The Hatanpää, Hervanta, Kaukajärvi, Linnainmaa, Orivesi, Tammelakeskus and Tipotie health centres as well as the outsourced health centres Mehiläinen Oma Lääkärisi Hervanta, City Centre and Tesoma are open for the whole summer.
The City of Tampere distribution point for medical supplies moves to the former Anttila building on Kuninkaankatu. Operations at the new premises at Kuninkaankatu 14–16 begin on Monday 17 June 2019.
The companies in the Tampere region are utilising the potential of international experts insufficiently. The Tampere region is currently losing international experts to other countries and the metropolitan area in Finland. The City of Tampere and the Tampere University Community (Tampere University of Applied Sciences and the University of Tampere) combine forces in the International Tampere Hub joint project to create a coordinated Tampere region service model, which brings companies and international experts together more efficiently. The project brings together services aimed at companies and international experts on a one-stop-shop basis. The project develops international partnership networks and cooperation between the higher education institutes and the business networks.
The freedom of choice pilot in health centre services in Tampere ends in September. Customers participating in the pilot can continue using the health centre services of their chosen private service provider until 30 September 2019. When the pilot ends, the customers will be transferred back to a city health centre or an outsourced health centre starting from 1 October 2019.
The freedom of choice pilot in oral health care ends in Pirkanmaa in September. Customers participating in the pilot can use the services of the provider of their choice, such as have a dental check-up, until 15 September 2019. After that, they will automatically be transferred back to the oral health care services of their town of residence. Transferring does not require any action from customers.
Out of Office, the Summer Exhibition of this, the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Sara Hildén Art Museum, has been compiled from works in the Sara Hildén Foundation’s collection. It features both Finnish and foreign paintings, drawings and sculptures, including some of the collection’s most recent acquisitions and previously unseen works. On Friday 7 June the 40th anniversary will be celebrated with the Open Doors Day.
The City of Tampere collects information about discrimination experienced by residents or otherwise encountered in the city. The information is used when updating the statutory equality plan. This survey seeks to establish an understanding of the kinds of discrimination people encounter in Tampere.
Talent Tampere activities are transferred from Business Tampere to the City of Tampere in the beginning of May 2019. They will be included in the City’s new set of services for international talent attraction and migration management. The aim is to improve the Region’s readiness to manage employment of immigrants and demand for international talents as well as the global attractiveness of the City of Tampere.
Come and find out about your home town's summer and early autumn cultural events. The info will be held on Friday, 14 May 2019 at 11.30 - 14 at Kulttuuritalo Laikku (3rd floor), Music Hall.
An international ideas competition started off on 15 May 2019 in Viinikanlahti, a highly exciting area close to Tampere city centre. Competitors get to design a housing area of over 3,000 residents on the shores of Lake Pyhäjärvi, as well as a leisure time environment for the locals and tourists. With a population of roughly 370,000, the sustainably growing Tampere is the largest inland city in the Nordic Countries and, together with the neighbouring municipalities, forms the second-largest urban area in Finland.