Tips and Advice
It is good to have a Finnish contact
They can help and advise you where to go
and what to do.
They will support you and help you to adapt
to life in Finland. Even better, if they life in
the same area as you.
Don’t be shy: speak English!
Many speak English nowadays. Most of the
Finnish people and especially those living in
the Helsinki area are very good at English.
Learn at least a little bit of Finnish or Swedish
It is good to know a bit of Finnish or Swedish
because the people, who live in Finland, will
understand you better.
They will obviously all speak Finnish and
they will understand Swedish because
Swedish is the second national language.