Within a two hour drive there are more than 3.5 million people and around two-thirds of Finland's economic activity. Tampere region is easy to access from all directions and it provides rapid access to the vast markets of Europe, Scandinavia, the Baltic States and Russia.

 

Region has plenty to offer for you and your company: expertise in world class business clusters, global market leading companies as potential customers and partners, high-level research institutions and universities providing highly educated workforce and quality of life in beautiful surroundings close to unspoiled nature.

Tampere is a favourite congress city and an ideal holiday destination. The region has been voted the most attractive region in the country several years in a row which has corroborated to the growth and the positive flow of people into the region.

 

Centre of expertise

The Tampere Region Centre of Expertise is part of a national Centre of Expertise Programme (OSKE), through which regional and national resources are directed toward the utilisation of expertise. The programme is implemented by 13 national clusters, of which each will gather together expertise centre actors from at least two different regions.

The Tampere Region Centre of Expertise is participating in seven different local clusters. The region has strong entrepreneurship activities and research know-how  in these industries, and they are all also key industries of the future.