Pick a Piece of Culture!
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TAMPERE AND TAMPERE REGION ARE APPLYING TO BECOME A EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE FOR 2026 Pick a piece of culture! TAMPERE TAMPERE PIRKKALA 17 pieces of Culture is expression, intelligence, feeling, connection to others - deep, empathetic communication in the Tampere Region, midst of current times. It is a way for people to come together, to create something new, to celebrate one common core humanity, and to sometimes escape and laugh at the system. Culture moves us, intrigues us, questions the familiar and helps us to understand the lives and destinies of other people. Tampere’s culture arises from its heritage - from its hard labour as a rapids city, from its strong men and especially its women, from industry and its constant regeneration, from its intricate history and enchanting nature - and it breathes the future. Due to fast changes, our city wants to act as a motor for change in urban Northern Europe in the 2020s. Europe wants Tampere and Tampere wants to be Tampere, and that’s what we deserve! Tampere’s application to become a Capital of Culture is carried out together with the main partner Mänttä-Vilppula as well as 15 other municipalities in the region. 17 pieces of Tampere Region, one common core - Tampere. Each one of us is Tampere’s culture flows through us like rapids and means something for everyone, something common a piece of culture and something special, yet different, different things for you and me. It is in our bodies and souls. It is present in the urban landscape and in everyday lives. Culture makes encounters and dialogue between people, communities and businesses possible. Culture emerges locally, nationally and internationally. The rugged and energetic Tampere is a beautiful centre for theatre and other performing arts, for rock and classical music, for humour, visual arts, sauna and hockey. It is a towering piece of land between light and water, which has a unique history and which wants to create the future. The mission of our city is to offer a platform for cultural events and to offer people a place to be born, to live and to grow - to share common experiences. To improve the quality of life for all of us. And that is what Tampere does with great passion. MÄNTTÄ-VILPPULA HÄMEENKYRÖ How the project Our objectives will progress To permanently improve the quality of life for us and our A Finnish city will be chosen as a European 1 visitors. Capital of Culture for the year 2026. To remind us and the whole The application to become a Capital of Culture 2 world to care for others more is carried out together with the main partner than ourselves. Mänttä-Vilppula as well as other municipalities in the region. Together with Tampere and Mänttä- To promote touching and Vilppula, there are already 15 municipalities from 3 human presence in the midst Tampere Region applying for the title: Vesilahti, of prevailing digitalisation Orivesi, Sastamala, Hämeenkyrö, Parkano, Pälkäne, Lempäälä, Nokia, Ikaalinen, Kangasala, Pirkkala, To express sharing joy, empathy, Valkeakoski, Virrat, Ruovesi and Ylöjärvi. 4 enjoyment and experiences. The joint application will be sent in 2020. To increase cultural expression from Tampere and Tampere Region 5 and to strengthen our international connections and visibility. To elevate the significance, appreciation and impact of 6 cultural contributions from children, youth and adults. CONTACT FOLLOW OUR JOURNEY Juha Hemánus Creative Director +358 44 430 9769 #tampereregion2026 [email protected] tampereregion2026.fi Eija Oravuo Executive Producer +358 44 430 9988 [email protected].