finland | living HEL

Meow-ing to Finland: Moving with pets

Moving sucks, especially when you have animals to care for. This is how we managed to get both of our beloved cats to Finland safely.

How to deal with Finnish immigration authorities: A step by step guide for EU citizens

This step by step guide helps EU citizens navigate through the process of becoming a permanent resident of this weird country called Finland

Importing a car into Finland

For those of you following this Blog, this probably is a post you have been waiting for - when will these self-described car geeks...

Weekend Mökki getaway to the shores of Lake Saimaa

For our first wedding anniversary we visited eastern Finland for a romantic Saimaa get away. But things got a bit complicated...

Dealing with Immigration Authorities 2: We don't serve people like you (getting a bank account)

After successfully getting a Finnish ID and tax card, we thought we’d be out of bureaucratic hell. But we made our bets without the...

Dealing with Immigration Authorities 1: You’ll never be more than a number (getting an ID)

They have created a bureaucratic hell that the modern Finn doesn't want to deal with. -L.S., who had the audacity to move from Latvia to...

2. German sauna culture: Background music and hand clapping

Since we are actually moving to HEL during the next weeks, updates on the blog will be irregular. Follow us on Instagram to see updates...

Getting a quote from a moving company

This really is where Julia can show the strength of her giphy game by providing the appropriate “throwing money out of the window” memes....

Moving to Finland - Finding an Apartment

This was a lot easier than we thought. Websites like vuokraovi.com even offer an English-language user interface...

10 good reasons to move to Finland

The one question Finns ask when we tell them we are moving to Helsinki: WHY? Why would any sane person move to Finland? Voluntarily even?...