Messukylä Library [City of Tampere]

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Messukylä Library closed 17 June–4 August

Messukylä Library will be closed from 17 June to 4 August due to air conditioning renovations. The library will not be open for either staffed or self-service hours during this period.

The library’s return box will not be in use from 17 June to 4 August. Materials borrowed from Messukylä can be returned to any other PIKI library.

Read more about the renovation of the Messukylä Library:

The closure of the Messukylä Library from 17 June to 4 August

Messukylä Library

Address:

Hintsankatu 1 33560 Tampere

Phone:

040 8007839 (local/mobile network fee)

Email:

[email protected]

Service hours from 5 Aug to 31 Dec, 2026 (the library is closed until 4 Aug):

Monday: 11.00-19.00

Tuesday: 11.00-16.00

Wednesday: 11.00-16.00

Thursday: 11.00-19.00

Friday: 11.00-16.00

Self-service hours from 5 to 31 Aug (the library is closed until 4 Aug):

Monday: 7.00-21.00

Tuesday: 7.00-21.00

Wednesday: 7.00-21.00

Thursday: 7.00-21.00

Friday: 7.00-18.00

Saturday: 7.00-18.00

Sunday: 7.00-21.00

Self-service hours from 1 Sept, 2026:

Monday: 6.00-22.00

Tuesday: 6.00-22.00

Wednesday: 6.00-22.00

Thursday: 6.00-22.00

Friday: 6.00-19.00

Saturday: 6.00-19.00

Sunday: 6.00-22.00

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You can only use the Messukylä library during self-service hours if you are registered as a self-service library customer. Read more and register: Self-service libraries
Return box open 24 hours a day. The box is emptied during staffed service hours. When the library is closed, material left to the return box will be processed as returned on the next staffed opening day. Return box is closed from 17 June to 4 August.
Visiting with dogs: only guide dogs, and assistance dogs allowed.

Accessible entrance
Accessible parking
Accessible WC
Baby changing
Charging point
Information
Internet
Large print books, magazines, etc.
Meeting room
Ramp
Service dogs
Toilet

The route to the main entrance

The 2 accessible parking spaces are located outdoors under 10 m from the entrance. The width of the parking spaces is less than 3.6 m.
Two accessible parking spaces are located right in front of the main entrance of Messukylä Library, approximately 8 meters from the door.
The pick-up and drop-off area is located in the vicinity of the entrance, giving easy access to the pavement.
Drop-off traffic can reach right up to the main entrance of Messukylä Library, and there is also space for cars to turn around.
The route to the entrance is guided, smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated.
Two accessible parking spaces are located outside, very close to the main entrance of Messukylä Library, approximately 8 meters from the main door. There is no specifically designated drop-off area, but there is ample space for drop-off traffic in front of the main entrance. The pathway to the main door is flat, sufficiently wide, and well-lit.

The main entrance

The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated. There is a canopy above the entrance.
The main entrance is clearly distinguishable and well-lit. There is free space outside the doors for movement with a wheelchair. The automatic door opener button is located to the left of the doors. Inside the vestibule, the opener buttons are located to the right of the door upon entry. The doors open automatically with the opener button. There are approximately 3.5 cm high metal thresholds under the entrance and vestibule doors.
The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly and the glass doors have contrast markings. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door opens automatically with an opening button.
The entrance has thresholds over 2 cm high.

In the facility

The customer service point is on the entrance floor.
The service point is located directly in front of the main entrance. There is rarely any queue there. In the library lobby, upon entering on the right, there are three gender-neutral restrooms, one of which is an accessible INVA restroom.
The doors in the customer service point stand out clearly.
The waiting room of the customer service point has no queue number system. The customers wait standing up.
The customer service point has an accessible toilet on the same floor.

Messukylä Library is closed from 17 June to 4 August due to an air conditioning renovation.

Messukylä's vibrant and pleasant library serves the residents, schools, day-care centres, and care homes in the Ristinarkku area. The library is located in the same building as the Takahuhti lower secondary school.

The Messukylä Library has a quiet reading room that can be booked for meetings. You can also book an exhibition space, or an exhibition showcase at the library.

Self-service library open from morning to evening

Messukylä Library is a self-service library that you can also use outside regular opening hours. During broad self-service opening hours, you can open the doors of the library with a PIKI library card and its PIN code.

There are no staff at the library during self-service hours. During self-service hours, you can pick up reservations, loan, and return material using the self-service machines, use a computer, read magazines, and even work, or hold meetings in the library.

You can only use the Messukylä library during self-service hours if you are registered as a self-service library customer. With a single registration, you can use all of Tampere’s self-service libraries.

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Kirjaston johtaja

Phone:

040 800 7838

Email:

[email protected]

The short address for this page is tampere.fi/en/messukylalibrary

Messukylä Library

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Self-service library open from morning to evening

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