The oldest building in the town is a medieval church named after Saint Birgitta, built in 1504.

[6] The only surviving item from the Middle Ages in the church is a wooden crucifix carved from birch.

Ideapark, the second largest shopping centre in the Nordic countries, is located in Lempäälä along the Helsinki-Tampere motorway (E12).

Kuokkala is a neighbourhood to the north of Lempäälä town which houses a ’museoraitti’ (museum trail).

Several buildings now house collections of historical items, including a shop museum (also a shop and information office), hairdressers & barbers, cobblers, WW2 memorabilia, household equipment, blacksmiths, carpenters, a 19th-century Finnish dwelling, and a special exhibit relating to the ex-Finnish region of Sakkola.