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Talbot House was built in the 18th century. In 1911, the house was bought by a local banker who left the house after it was bombed by a German shell in 1915. Soon thereafter, the house was rented to the 6th division of the British army. Chaplain Philip “Tubby” Clayton decided to use the building as a soldier’s club. At first it was called “Church House” but the eventual name became “Talbot House”, after Gilbert Talbot, a young man who died on 30th July 1915. Chaplain Clayton was in charge of the clubhouse. He made sure that it felt like a ‘home away from home’, regardless your rank or status. On the attic, he made a church where soldiers could find peace, quiet, pray and go to mass.

Talgje Church is a Romanesque stone church from the end of the 12th century. It consists of a rectangular nave and a lower, narrower choir with a semicircular end, the apse. The porch was built in 1870. The church is small, but the building is of high quality, with finely carved soapstone in the portals, the choir arches and the apse.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. According to the dates on the preserved matzevot it can be assumed the cemetery already existed in the early 20th century. It can first be found marked on Russian maps of the region from the 1880s and, later, on a Russian map from 1907.

Talvik Church, which was consecrated in 1883, is a long church with a tower above the porch, built according to the plans of engineer A. Tygen of Tromsø. The church is characterized by a neo-Gothic and Swiss style, and its design is closely related to the churches of the same period designed by the architect J. W. Nordan. After the Second World War, the church was used as a residence and bakery for returning evacuees.

Tammela Church is a stone church probably built in the second half of the 1530s or in the 1540s. The grey stone church is externally well preserved and has a historical value. The church is 54 metres long, and the church corridor is the second-longest in Finland (the longest is in Turku Cathedral). The church took its present form mainly as a result of two construction phases. Construction work on the church began at the beginning of the 16th century. An extension to the church was built in the 18th century and completed in 1785.

Tampere Cathedral was built between 1902 and 1907 in the national romantic style. The frescoes in the church were painted by the painters Hugo Simberg and Magnus Enckell, both of whom are considered masters of Finnish symbolism.

The old church in Tana was burnt down by the Germans in 1944, so it took twenty years before the new church was completed. The foundation stone was laid in 1962 and the church was consecrated in 1964. The architect was Espen Poulson.

The Tananger chapel (formerly the Tananger church) is a long church from 1879. The chapel was built in 1879 by the architect Hans Ditlev Franciscus von Linstow. In 2002, the chapel was replaced as a parish church by the new Tananger church, which is located right next to the chapel.

The Tananger church is a modernist church from 2002. In this church, people sit in a fan around the altar, which is supposed to contribute to the enhancement of the community. Veslemøy Nystedt Stoltenberg designed the stained glass window in the foundation wall. Textile artist Bjørg Marit Bjørnevik designed the sails that hang in the centre of the church hall and interior designer Ewa Oudshoorn designed the liturgical furniture.

The Tananger church is a church in activity since 2002. The architect was Olav Urstad, while the interior was designed by Ewa Oudshoorn. The church replaced the Tananger chapel as a parish church and is located just east of it.