🇬🇧 Tips for those interested in living in Finland

Are you moving to Finland or are you thinking of living there? This post contains some helpful tips.

How to find a job in Finland? LinkedIn can certainly be very useful. If you work on your personal brand, going straight to the websites of companies that have your profile is also an option.

How to search if there is a field in Finland for your business idea? It will depend on your area of expertise, but the Internet has a multitude of resources that can be very helpful in this quest.

How do you know if it is easy to find work in your field in Finland? As well as being interesting to know Finnish and English, see https://www.ammattibarometri.fi to get an idea of the labor market situation in your area in different regions of the country.

Where to look for rental properties? I suggest vuokraovi.com, with searches in English and Finnish.

And the properties to buy, where to look?  I suggest the Oikotie app. It's in Finnish, but nothing a translator won't help. It is worth remembering that since the beginning of 2020, citizens of countries that are not part of the European Union and the European Economic Area need the authorisation of the Ministry of Defence to buy a house in the country. For apartments this authorisation is not required. The process of obtaining the authorisation takes about 3 weeks, according to information I have obtained from the Ministry of Defence itself.

To get an idea of the cost of living, the numbeo.com site is a good reference, but I also recommend keeping track of the rental or purchase prices of the properties on the sites mentioned above, to get an idea of the housing costs within the  standard you expect.

This blog encourages people to migrate to different countries or cities for cultural enrichment and encourages this change legally and with the aim of contributing to the economic growth of their destination, as well as improving their quality of life. Knowing the culture of your destination and respecting it is an important step in the adaptation process.

And speaking of culture, the University of Helsinki offers Finnish courses at a very affordable price. The website www.atasteoffinnish.fi offers a free Finnish course for beginners.

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Nycka, the Nomad