So I have to transport some of my furniture and I was thinking of renting out the motonet trailer (image attached). I am open to multiple trips but I want to be sure before booking if its the right decision.

For reference these are items I want to transport.

• Single bed (90 × 200 cm)
• Red armchair (large, bulky)
• Beige armchair (high backrest)
• Washing machine
• Office desk
• Wooden dining set (traditional table and benches)
• 2 bicycles
• Miscellaneous small items and boxes

Has anyone used to transport items as listed above or it is not practically possible in this specific trailer. Help would be great! :)

Is there any good places that do public skating sessions this week? And is there ice skate hire at any of these places? Thank you

Moi kaikille,

I'm looking for perspectives on how applying for a second masters degree in Finland for a careers change.

I got my MSc in the UK 10 years ago and there it's quite common to go back to uni at a later stage and study something even potentially unrelated to previous studies, if one can demonstrated that they have enough motivation and/or basic knowledge.

I lived in Helsinki for 3 years, I have a MSc in Industrial Engineering and I've been working in Data Science and AI for 12 years but I'd like to get some more foundational knowledge in more "Physical Engineering"-related topics: interesting programmes are for example Embedded Systems, Electronics, Telecommunications, or (stretch) Biomedical Engineering. Of course my study background is in Engineering but it's from quite some time ago, and also foundations are probably not extensive as a BSc in EE.

Based only on what I see on Finnish university pages it seems that they are quite strict about programme requirements, and some even actively discouraging applicants who already have a Master's degree. However at least 10% of my Finnish colleagues seem to be enrolled in their 3rd or 4th degrees at any time, sometimes with very little commitment.

How strongly are the programme requirements usually enforced, and does it even make sense for me to try to bother with the admission process?

Thanks in advance 🙏!

Last week I lost my backpack on an HSL train. I know, my fault. It was a long day at work and I just blanked and walked off the train. Lucky for me someone found it, found my ID and managed to get ahold of me online and let me know they turned it in to the security at the central railway station! Awesome!

Except that was last Thursday. Almost a week ago (I know weekends are closed) and still they deny having it. I’ve described exactly what’s in the bag, they do a little typing and just go ‘nope not here’. The office Vantaa doesn’t have it either.

So that leads me to believe that either the employees are just incredibly inept, or someone stole my bag on the back end. It makes no sense for the person who messaged me to lie.

But you can’t convince me that after now almost 4 whole business days no one has logged a fucking backpack into the system. It’s just absolutely absurd. And the fact that they refuse to even go physically look is infuriating. They just type like little bureaucratic sloths and if they don’t see it in their computer it doesn’t exist. This is insane to me.

Tl;dr the lost and found services are a joke.

Edit: I have gone in person 3 times since last Thursday. They have been completely useless all three times.

Seen on Youtube, this must be one of the places that take money from foreigners for helping them come here study.

I feel like there is a recent trend in playing up animosity between Finland and Sweden online (playing up the abuse suffered by Finland under the Swedish period etc), as well as Finland’s ties to the Nazis during ww2 (especially a thing on Twitter). Has anyone else noticed it or is it just my algorithm? It is in Russias interest to stoke animosity between Finland and Sweden, and the nazi thing is typically Russian, so I’m suspicious. Is there a Russian propaganda campaign ongoing or something?

Edit: fixed a typo

Hi, I'm in a non-monogamous relationship with my partner. I've been having a really hard time finding any success on the usual dating apps (hinge, tinder okcupid..) finding any people interested in non-monogamy.

For my non-monogamous folk or anyone in general, any ideas about communities/events around the Helsinki or Tampere area where similar people can meet? Or how do non-monogamous people meet in Finland generally?

Thanks :)

I'm a foreigner with tilapäinen oleskelulupa, so no opintotuki, opintolaina or any form of loaning. I've got nobody I could ask to borrow a car to drive around for practice. Like, sure I'm a fast learner but that doesn't mean it'll go just fine for me. I NEED to practice more, outside the driving lessons in the truck.

Unless you know how to help or what advice to give, don't bother. I know how tricky this situation is, yet I'm still gonna try and ask around if there's at least something that can be done, because seriously, 10 hours in driving school (for B license) is just not enough. In some countries it is required to drive 40 hours and that is much more reasonable.

If there's seriously nothing that can be done, then I guess "fuck it, we ball". But I'd prefer not to go on about like that and practice properly. The more driving experience the better.

I know the question may sound odd, but since Finland is the happiest country in the world I wonder if it is common for marriages to fall apart the same way it happens in similar countries.

Hello! I’ll be going to Lapland on January. I dont see alot of information about camping there. Is it allow to wild camping? Has anyone done it before?

Well since nobody is pointing it out, I guess Ill be the canary again. Lets see if anyone can understand the game being played here.

Prisma Kaleva, spotted today. Enjoy!

Hi all, this one is pretty straight forward. I live in America with my wife, and she had a pair of the flats pictured above. Unfortunately, we got a dog that loves the taste of leather and decided to destroy these flats. She had purchased them on Depop (reselling app) and we have not been able to find a pair exactly like them since. That was until I found them on a Finnish site called Tori for 3 euro. The issue here is that I am unable to make an account for Tori, and even if I did the seller requests for local pickup only.

I need help, does anyone know where I may be able to find these exact shoes anywhere else? or maybe a workaround for obtaining these shoes from Tori? I did find another finnish site selling XIT brand shoes, but these specific shoes don't seem to be made anymore.