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Relocation guide to Tampere

On the Relocation Guide to Tampere you will find the information and resources that you need to ease your move to Tampere whether you are moving here as a student, working or with your family. Warmly welcome to Tampere!

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The Tampere Festival of Light begins with an opening festival

The 60th anniversary year of the Tampere Festival of Light will begin in spectacular fashion at Koskipuisto Park on 23 October at 7 p.m. The Opening Festival features the chamber opera Her Voice, Flow of Equality art trail, Dancing Waters, and the National celebration of Gymnastics on 1 November. The opening programme celebrates the anniversary year of universal and equal suffrage.

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International House Tampere supports Internationals

Are you about to come and live, work, study, do research or just find new exciting possibilities in Tampere, Finland? Or are you a business looking to internationalise and grow with international experts? The International House Tampere is a Single Service Point for supporting Internationals with living, working, studying and connecting with Local Employers.

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Looking for information and advice in different topics of everyday life? International House Tampere Multilingual Guidance's advisors answer your questions in more than 10 languages. They can help in untangling Finnish documents or official correspondence, filling in different forms and applications, or making appointments by phone for example for a doctor.

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Tampere - The City of Action

Tampere aims to lead the way as an equal, inclusive, sustainably growing, and vibrant city, now and in the future. The city of the future is made together, and every resident has the power to act. In Tampere everyone can be themselves.

The banks of Tammerkoski Rapids have always been a meeting point for competence, expertise and new ideas. Our growing and international city of action builds sustainable future with this know-how.

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