Relocation guides for newcomers
These guides and resources help find your way around the practicalities and everyday life when navigating in the new country.
– Relocation to and settling in Finland
– Relocation to Tampere
– Networking & Employment
We have also included a few articles on the Hidden Gems Finland initiative as a part of the talent retention and attraction programmes in Finland.
We hope that you find these guides useful!
Relocation to and settling in Finland
- Guide for international researchers and their families: Relocating to and settling in Finland, available
- InfoFinland.fi: Guide for living in Finland, available
- EURAXESS Finland: Information, assistance and services to mobile researchers and their families, visit
- Kielibuusti.fi: Advice and materials on learning Finnish, visit
Hidden Gems Finland
- International spouse in Tampere, get support in navigating your life and career in your new home country, visit
- Skilled but stuck —’Trailing spouses’ struggle to rebuild careers in Finland, visit
- Spouses are the key to keeping international talents in Finland, visit
- Hidden Gems: Mentoring for spouses in Tampere, visit
- International mentoring: Practical questions and cultural differences, visit
- Hidden Gems: The first initiative to support Dual-Career Couples in Finland, visit
Talent attraction and retention in Finland
- Finland works to retain its international talent, visit
- International recruitment guide: Hiring an international expert through the eyes of an employer, available (pdf)
- National Talent Boost programme in Finland, visit
- Talent Boost Cookbook Finland 2.0: Best recipes for attracting and retaining international talent, available (pdf)
- Talent Boost Cookbook Finland 1.0: Best recipes for attracting and retaining international talent, available (pdf)