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Help Us Write Better City Guides

Our city guides are only as good as the real stories behind them. Share your honest experience living in Finland — it takes ~5 minutes and directly shapes what thousands of new immigrants read first.

📍 4 cities covered ✍️ Anonymous submissions welcome 🔒 Your email is never published

01 / About you

Which city are you sharing about?

City *

Which city? *

I moved to Finland as a… *

🎓 Student 💼 Skilled worker / employee 🏢 Entrepreneur / self-employed 👨‍👩‍👧 Family / spouse of resident 🌍 Refugee / humanitarian 🇪🇺 EU/EEA citizen 🔹 Other

Please describe your situation *

How long have you lived in this city?

02 / Housing

Tell us about finding a place to live

How did you find your apartment? What did you pay? Which neighborhoods do you recommend (or avoid)?

Your housing experience

03 / Cost of Living

What does it actually cost to live there?

Real monthly budgets, grocery costs, hidden expenses — anything that surprised you.

Cost of living reality

04 / Work & Study

Job market and study life

How easy was it to find work? What's the job scene like for immigrants? Tips for job seekers or students.

Work / study experience

05 / Daily Life

What's daily life actually like?

Transport, grocery stores, social life, making friends, things to do. What's good? What's hard?

Daily life

06 / Healthcare

Healthcare and public services

Doctors, Kela, dentist, mental health — what worked, what was confusing?

Healthcare experience

07 / Advice

What do you wish you had known?

What you wish you knew before moving

✅ Best things about this city

⚠️ Hardest things about this city

08 / One last thing

Leave a headline quote (optional)

One honest sentence that sums up life in this city. May be quoted in our guide (anonymously).

Your headline quote

Email address (never published — only to follow up if we feature your story)

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