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4.9.2023 On 7th of September, the international culture forum Kultuurikompass brings together experts of creative fields from all over Europe to Valga to discuss how cultural cooperation supports regional development. On Friday, 8th of September the participants will discuss the legacy of the European Capital of Culture (ECoC) processes in the city of Tartu, which will celebrate the title in 2024. Tartu and Tampere are also twin cities since 1992.

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…

29.6.2023 The Children’s Grand Carnival Tour creates a true carnival experience, providing high-quality arts and culture for children and activities for families. T…

27.6.2023 The third round of applicant selections has taken place. This time, cultural operators were offered free premises for temporary cultural activities in Nokia as well as in Tampere.

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.

24.5.2023 Hop aboard! The Art Express bus will be making pilot tours to the Nuutajärvi Glass Village and to Visavuori Museum and the Voipaala Art Centre in Valkeakoski on four Saturdays in summer 2023. During the summer, there will also be a daily shuttle bus to Serlachius Museums in Mänttä-Vilppula, known as the Art Town.

8.5.2023 The Finnish Institute for Children’s Literature is implementing a project called Word Bridges, that aims to strengthen and create connections between Finnish an…

5.5.2023 Operation Pirkanmaa, the regional development project in the field of culture, is launching an open call for proposals with the theme of cross-border cooperation. In 2023, cultural projects in the Pirkanmaa Region will be granted funds totalling 100,000 euros at maximum. The call for proposals is now open and will close on 4 June.

24.4.2023 The third round of applications is now open for the Meanwhile Use Scheme. The experts of the cultural services and city real estate management have again selected vacant spaces suitable for cultural use. This time, cultural operators can apply for two sites in Nokia in addition to the four temporarily vacant spaces in Tampere. Selected applicants will be able to use the nominated space rent-free for a fixed period of time.

3.4.2023 Operation Pirkanmaa 2022-2024, a regional project to develop the cultural sector, is now in full swing as the second year of activity is well underway. Although this development project is always looking towards the future, it is worth observing the results of its first year of operation.

10.3.2023 The art competition will seek a permanent work of art for Tampere's Tapiola Park and at the same time remind us of the close friendship between Tampere and Tartu.  The competition was open to artists with links to Tartu County.

13.1.2023 The City of Tampere announces a two-phased public art competition for designing a new permanent artwork to the Tapiola Park (Tapiolanpuisto) in Tampere, Finland…

11.1.2023 The Operation Pirkanmaa project, which continues the work of the “Tampere26 – European Capital of Culture” bid, enables the development of new operating m…

30.12.2022 The year 2023 will feature European cinema from classics to contemporary gems, fiction, documentaries, animation, silent film concerts – films for everyone!

4.10.2022 The Word Bridges project will showcase the versatile children’s literature selection and know-how of the twin cities Tampere and Tartu.

23.9.2022 Operation Pirkanmaa, the legacy project of the European Capital of Culture (ECoC) bid, has supported more than one hundred projects during the course of 2022, including a series of Cultural Happenings to take place across the Tampere Region (a.k.a. Pirkanmaa) during the autumn. The second programme release based on the ECoC bid mainly focuses on the 2023–2024 period, drawing attention both to local players and European interactions.

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…