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If you come to Finland and have worked in your home country and you are unemployed in Finland, then you can transfer your unemployment benefits from your home country to Finland.

All you need is to send the form E301 which you get at the employment offices in Finland from Finland to your home country.

In finland it is tradition to celebrate Namedays. Today e.g. we have celebrated the Nameday of a friend of mine with a small cake.

If you want to live in Helsinki, you need to register as well in Helsinki.

First, you need to go to the Foreign Police with some money and passport photos. Then you should go to the Magistrate and take the papers you got from the Foreign Police as well as your Work Contract (they dont register you without a work contract) if you are not a student.

Afterwards you can get forms for paying Taxes.

In Finland people are sorting their Garbage.
Here is how it is done:

bio = food garbage
sekä = household garbage
kerätyskartonki = carton garbage
kerätyspaperi = paper garbage

Well, some of you may wondering if Tap Water is drinkable in Finland.

Yes it is!