Stories

Can you love a city? This is a love story but not about two people, instead about a person and a place. I am Talita Tobias Carneiro and I come from Brazil.

Why a convinced cosmopolitan and a digital nomad ended up living in Tampere, Finland? Tampere Talent Ambassador Margarita Khartanovich shares her Tampere story.

“My mission is to empower others to fulfill their highest potential.” Tampere Talent Ambassador Kelly Keodara came to Tampere with a purpose.

Tampere Talent Ambassador Dixit K.C. believes, that one can call a place home, when they have found a connection with the place.

I am a Citizen of the World, but I Found My “Sweet Home” in Tampere, says the Tampere Talent Ambassador Selene Gama.

"Homeless or multi-millionaire." Tampere Talent Ambassador Apil Karki moved to Tampere to pursue big dreams.

My aim as a Talent Ambassador is to work towards an even better Tampere by helping international talents, who are already here or willing to be here, find their path and create their own opportunities. "Are you with us?" asks our Ambassador Hakki Meseci.

I love Tampere, because here I am able to unleash everything I got inside of me, says Tampere Ambassador Stanley De Betong.

Catherine Ghersi, a publicist and wilderness guide from Chile, came to Tampere to start her career as a wilderness guide. She has been living all around the world  but in Tampere, she really feels the closeness and connection with nature.

Céline Kylänpää, originally from France, decided to learn Finnish in order to understand and be able to speak with her Finnish family. "One day, a couple of years later, I started to talk in Finnish with my Finnish family."

Tampere Ambassador Esin Guldogan came to Tampere in 2001 to study, but ended up building her life and family here instead. "We prioritized safety, education and ease of life for our family."

"I developed my sisu and learned to be entrepreneurial", writes our Ambassador Yulia Shumilova, who is a researcher originally from Tomsk, Russia.

Talent Ambassador Shruti Mittal comes from India, Delhi. She followed her spouse to Finland 3 years ago, in December 2017.

Heramb Kulkarni came to Tampere to work in Nokia back in 2005. Today Heramb has his own Education business. As a Tampere Ambassador and a business man, Heramb wants to share his excperience and support other internationals.

At the beginning of 2020, Talent Ambassador Zeynep Kaynar moved to Tampere, Finland and embarked upon a new step in her career at the international level.

Talent Ambassador Beatriz Macías, a Mexican-American classical musician, moved to Tampere in the fall of 2016 for a temporary job with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra. "Little did I know, I was about to embark on one of my most unique journeys."

Talent Ambassador Victoria Laaksonen, originally from Russia, moved to Finland in 2010, in the age of 19, all by herself.

"I chose Tampere because it is the city with its strength in depth to create lots of chances for everyone", says Talent Ambassador Mariam Sutidze-Haveri.