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Hyvää päivää and welcome to the Helsinki Expat Forums!

    • Maria Loura
    • Maria Loura 
    • "Some information on InterNations helped me a great deal, and I'm sure other expats in Helsinki feel the same way."
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    • "I found a former Helsinki expat who had recently moved back to Brazil, so we swapped all the important need-to-knows."

The InterNations Helsinki expats forum welcomes you! By becoming a member of our InterNations community in Helsinki, you will easily have access to all the information that you require when relocating. From residence permit requirements or immigration documents at the Finnish consulate, the best transportation options to Oulu or Pori or tips about taking a trip to the thousands of lakes and little islands – who can better help you than your fellow expatriates? By making full use of the expat forums for Helsinki, you can get in touch with other global minds.

Latest Posts in Helsinki Expat Forum

 Helsinki Expat Q&A

Any advice for executive marketer looking overseas

I am currently working in the U.S. at an executive level (VP) in marketing and I have decided to fo...

Re: Do you have a portable career?

@James: How the family takes all the moves? - Thank you for your post!

Affordable Health Coverage living abroad

Hello Internation friends, I've found a plan that provides excellent health, dental and travel cove...

 Helsinki Town Talk

Re: WORDGAME "Start with the end"

ALwaYS

Re: Afternoon Scrabble - coffee time!

Phonic

Re: Superstitions

What a great read!! And as several people have said, what a lot of shared superstitions. I'm also ...

 Helsinki Expat Marketplace

Appartment in Berlin

New: for the 'Berlinale', the Berlin filmfestival. My appartment in Berlin-Kreuzberg is for rent....

Arab Business Club anyone ?

Just joined and keen to gain more insight. What's your take ?

Re: For sale or trade apartment in Gran Canaria, Spain

Hi Raoul, Would u pls give some details about the one in Gran Canaria, supperf, area and the pri...

Members exchange their tips in the Helsinki Expat Forums

Whether you are an expat newcomer or already veteran in Helsinki, you’ll undoubtedly have plenty of questions about the life in Finland, starting from ʺIs there a free English language magazine in Finland?ʺ to questions about business etiquette.

Our private community offers expats in Helsinki a place to share tips, and find answers to all possible expat questions. Our expat forum Helsinki is open to Finland-based expatriates from all around the world, whether you are Chinese, English or Spanish.

The Expat Forum Helsinki – a Place for mutual Support

Members taking part in the expat forum Helsinki enjoy a platform to connect with other expats as well as internationally-minded Finnish people to receive reliable advice. With the InterNations expat forum for Helsinki, you may always have a fellow expat to help overcome any issues that you may come across while living overseas.

Do you require further information on expat issues like social clubs for expats or real-estate agents in town? Then you should also take a look at our Helsinki Expat Guide, which is one of the many useful resources that we offer next to the expat forums. But for support on all issues with regard to the local expat life, such as ʺHow do I write a CV addressed to a Finnish company?ʺ, benefit from the Helsinki expat forums.

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