Feb 11Meow-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.
Feb 9How to deal with Finnish immigration authorities: A step by step guide for EU citizensThis step by step guide helps EU citizens navigate through the process of becoming a permanent resident of this weird country called Finland
Nov 10, 2021Importing a car into FinlandFor those of you following this Blog, this probably is a post you have been waiting for - when will these self-described car geeks...
Oct 4, 2021Weekend Mökki getaway to the shores of Lake SaimaaFor our first wedding anniversary we visited eastern Finland for a romantic Saimaa get away. But things got a bit complicated...
Aug 22, 2021Dealing 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...
Aug 17, 2021Dealing 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...
Jul 23, 20212. German sauna culture: Background music and hand clappingSince we are actually moving to HEL during the next weeks, updates on the blog will be irregular. Follow us on Instagram to see updates...
Jun 22, 2021Getting a quote from a moving companyThis really is where Julia can show the strength of her giphy game by providing the appropriate “throwing money out of the window” memes....
Jun 3, 2021Moving to Finland - Finding an ApartmentThis was a lot easier than we thought. Websites like vuokraovi.com even offer an English-language user interface...
May 31, 202110 good reasons to move to FinlandThe one question Finns ask when we tell them we are moving to Helsinki: WHY? Why would any sane person move to Finland? Voluntarily even?...