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29.5.2024 Taking place in 20 municipalities starting from 24th of October, Window Walkabout is the largest art event ever arranged in the Tampere Region (i.e. Pirkanmaa). The series of free art events inside windows will be realised by up to a thousand cultural actors, and it is the culmination point of the three-year a regional culture development project Operation Pirkanmaa.

1.8.2023 Operation Pirkanmaa organised an open call for project proposals in spring 2023 with the theme of cross-border cooperation. By the deadline on 4th of June, 99 a…

9.6.2023 The first demolition art house in Tampere opens its doors to visitors on Wednesday 7th of June at Pinninkatu 47. Pinni47 is a multi-storey art exhibition and cultural venue, which will enliven the Tulli area in the vicinity of the railway station in June and July.

18.8.2022 The cultural events will be free and open to all with funding made available by the Operation Pirkanmaa project. Most of the funding will come from Tampere, the…

9.6.2022 In 2021, Operation Pirkanmaa and Nokia Arena organized an open artist search as a continuum for European Capital of Culture application process, managed by…

19.5.2022 Open Call for Cultural Happenings was closed on 2nd of June 2022. /// Operation Pirkanmaa is holding an open call for Cultural Happenings to take place across T…

18.4.2022 The trio that competed to be the next Finnish European Capital of Culture (ECoC) – namely Oulu2026, The Saimaa Phenomenon and the Tampere26 legacy project, Oper…

18.4.2022 The work to improve the creative industries’ operating environment continues, although the title of Finnish European Capital of Culture (ECoC) went to Oulu. The…

18.4.2022 Operation Pirkanmaa, the legacy project of the European Capital of Culture (ECoC) bid, released its first programme on Tuesday 22 February 2022.