I am thinking about applying for a job near Tampere, Finland. Does anyone have
any information about the area?
Tampere, is the nearest airport I've not been told who the company is yet all I
know is that they manufacture heavy machinery.
Any information that would help me to guess if I would like to live there for
six months would be appreciated.

Regards
	Stephen

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Stephen <mcavoysATaolDOTcom@> wrote:
> I am thinking about applying for a job near Tampere, Finland. Does anyone have
> any information about the area?

  I live there.

> Tampere, is the nearest airport

  There's a small airfield here, but it's very rarely used for international
flights. With almost 100% certainty your flight will arrive at the capital
city airport, at Helsinki. From there you'll probably have to get to Tampere
by train or bus. It's a 2-hour travel. (The company will probably tell
you more.)

> Any information that would help me to guess if I would like to live there for
> six months would be appreciated.

  It's a rather quiet city. I don't see why not.

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On 23 Jan 2008 09:14:18 -0500, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:

>Stephen <mcavoysATaolDOTcom@> wrote:
>> I am thinking about applying for a job near Tampere, Finland. Does anyone have
>> any information about the area?
>
>  I live there.

Never! (Signifies surprise :)
Don't worry I'm only applying :)

>> Tampere, is the nearest airport
>
>  There's a small airfield here, but it's very rarely used for international
>flights. With almost 100% certainty your flight will arrive at the capital
>city airport, at Helsinki. From there you'll probably have to get to Tampere
>by train or bus. It's a 2-hour travel. (The company will probably tell
>you more.)

From what I can see, Ryanair flies there to and from London Stansted. It is good
to know that it is only two hours travel to the capital. 

>> Any information that would help me to guess if I would like to live there for
>> six months would be appreciated.
>
>  It's a rather quiet city. I don't see why not.

The photographs of your countryside that you have posted (IIRC) show it to be
beautiful. 
Thanks for the reply.

Regards
	Stephen

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Stephen <mcavoysATaolDOTcom@> wrote:
> From what I can see, Ryanair flies there to and from London Stansted.

  That's true, yes.

> The photographs of your countryside that you have posted (IIRC) show it to be
> beautiful. 

  I wouldn't call it "countriside", really. It's just that there are forests
and lakes very close to (and in some cases even inside) the city. :P

  For example this is in the middle of Hervanta, which is the largest
suburb in Tampere (it's only a minute walk from the center of the suburb):
http://warp.povusers.org/photos/Ahvenis/

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On 23 Jan 2008 10:28:21 -0500, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:

>
>  I wouldn't call it "countriside", really. It's just that there are forests
>and lakes very close to (and in some cases even inside) the city. :P
>
>  For example this is in the middle of Hervanta, which is the largest
>suburb in Tampere (it's only a minute walk from the center of the suburb):
>http://warp.povusers.org/photos/Ahvenis/

Coming from a British city the thought of a forest and lake inside a suburb is
mind boggling. But it is diversity that makes the world interesting. 
I'll now try to put the job out of my mind so I don't build myself up.
Thanks again.

Regards
	Stephen

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Stephen wrote:
> I am thinking about applying for a job near Tampere, Finland. Does anyone have
> any information about the area?

I've born there. It's 3. biggest city at Finland with 'bout 200k people.
Big enough to be a city, small enough to get some freedom.

> Tampere, is the nearest airport I've not been told who the company is yet all I
> know is that they manufacture heavy machinery.

Hmm.. Tamrock is the first one to come to my mind. Then there's also at

facilities. And Plustech comes from Tampere.

> Any information that would help me to guess if I would like to live there for
> six months would be appreciated.

If you're anything like me, then yes.

> Regards
> 	Stephen


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On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:34:12 +0200, Eero Ahonen
<aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid> wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>> I am thinking about applying for a job near Tampere, Finland. Does anyone have
>> any information about the area?
>
>I've born there. It's 3. biggest city at Finland with 'bout 200k people.
>Big enough to be a city, small enough to get some freedom.

Sounds nice

>> Tampere, is the nearest airport I've not been told who the company is yet all I
>> know is that they manufacture heavy machinery.
>
>Hmm.. Tamrock is the first one to come to my mind. Then there's also at

>facilities. And Plustech comes from Tampere.

As I said to Warp I'll stop thinking about it now. Over the years I've applied
for a few jobs in that neck of the woods (no pun intended) but never landed
lucky.

>> Any information that would help me to guess if I would like to live there for
>> six months would be appreciated.
>
>If you're anything like me, then yes.

Thanks Aero, a personal recommendation is better than internet reviews.
It would be nice to work in Finland especially in the summer, I think.

Regards
	Stephen

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Stephen wrote:
> 
> Sounds nice

Well, it's one of the rare cities I would consider of living in ;). I'm
not a city-liver (heh, what a word), but I could feel homie there.

> As I said to Warp I'll stop thinking about it now. Over the years I've applied
> for a few jobs in that neck of the woods (no pun intended) but never landed
> lucky.

That's a good plan. One should never be too optimistic (neither too
pessimistic), but a realist.

> Thanks Aero, a personal recommendation is better than internet reviews.

Yep, tells usually much more :).

> It would be nice to work in Finland especially in the summer, I think.

I like the winter more :p. We finally got one today \o/, and I started
missing my RWD Volvo :D.

> Regards
> 	Stephen


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   http://www.zbxt.net
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:23:08 +0200, Eero Ahonen
<aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid> wrote:

>
>I like the winter more :p. We finally got one today \o/, and I started
>missing my RWD Volvo :D.

I saw enough snow in my childhood to last me the rest of my life. And I bet it
wasn't half what you saw. I won't even read a book if it is set in the cold.
Brrr!
:)

Regards
	Stephen

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Eero Ahonen <aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid> wrote:
> I like the winter more

  Not much of a winter in recent years, though...

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