5 Things You MUST KNOW BEFORE You Move to Finland

If you are moving to Finland for your studies or for work, there are many things that you need to know about before moving here. In this video I explain the most important things that you need to know about living in Finland as a foreigner.

Things that you need to know before moving to Finland:
0:00 Things you need to know before moving to Finland
0:23 Finland experiences strong seasons
3:02 Finland is an expensive country
3:40 Not everything in Finland is in English
5:10 Finding a job in Finland is not easy for foreigners
6:09 Its hard to make real friends
7:16 Friends vs acquaintances

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[ohmp]

In fact the seasons in Finland are autumn, winter, spring and road construction.

[Storm]

Meanwhile here in South Africa the seasons are : winter, summer lite, summer pro, summer deluxe ultra edition

[emmanuelcordoba]

On the other hand, once you have “passed” the mutual trust thing, you’ll have a real friend for ages

[jopeteus]

Finnish has two verbs for knowing someone:
Tiedän hänet (literally I know him/her) : I know that person but we are not close
Tunnen hänet (literally I feel him/her) : I know that person and we are close

[SorbusAucubaria]

surviving kaamos: 1) Vitamin D (extremely important ) 2) bright light lamp, 3) going outdoors exercising

[BriarOrbit]

me watching this as a Finn: _interesting_
also me living in the capital, watching you walk around places, and being like: "wait i was there last week"

[janski]

Had a foreign student at my school get depressed during long and cold winter. I told him that it sometimes gets us all but its called "Kaamos". Guided him to the school healthcare staff regardless and he told me that it helped. If you find it hard during winter, talking helps :)

[vannguyen]

I've lived in Finland for almost a decade now and boy have I completely lost the will to make new friends :'D I used to be really friendly and bubbly, but at this point with my experience with most Finns, I'm like "If they'll come they'll come", which is mind-blowingly (and sadly) the exact same way a Finn would think haha :D

[Kenruli]

I just discovered this channel trough recommendations and I just want to say: I feel like most people here are Finns and it seems kind a funny.

[moominpaappa]

"Finding a job appropriate to your experiences and qualifications without existing connections is a nightmare" should be on top of the list.

[iidz]

If you are moving to Finland and you are of a darker complex it is highly recommended that you take a daily dose of vitamin D during the winter (and the summer if you are really dark skinned). If your skin is darker it prevents you from producing enough vitamin D naturally with the little sunlight here. You can get basic vitamin D supplements from every pharmacy without a prescription.

(BTW low vitamin D for a long period of time can cause the bones to get soft.)

[laleonard]

I live in the USA and I am not a student, I am not moving either, but I find your videos very imformative. Thanks for making them.

[LegendaryForces]

I can agree with all of the points talked about in this video. Being that my parents are from Finland they've taught my sister and I all these ever since we were young. My sister just moved to Finland after graduating college here (she's going to get her masters). This summer we were thinking about how all the other foreign exchange students were going to do while moving and how they will get used to everything. Thanks for making something like this, it was a very informative video!

[iivaris]

That's a really good point you made on the recruitment websites. It would be really important to get those translated in other languages than Finnish and Swedish.

[jepst]

Once you earn that trust and gain a friend, don't go and break that trust because we can also hold a grudge for a long time.
Severe enough of a mistake on ones part can even break families apart and it can take even decades to fix those broken relationships.

[avinavigator]

I’m moving to finland next month and your videos help a lot to plan the shift.

[OmnivorousReader]

Starting to get cold... at -18C. Here in SE QLD we think that the everlasting winter has come when it falls below about 7C... I actually really liked the Finnish reserve when I was there. I was only there for two weeks, or I might have gotten quite lonely, but I loved that when people smiled they meant it, it was never just a social gesture.

[ReyOfLight]

As a Swede from the Gothenburg area, I find this very interesting. Finland really has a lot in common with Sweden! I have visited Finland but only a short drive through in the north when going from Karesuando in Sweden and over to Finnmark in Norway, so I’ve never actually stopped and explored in Finland. Hoping that will change soon though, been wanting to take Silja Line over to Helsinki for years now, hoping it will happen sometime once it’s safer and easier to travel again. I’d also like to take the sleeper train north from Helsinki up to Rovaniemi both to see more of the country and for the experience itself, and then head over to Sweden, go out to Kiruna and the mountains there, before going over to Narvik in Norway to relive childhood memories from my adventures in the north part of Sweden and Norway

[lauraferrer]

Looking forward for the video "how to survive the finnish seasons" !!

[angelagatti]

"A proper winter"... :) Can't wait.