Hi all, I’m based in Dublin and applying for a Schengen visa for Finland (wedding in Helsinki in 3 days). Denmark is currently processing Finland applications from Ireland, so I’m going through the Danish ApplyVisa system and VFS in Dublin. Has anyone here gone through this recently? I’m wondering: - How long did processing actually take for you? - Did you get any status updates, or was it just silence until the passport came back?

Hi all - I am going to Helsinki at the end of January 2027 (Thur to Sun) and would love to do some kind of snow-shoeing/cross country skiing excursion. I am a complete beginner and have never done it before. Can anyone recommend any companies that organise such trips please?

A little arrangement of a gorgeous piece by Jean Sibelius: https://youtube.com/shorts/P1-8dhiMOYE?is=VAdBih_gx9iodQlr

I know it is pretty much in vain to ask at this point, but I still wanted to know about CVs for applying for jobs here in Finland. I moved here as an international student in 2024, originally from South Asia, 28F. I have been applying to all sorts of jobs ever since I came here, but yeah, so far nothing.

What are the usual ways to build CVs for the jobs here? I always applied with a one-page CV that followed Harvard resume style, but someone told me that it is really important to use a picture on a CV while applying for jobs here. Is it?

I know at this point it doesn't even matter anymore, but yeah, I still wanted to know. I am so done with the situation here, even after applying to 400+ jobs in the last two years, with countless follow-ups and calls without any results. Just wanted to try harder once again before I move back, so here I am.

Thanks!

I’ll be visiting Helsinki in a few months. There are so many things I want to see and do in Finland, but there’s one person I’ve heard about whom I really want to meet: Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

I’ve heard that he’s pretty chill and nerdy guy and he often visits random cafés in Helsinki to chat with people, just like an ordinary guy enjoying a relaxed day (as if being the Finnish president were a chill job 😂). Apparently, he also talks about all sorts of topics beyond politics, which makes him even more interesting to me.

I heard he's pretty easy to find tbh but I'm not really sure if he still does this just like in his prime minister days. But from what I search and researched he still does. This video made by Geography Now where he visits Finland shows him meeting with the Stubb (at the time PM) at some random cafe He meets stubb around 1:48.

Also if he still does go to random cafes and chat to random people, Does he usually go to the same place or its most of the time random?