Europeans of Tampa Bay

Welcome to Europeans of Tampa Bay!

We're a brand-new social and cultural Meetup created to bring together Europeans living throughout St. Petersburg, Tampa and the surrounding Tampa Bay area.

Tampa Bay is home to people from all over Europe, but there doesn't seem to be one community where Europeans from different countries can simply meet, socialize and connect. Europeans of Tampa Bay was created to change that.

Our goal is simple: to build a friendly, genuine European community where we can meet new people, make friends, share our cultures and enjoy a little connection to home.

Our Home Base

While Europeans of Tampa Bay welcomes Europeans from throughout the greater Tampa Bay area, our home base is Pinellas County. Our organizer-hosted Meetups will be held in St. Petersburg and other locations throughout Pinellas County.

You don't have to live in Pinellas County to join us. Europeans from Tampa, Hillsborough, Pasco and surrounding areas are very welcome.

As the community grows, we also hope members will connect with others who live closer to them and arrange their own informal get-togethers. The idea is to build one larger European community across Tampa Bay, while keeping Pinellas County as the home base for our regular Meetup gatherings.

What We'll Do

We plan to meet approximately once a month for relaxed social gatherings. There are no presentations or formal agendas — just an opportunity to meet, introduce yourself, have a drink or something to eat, and enjoy good conversation.

As the group grows, we'd also love to explore European restaurants, cultural festivals and events, celebrate some of our different traditions, organize occasional outings and let members suggest activities they'd like to do together.

Who is this group for?

When we say Europeans, we mean people who are from Europe or who grew up or spent a significant part of their lives living in Europe.

This is not intended to be a European ancestry or genealogy group. Many Americans have European ancestors, but the purpose of this Meetup is to connect people who have a personal lived connection with Europe and share some of the experience of making a home here.

Of course, spouses and partners are welcome to attend with European members.

We're Just Getting Started

This is a new group, so its community and traditions haven't been created yet — that's something we hope our first members will help shape.

We'll start with one relaxed social gathering each month and see where the community takes us.

Whether you've recently arrived from Europe or you've called Florida home for many years, we'd love to meet you.

Come join us and help create Europeans of Tampa Bay.