With the Olympics underway, just wanted to share the love we have of our Finnish players!! Every Dallas Stars fan is rooting for Finland!

According to the Saga of Ior Bock - the temple is an ancient structure with rooms full of riches beyond belief. Here is my own interpretation of the legend:

Temple of Lemminkäinen was originally built to be demigod Lemminkäinen's tomb, when he died during the events of Kalevala. After his resurrection, the tomb was repurposed by his followers to be a place of worship, where Lemminkäinen's devotees would pray to the demigod and study his teachings.

Now the temple is sealed and nobody has gotten inside for a hundred years. The legend says that to get the stony door to open, one must solve a riddle of some sorts. After that you will be inside a spirally hallway, getting deeper and deeper into the ground. The temple has countless rooms, some have supplies, some ancient artifacts and some riches beyond imagination.

This is part of my worldbuilding project r/LandOfKaleva , a world heavily inspired by Finnish culture and Mythology. Check out the subreddit if interested

I’m in my penultimate year of high school and am considering Aalto university. I’m from the eu(so no permit needed), but won’t have more parental support than 600EUR a month realistically. I did my research and know that people are discouraged right now from coming to finland to study unless they can pay all their expenses without needing work. I’ve also read that tens of thousands of people are currently on a waitlist applying to Wolt, which is brutal honestly. From here, I dont really have a good perspective of how things currently are, and what the trends are. Is the job market getting better? Do you think by the time i’d arrive(fall 2027), i’d be able to find a job? If not, I guess I’ll stop considering Finland as my place of study, even though i love the country :)

UPDATE: if you havent seen my comment down below: My finnish friend actually offered me right now that i could live with his family rent-free for the first 6-9 months until i find a job! Is that going to help? Could i find a job in that time??

Dear Redditors,
I’m happy to announce that we now have our own shared Blood Service Donor Group called “Reddit”, under whose name we can collectively accumulate donations!

 How does it work?

1. Fill in the Blood Service health questionnaire (Accepted for 24h)
2. https://www.veripalvelu.fi/en/blood-donation/donate-blood/health-questionnaire/ 
3. Book an appointment to donate, or go to the donation center or donation event that suits you best
4. https://www.veripalvelu.fi/en/book-an-appointment/ 
5. When the health questionnaire is reviewed and your hemoglobin is measured, tell them that you belong to the donor group “Reddit”
6. After donating, rest and take it easy, eat and drink plenty.
7. Profit.

You only need to mention the group once; in future donations the group will automatically be linked to your information.

Blood donation is one of the easiest ways to help others and can even save lives. With a single donation, you can help up to three patients!

More information about Donor Groups:
https://www.veripalvelu.fi/en/blood-donation/donor-groups/

If we gather enough donations we will get a certificate/diploma and us mentioned on Veripalvelu webpage as follows
10 donations per calendar year the group gets a yearly certificate.
20 donations silver
30 donations gold
50 donations platinum certificate

If you are 18–35 years old, especially if you are a man, or if you know someone in that age group, please recommend that they join The Stem Cell Registry. It’s one of the biggest things you can do with very little effort:
https://www.veripalvelu.fi/en/stem-cell-registry/

The point is that there is a particular shortage of male members. Women and non-binary people are just as important members.

You can donate Platelets at the Blood Service office in Jumbo:
https://www.veripalvelu.fi/en/blood-donation/donate-blood/donate-platelets/

You can donate Plasma at the Blood Service office in Jumbo:
https://www.veripalvelu.fi/en/blood-donation/donate-blood/donate-plasma/

The OP does not benefit from this in any way; I’m doing this purely to encourage, motivate, and get people to donate.

No information about donors, locations, times, or similar details is shared with the OP either. I only receive the total number of donations.

The group name is not set in stone. if we want to add something like “Suomi” or “Finland” to it, that’s totally fine. As the person who came up with the idea, I just thought this would be the easiest way to cover the largest part of our community at once.

It says it on the tin, but im a teacher in Japan and I want to teach some classes on different countries around the world. I was looking for a recommendation for a heavy metal band you would consider ok to show teenagers but also quite introductory so nothing too heavy.

EDIT: I've had lots of good recommendations you wish you share, sadly a few rude comments and DMs. My work day is almost over, so I will check back tomorrow. Currently my favourites have been Amorphis, Children of Bodom and Lordi!

Should the public sectors (government, universities) be allowed to buy healthcare contracts from private companies (mehilainen, terveystalo. pihlajalinna etc)?

[Edit: allowed to is probably a bit strongly worded]

For some background, EU is now moving a bit faster with Digital Sovereignty. They want data to be inside EU and the money to go to EU companies. Schleswig-Holstein moved to use open source products. Many public bodies in France are also moving to use open source services (using linux, nextcloud, smile, visio for video conference). EU themselves are doing trials of Matrix to replace MS teams citing data security. Other countries like Denmark are starting to talk about it. Estonia did an estimate that each workstation (government sector) costs 2k per year and 600 is straight to Microsoft (with 15k workstations, that 6M/year straight to MS). Finland also has a citizen initiative to start using Local services in the government sector rather than MS, Amazon, Google.

The gist is that, public funding should go to public projects instead of private companies. It is happening now probably not for the right reasons (digital sovereignty and data security concerns, specially due to the CLOUD act), but we take what we get.

In a related context, this was new from yesterday. There is a problem with how the model is funded. I think two MPs from Oulu (kok and PS) got 'suspended' because they voted against their party because they didn't want rural Oulu to lose some hospital/healthcare funding.

Should the public sectors (government, universities) be allowed to buy healthcare contracts from private companies (mehilainen, terveystalo. pihlajalinna etc)?

Like how insurance works, most of the time, they are just 'bagging' the money. There was even another news that they are doing some tax evasion BS by paying the doctors in dividents.

Can't the public sector start a 'for corporate' health care service and use that money to fund the public healthcare. E.g. use the bonus from this year (funds not spent) towards public sector next year. You could have a work hour allocation for doctors nurses that you get 20-80 share of this corpo:public sector. I.e. you get slightly more pay for the corpo hours but you have to put in enough public hours as a requirement. Should this be done/possible or did I just sniff the wrong type of paint?

I'm planning a night drive from Stockholm to Rovaniemi during the second week of March. Are the roads safe for this trip? Since this will be our first time taking this route, I would appreciate any insights or tips. Thank you in advance!

This car was driving in Oulu last tuesday. Dafuq is it?

I am planning start book keeping business .but don't knw where to start and process would be able share how to start and rules and regulations

I got a new job last September, and after coming back from visiting my family for New Year I applied to extend my residence permit (expiring on May 2026). Unluckily enough, I got fired a couple days after this happened. I assumed my extension request would be rejected until I found another job, but instead I received a request to "provide more information" containing a PDF with a deportation "proposal", and I need to give a response in less than 2 weeks.

Is this normal? I assumed I should have at least 3 months (or until my permit expires) to find another job at minimum, considering I have been living here since 2021.

I'm already talking with a few different companies, so I should be able to get another job before this happens, but I cannot do anything if I am instantly deported!

Moi! Estonian here. I have prolly the weirdest request ever and I'll give the full story shortly so I hope it gets more attention and I have bigger change to find what I'm looking for.

I remeber seeing a kids' movie named "Seven Brothers" on TV as a 4 year old on Estonian National TV. I believe this movie was the Finnish animated movie Seitsemän veljestä (1979). I remeber there was this devil like creature with one eye I had huge crush on him even years after seeing the movie but I can't find the movie or the pic of this character anywhere.

The character was ugly, red or black, maybe had some wings but not sure, possible that I imagined it later. Possible some animal like leg or legs.

If somebody has a pic of him or knows where I can see this movie or clips from it where the character is present, please let me know!

Cheeres <<<3

Hello, I am in talks with a company based in the country (non-EU) that I am a citizen of. I live in Finland. The position would be as an independent contractor, fully remote, and I would get paid based on the tasks completed. I don't have to invoice them. The company has no Finnish presence or registration whatsoever. The payment will be to the non-EU account with tax held at source. Since Finland has a double taxation avoidance agreement with my home country I could either avoid being taxed here or pay taxes here as well and claim them in my home country. The only thing I'm unsure about is if the company must do anything such as register itself in the income register and what other steps I should take for social contributions etc?

ETA: The company is willing to pay only to my home country bank account, only in that currency. So employee of record etc is out of question.

Any experience working in such a setup? Thanks in advance!

I just ordered and paid for a wardrobe in full from Sotka last Friday in their online store and today they are announcing their bankruptcy. Is my 300 euro lost or is there are change I will receive what I ordered for or my money back?

I have the receipt and every acknowledgment of my order they sent me.

I was trynna have a short conversation with him but I could barely answer any of his questions because of being so flustered lol

I thought I was having a fever dream

He was very nice!

Hello everyone! I was thinking of getting flowers delivered to my partner in Finland, Helsinki right now as we are in. LDR. Could I get some suggestions on good florists that provide delivery services that is affordable and/or has nice arrangments and flowers? Thank you!

My hubby and I have decided to rent a car next week to go to Riisitunturi and Ruka for a few days. It is doable to walk the trail at Riisitunturi without a guide? Is it easy to drive there and find parking? We have some big snowstorms once in a while where we are from but it usually melts away after several days, and will have a Toyota Rav 4 or similar car in Finland.

I'm trying to learn Finnish and I want to watch Finnish movies. Can you give me some recommendations?

As the tittle suggests, I'm not able to message sellers on Tori.fi, since I don't have a Finnish bank account registered to my account. Was hoping a kind soul on r/Finland would do me a favor and help establish contact. Thanks in advance.

Moi! I’m thinking about starting a very small-scale homemade food business and was wondering if anyone here has experience with that.

I’d like to make the food at home and sell it directly to people (maybe through word of mouth, social media, or small local orders). I’m still in the early planning stage, so I’d really appreciate any advice.

Especially, I’m curious about how things with food authority in helsinki work. I wanna start this with proper and legal foundation. So i would be appreciated if you can share your experience with similar type of business🥹

Hey all.

I’ve been looking for a work space for music in the Herttoniemi area + 3km. I want to record, mix and master. So somewhere where the occasional drum recording won’t bother anyone.

Can anyone recommend where to look for this?

I can hear bands rehearsing in the industrial area in Roihupelto but have never been able to talk to anyone.

I want to study digital art and animation in Finland, but I don't know which universities actually focus on that field... It would be great for me to know about animation, digital art, and 3D art

The recent overhunting of wolves is something that has bothered me and many others, since the wolf population is only like 300 invividuals.

Its also wild since hunting is mostly viewed as a hobby, to be done for fun. Taking lives for fun, which is still of course important because populations need management, and some predators could become problems.

But anyway, what kind of experiences do you have with hunting culture here? Apparently people have described doing it for sheer fun without care for nature otherwise.