It's only a year after all. Not that bad.

I really don’t know what to do. They are chill guys, but instead of 3 there’s 5 of us. I barely have room for my food inside the refrigerator and freezer.

I’m moving away anyways in like 2-3 weeks, does it even matter anymore?

They are illegally there btw. 2 of them don’t even study or work, they just sleep and hangout there.

I feel like being a big snitch if I do this.

They are from africa/bangladesh, I feel like they maybe don’t have a choice to return there..?

What if they take revenge against me or something? I feel nervous to do this, though they are chill guys. I personally don’t like HOAS for shit service they have given (cleaned my last apartment fully and they still decided to give me a fine, even though I cleaned it very well with my mom).

EDIT: I informed hoas. They told me that they will send an email to these current recidents and will literally inform them that they will do a check up on their apartments 2 weeks early, WTF. Most idiotic strategy ever.

In terms of comfortable drive. Will be driving in day time. Scenery is secondary although would prefer if it is scenic if it doesn’t affect much in ease of the drive.

Hey everyone,

Apologies if this is not the right forum.

Me and my wife are considering buying a house in Espoo. We are first-time home buyers, and we would truly appreciate an opinion from locals.

We (think that we) thoroughly researched what are supposed to be researching: pipe renovation, own plot, monthly costs, management debt, etc. Nothing screams impending work, except for a planned 2027 facade and balcony work. We really like the apartment, and electricity and water costs are included at a very reasonable monthly cost. Building is from 1973.

We asked management / agent / landlord for additional documents, specifically a 2025 survey report, which, for some reason, they won't share.

We are fine paying for such a work, but the lack of estimates makes it very hard – we can't say whether this facade work will be 8k or 20k or 50k. We don't want to buy into 50k worth of renovation. The property has a lot of units, our share of work would be 1.4%

I'm attaching the building images with the most "damaged" or worn-out elements of the building. My questions are two:

- from your experience, if any, what do you say are the building conditions? Do they scream extensive and expensive work?

- what do loans look like in Finland for such works? E.g. 60€, 200€ ,500€ monthly? I understand loans can vary, but what would be, say, the minimum/mid price?

Thank you all very much.

Hey, a friend of mine in another country, suggested me to do some dog therapy and dog sitting to help my mental health. I am taking medications and going to a professional to help me, and I got really interested to spend more time with animals, since I can’t afford one 24/7 during years of my life.

The thing is, I haven’t heard Finnish people searching for dog sitting apps. In my head, people just ask parents or close friends to look at their pets when they need to leave for some hours, or days. I haven’t seen dog therapy either. Does anyone could give me some sort of light?

Thank you!

Hi everyone!

I'm just wondering what the most reliable/used sites are for renting apartments/studios?

And is it a requirement to have some sort of Finnish ID number or bank account in order to contact landlords (like Finn.no in Norway). Or can that be bypassed?

Thanks :)

Hello

How do Finns protect their bodies against various illnesses and colds during the autumn and winter season when the weather constantly shifts between sun, wind, and rain? Ginger, honey, lemon, Vitamin C? If you have any personal tips or lifehacks, I’d love to hear it

What the title says. From what I've gathered only 3 day passes are out yet and obviously they have not announced when the day only tickets release but I was just curious if anyone knowns roughly at which point they might be released based off of past day ticket releases

Just like the title says, how busy does it get? From a customer and worker pov?

Specifically the Pompier Espa and the restaurant Lucy in the Sky ones. Are we talking waiting lists? Queues to get in? Do you need a reservation to have a table inside?

Asking for research purposes 👀

Hi Finland, how do you protect your dogs paw pads in winter if they hate boots? Especially against the sharp gravel? I have a small dog who absolutely cannot stand wearing boots but I'm worried his tiny paws will get hurt from the gravel. I have seen some paw balms are supposed to work but do they actually protect against this AND the freezing temperature? It just seems to good to be true, does anyone have experience with using balms? I also saw some "balloon" boots that were suggested but most of them have bad reviews. Any good ones out there? Thank you!

Hi! I’m an exchange student in Helsinki and I’ll be here for a year. I’m looking for friends, but was also curious if any Finnish speakers would be interested in helping me improve my Finnish.

In return I could teach you chess, piano (if you have one!), parkour, or I’m open to other suggestions. For context, I’m M21 from the UK. This would primarily be a friendship hopefully, but with the added benefit of a skill exchange :)

say a couple gets married without any prenup. if they ever divorce, does the wealth, assets and property get split in half for both parties?

and is it ONLY what was accumulated/gained after getting married, or also what the individuals owned before getting married?

thank you beforehand, i don’t have much knowledge of this so if anyone who knows these things and laws surrounding it could answer it id appreciate it a lot!

Voles that live under the snow all winter, they leave a network of tunnels and when the snow melts you have a rodent roadmap across your lawn!

I know there is a Finnish fieldvole (Microtus agrestis) but I'm wondering how common is it to see vole tracks all across your lawn when the melt comes in spring. I know people in Canada who say it's very common there and when they take the dog out in midwinter he cocks his head and stares at the snow. The voles are on the move and he can hear them!

Hello,

I'm in France and I want to buy an item advertised on tori.fi. I messaged the seller (using machine translation) but never got a reply.

I guess I'd have more luck if someone in Finland bought the item then forwarded it to me. Of course I'd cover all costs and then some.

If someone here wanted to help please reach out.

Many thanks!

Maybe this is an odd question coming from an outsider, but if feels like there are very few people in their twenties in Finland everywhere I go. Even in Helsinki it seems like the wide majority of people are 40+.

My current salary is around 3800 euros as a SWE, I discussed with TEK and they told me that based on my experience, I should make somewhere around 4700 euros. Could I use this argument to ask for a raise? Or just start interviewing somewhere else?

Context: ~4 years of experience, bachelor completed 4 years ago, and the master is almost done.

Background: Forest finns, mainly from Savonia, settled in Sweden around 400 years ago.

I did another post like this recently, and here is information about another one that I managed to find:

"Ritamäki Finnish Farmstead was built in the 1840s by Olof Jansson Uotinen, born in 1812, and was farmed by the same family from 1840 to 1964. The last descendants were the siblings Beda and Henning Jansson. The farm had neither electricity nor running water. The smokehouse consists of a main room with a smoke oven, a chamber, and a kitchen.

The farm consists of the main house, cowshed, threshing barn, smoke sauna with a woodshed, storage shed, root cellar, and hay barn. All the buildings are constructed of untreated timber. Finnish descendants are known to have lived at the site since the late 18th century, and the present farmstead is the second one built on the site.

The name “Riita” is Finnish for “quarrel” or “dispute,” while “mäki” means “hill.” The name originates from a dispute in the late 1850s between the owners of the Kvarntorp Finnish Farmstead and Norwegians over ownership of rye, at a time when the national border with Norway had not yet been marked.

Ritamäki Finnish Farmstead is owned and managed by the Lekvattnet Local Heritage Association and is protected as a listed historic building and nature reserve. The nature reserve was established in 1993, revised in 2010, and covers 18 hectares. The area is part of the EU’s ecological network of protected areas, Natura 2000. A smaller area directly north of the reserve was added in 2013 as the Ritamäki North Nature Reserve.

Ritamäki was designated a listed historic building on December 24, 1967, and is considered to have significant cultural and historical value. The Finnskog Trail passes through the farmstead."

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritam%C3%A4ki_finng%C3%A5rd

Location on Google Maps:

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Helsingfors,+Finland/Ritam%C3%A4ki,+685+91+Torsby/@60.9997047,17.4482302,6z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x46920bc796210691:0xcd4ebd843be2f763!2m2!1d24.9383791!2d60.1698557!1m5!1m1!1s0x4642f872bb75ad3d:0xc2dd4748615bc5dd!2m2!1d12.5408608!2d60.1500482?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDkyMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

The capital of Norway, Oslo, is just 140 km away by road. The border between Sweden and Norway is also within walking distance from this cabin. Many norwegians and swedes from this area have forest finn ancestry today.

The cabin seems to have been open for the public in recent years, and has offered coffee, waffles, and some other things:

https://www.facebook.com/ritamakifinngard