5 Things That You NEED TO KNOW Before Moving To Finland

Thanks for watching guys! What do you think about this topic – do you agree or disagree with me? Tell us about your experiences of Finland in the comments so that we can have a discussion.

I'm scared of the weather 😳 in my place it's almost even day and night length

A note to Americans: Finland is not expensive compared most urban areas in U.S. I actually save a lot of money in Finland. What really helps is that healthy food is cheap, sales tax is already included in the price, and there is no tipping anywhere.

Another note to everyone: I not only survived winter, but I thrived. Winter is now my favorite season thanks to Finland... and I have seasonal depression! But, you NEED to adopt and adapt to the sauna culture. If you're not comfortable in high heat, or you're shy around nudity, you need to just dive into the challenge and get over it... ease out of your comfort zone little by little, and you'll be quickly enjoying that sauna with your friends... trust me, it's how you survive winter.

To thrive, I recommend ice swimming. This is more challenging, but if/when you start dipping into cold water during winter, it is a game changer. After starting to ice swim regularly, I had more focus, more energy, reduced mood swings (due to seasonal depression), and I slept better, which all combined improved my mood.

thank you bro, for your lesson i feel its, so very educative thanks.

I wish to relocate to finland

New Zealand being at the top of "most trusted government" list made me laugh.

Great video. I am from Denmark and I can say that, unfortunately, you will do fine in Finland if you understand Swedish. Once it dawns on you how difficult the Finnish language is, it is easy to rely on Swedish and English without putting in the time required to learn Finnish.

I’m from the USA and watched this simply out of curiosity about the unique Finnish culture. What an excellent video! And what a truly special place!! 🙌🏻 🇫🇮

Hi! Oliver 😊 , thanks for this information...

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Most safe??? With a NATO base and war against Russia?

Planning on moving to Finland next year. I’ve been twice and stayed for a month on each visit. I want to say it’s slightly cheaper from NYC. I actually felt like my money had more value.

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I disagree for Finland being expensive. Bills maybe, rent, yes, but in Helsinki you can find any kind of food, including vegetarian, vegan, snacks, drinks, healthy food and in so low price and so good quality. There's food everywhere! You travel all day with one single ticket card and not paying at every bus.
Yeah, mall is expensive but stock is so great, quality is perfect, and other stores sell not bad things too!

Finnish people are great but they re very shy and reserved.

Loved the video

Thanks for your sharing and I am planning to apply a master program in Helsinki, looking forward to learning more about Finland.

I'm an Australian with a Finnish wife about to move to Finland! Two things raised in this video: I went there for Christmas last year and I experienced the worst jet lag I've ever had in my life. Usually I can recover OK from jet lag after about 3 days of purposefully conforming to local rhythms and getting out in the sun. One problem - no sun. It took me over a week to recover. I kept waking up at 3 am, because my brain would go "well, the sun set at 3 pm, it's 12 hours later, it must be morning!" The way I got around this? You might have heard that blue light ie from a computer/phone can stuff up your circadian rhythm if you're on your phone/computer too late at night, hence all the apps and programs to change the colour temperature as it gets later in the day. I just exploited this and did the reverse - from 3-7 pm or so I really tried to get some computer time in so that my brain would start to realise that this was still, in fact, daytime.

RE grocery stores being only in Finnish - I don't really understand how anyone would expect anything else? Every country I've ever been to in Europe is the same - grocery stores will only be in the local language. If you're buying say, biscuits, you might be lucky enough to have a language you know on the ingredients list, but for fresh produce it's only going to be in the local language. The good news is you can totally stand in the biscuits aisle for 10 minutes painstakingly translating individual words if you like. I have a nut allergy so I definitely was reading the boxes and either seeing if there were ingredients in a language I knew, or translating words if I needed to.
OTOH Finns hate asking for help, so while it's normal enough to ask for help from an employee, if you're with a Finn they may well cringe at the thought, because Finns often don't like to talk to strangers. I was in the supermarket with my wife and wanted to try mämmi. We couldn't find it. So I went to ask someone, and my wife was cringing with embarrassment.

i love finnish culture and finland its self. i hear a lot of ppl complain about darkness and coldness but i love winter and cold and i think more clearly when its dark. i cannot wait to move to finland

This is wrong. Im really late to the party, but this dude is only talking about Helsinki. Other towns and cityes are MUCH more affortable. You can get 3-4 rooms anywhere else than Helsinki with the same price. In helsinki you pay ~1000€ for one or two rooms. In Turku, its about 500-800€. In my city, 4 rooms costs aprox 800€ in the middle of the city. 5Km from the centrum, the price is 400€.

Wow you are amazing in the way you are articulating this.

Done watching, interested so wanna visit 😭😭😭

Expensive 🤔🤔🤔 i want to visit

I love to live in north of Finland where the sun never rises in the winter . This looks like my ideal place to live

Im from Sweden and none of the 5 seem difficult except the language barrier, love 🇫🇮 from 🇸🇪

The first thing that is good to know before you move in Finland 2022: we living next to Russia 💁‍♂️😄

7-9 euro? Not bad.

IM MOVING TO FINLAND YALL

I'd love to move to Finland

Yes, Finns are somewhat standoff-ish. Good video, Kiitos

I live in texas, so seasons are very crazy, so i'm used to bipolar seasons

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Hey Oliver I just had a single question stuck in my head since days about Finland. This may be too straight forward but here it is - I do understand that Finland has a high of gun owners . But I was concerned of the fact that US faces these gun violence in school and stuff and imagining those incident makes me freak out so how is Finland in term of that . I mean how frequently does it happen or it happens or not . Bcoz I searched up this everywhere but found not much data regarding this . Pls do reply. Coz this is I think the only reason that causes hesitation in me for moving to Finland

Thanks for the info .

Moi

This is why FINLAND is doomed. They allow foreigners to move there and destroy their clean beautiful culture. Now they have some young girl leading country and making it more globalist. RIP Finland. Yikes

As a software developer student, would my BS in computer science work well with a finnish software development job here? Bc i am READY to toss my USA citizenship?

Also, are they friendly towards black/latin individuals…?

Hi, nice video and good information. Links given are also usefull.
One question,where can i find information on furniture, crockery, kitchen items. Like what is the price and where to get cheaper.

"During winter many felt depressed, and continuously tired..." lol I always feel this way :) Finland here I come.

Thank you. This is a lovely informative video. Can you make a video informing us about retiring to Finland?

You’re so cute ❤️

Can i know ur email....interested to be ur friend

So do the Finnish have a problem with 6ft and not socializing?

Jesus who should be products in supermarkets labelled in English. I am living in The Netherlands and we don't do it her either. I even don't understand why ?

Great video, thank you for all the advices! I really wish to be a student in your country. I'd be very happy if you could put me through.

I'm 1/4 Finnish, and after watching this video, I don't think I'll be moving there. Looks like a nice place to visit though!

If it's so safe, why was your recycling room even locked?

I found it helpful. Tried learning Finnish want to get back to Finnish lessons. Also, I have been to Finland many times as a tourist. I would like to find a way to work in parts of Finland that are close to the Russian border such as Lapperanta

So it's like I will do a favor for you if I feel that when I need something I can count on you

who would like to move to finland?