In addition to Ristimäki, most of the commercial and public services in the Tesoma area (such as the Westeri shopping centre) are located in the district.
In addition, the district includes the Tesoma's indoor swimming pool and ice rink.
Tesomajärvi is a suburb whose housing stock consists mainly of apartment buildings built in the 1960s.
[1] The mushroom-shaped Tesoma's water tower, completed in 1970,[4] is located on a hill above the primary school, which is Tampere's fourth highest place.
[4] Like Hervanta, Tesomajärvi was previously known as a restless problem suburb, which is why in the 1980s Tesoma became its own block police unit.