Shoe Museum
Tampere, the town where I currently live, is well known for its shoemaking traditions and industry. For example, the desired vintage shoe brands such as Emil Aaltonen and Pertti Palmroth both had their shoe factories in Tampere.
My granny used to work in Aaltonen shoe factory (pictured above) and she always had very nice shoes, so maybe that’s where I picked my almost compulsive love affair with shoes. No need to mention, I was so excited when my Mr decided to take me to the Museum Centre Vapriikki where they have a Shoe Museum among other exciting exhibitions. Now I’m no believer of heaven (or hell for that matter), but if there really is such a place heaven is often described, yesterday I was there.
As they say in the Shoe Museum website, the museum tells the story of Finnish shoes from the very first birch-bark shoes to the hottest creations of fashion. The Shoe Museum is the place to explore the hundred years of eventful history of the Tampere shoemaking industry. And what’s the best, they have more than one thousand shoes on display.
If you ever have a chance to visit Tampere, make sure you add Shoe Museum to your must-see list. And for all you folks currently living in Tampere: If you haven’t yet visited the Shoe Museum, you should definitely do it at some point. But be careful, the shoes on display may cause uncontrollable need to hoard more shoes. Consider yourself warned.
Images via here and here
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