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Meow-ing to Finland: Moving with pets
  • Feb 11

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.
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How to deal with Finnish immigration authorities: A step by step guide for EU citizens
  • Feb 9

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
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Importing a car into Finland
  • Nov 10, 2021

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...
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Weekend Mökki getaway to the shores of Lake Saimaa
  • Oct 4, 2021

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...
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Dealing with Immigration Authorities 2: We don't serve people like you (getting a bank account)
  • Aug 22, 2021

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...
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Dealing with Immigration Authorities 1: You’ll never be more than a number (getting an ID)
  • Aug 17, 2021

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...
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2. German sauna culture: Background music and hand clapping
  • Jul 23, 2021

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...
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Getting a quote from a moving company
  • Jun 22, 2021

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....
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Moving to Finland - Finding an Apartment
  • Jun 3, 2021

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...
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10 good reasons to move to Finland
  • May 31, 2021

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?...
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