visited a couple of years ago, and which was a complete rip-off.)
Written 14 August 2012
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Travel-Well100
Europe27 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2012 • Family
Lots of rides for all sorts, from tots to crazy types after literally some of the best roller-coaster derivatives you can get. Tampere is certainly punching above is weight here. Great views from the tower, many food options, fairground-style games, a very good dolhin show (I'm a bit undecided ethically, but the dolphins seem happy and in good health, and the shows are excellent), a modern art museum with pieces from names like Bacon and Moore, great aqaurium, souveniers, etc. Oh, and a baby animal zoo. I didn't catch the theatre this year, but last year's was excellent.

To sum up, there's something for the whole family and all types here. Best to pay extra for a quick pass if there's a thrilling ride you have your eye on and for the dolphins if you want a good seat (quick pass que around the back of the building for dolphins, badly signposted).
Written 12 August 2012
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Ferginkii
Edinburgh, UK50 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2012 • Family
We baulked at the price of entrance initially but were there till 8 in the evening having arrived about 11 and the cost of entry includes not just all the rides in the theme park but the Observation Tower which offers incredible views and well worth a visit; the Delphinarium, the Planetarium and a really well presented Aquarium which we found more attractive than we initially thought. It is well set out and we were impressed that none of it seemed 'tacky'. We were there with an 11 year old and an 8 year old and they loved it!
Written 5 August 2012
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Gina Lucrezia O... H
Rome, Italy68 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2011
We came here with the intention of going up to the observation tower to see the city from above. The walk from the center where our Hotel was, was quite long but worth the trouble. The entrance to the park, which includes unlimited rides was surprisingly expensive 40 euros/per person?, so we opted for the Observation tower only- price being 10 Euros per adult. This was quite expensive considering it meant nothing but an elevator ride up to the top of the tower.The elevator speeds up to the top in less than 60 seconds. The view however, was nice, you can walk around and see the area at 360 degrees angle. We wanted to have dinner at the top floor restaurant, and walked up the floor to speak with their staff. The lady was very unfriendly and said that there were no tables available and sent us away. We had some drinks at the bar at the observation level where prices were very decent.
Written 21 July 2011
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