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Mariana moved here from Portugal for the work opportunities, and loves the nature here – as well as the metal music.

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Mariana moved here for work and loves nature and metal

Slobodan moved here from Serbia in November, six years ago. “I survived the winter and I am still here,” he says.

Slobodan Stanić, Serbia. Head of software at a venture capital company

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Slobodan sees that workplaces are less stressful but still productive

Helena from Brazil appreciates the freedom she has when working here, as well as the personal space she is given during her free time.

Helena de Lino Correia, Brazil. Sales development manager

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Brazilian sales development manager Helena values her personal space here

Muhammad moved to Finland to study and has since gone on to forge a career here.

Muhammad Qutab ud din, Pakistan. Senior software engineer 

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Muhammad sees that people are focused and honest with their jobs

Grace moved here from Shanghai and soon discovered that she was an entrepreneur at heart.

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Grace moved from Shanghai to Helsinki

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Rüdiger from Germany first came to Finland in 1994. He shares his insight on living and working here.

Rüdiger Frickenschmidt, Germany. Head of business with service providers

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Trust is the way you conduct business in Finland, says Rüdiger

Lluvia from Mexico loves the fact that she can organise her life from the palm of her hand in Finland and enjoys the independent approach to working here.

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Mexican teacher Lluvia enjoys the independence of working life

John from Wales arrived here 10 years ago and has some sage advice for those contemplating a move to Finnish shores.

John Cozzi. Wales, senior communications manager

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Communications manager John has sage advice about Finnish worklife

Harriet from Uganda moved here in 2010 and now has a very successful business in hair care products, organic cosmetics and fair-trade hand crafts.

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Ugandan business owner Harriet: People here take work very seriously

Persistence paid off for Mark from Australia, who moved to Finland in 2002.

Mark Fletcher, Australia. International editor/freelance journalist

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Mark from Australia appreciates the growing international feel

Dagmar from Germany is inspired by the humble, innovative nature of the Finnish working environment.

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Dagmar wanted to learn from the work culture here

Pride in one’s work, flat organisations, and personal time and space – Yiannis from Greece has much perspective to share from his time living in Finland.

Yiannis Alexopoulos, Greece. Performance marketing director

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Yiannis values Finland’s respect for personal time and space

Karaoke bars, the sauna, Aki Kaurismäki films, nature and the Finnish language - discover what else Briana Romero likes about living in Finland.

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American UX designer Brianna likes the informality of working life

Ramon came here from Nigeria to pursue his engineering degree and then see what kind of opportunities lie ahead.

Ramon Ibrahim, Nigeria. Digital transformation lead 

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Ramon from Nigeria appreciates the level of safety here

Originally from South Korea, Solip wanted to experience more of the outside world and also sought good educational opportunities and moved here in 2016.

Solip Park, South Korea. Co-founder and business design lead

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Solip appreciates that workers’ rights here are supported

Rémy from France describes his story of entrepreneurial success in Finland as one of passion, networking, perseverance and motivation, with a pinch of luck.

Rémy Bertoli, France. Growth marketing and Wix consultant

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Put yourself out there, suggests Frenchman Rémi

Originally from Russia, Polina started out her life in Finland as a student and gradually came to realise that her future career would be in communications and content creation.

Polina Zyaparova, Russia. Marketing and communications specialist 

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Polina likes the the pace and style of life in Finland

Amit from India admires much about working life in Finland, in this week’s edition of our series.

Amit Bhatnagar, India. Professor of water chemistry

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Indian professor Amit enjoys working life here

Rogerio has lived in Finland for the past 10 years and enjoys the honest working culture here.

Rogerio Da Conceicao, South Africa. Regional business development manager 

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Rogerio values the trustworthiness of working life

Helena from Spain was surprised at first by the opportunities available here for young creative people to work in different fields.

Helena Vizcaíno Cuenca, Spain. Creative at a social impact company and visual artist

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Young creatives have many opportunities here, says Helena

Troy from the US founded his own company to meet the growing demand for international sales expertise in Finland, the place he now truly feels is home.

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Troy set out to make a big contribution to society

Réka writes and illustrates her own books, designs patterns and is responsible for editorial work and foreign rights and licensing deals. She has much insight to share about living and working in Finland.

Réka Kiraly, Hungary. Illustrator, surface designer and children’s book author

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Réka has built a career here in publishing, writing and illustrating

Nicole from Taiwan has found happiness in Finland and has learnt the true meaning of sisu.

Nicole Keng, Taiwan. University Lecturer in English

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Taiwanese lecturer Nicole appreciates the autonomy here

Pascal moved here for love and then forged a successful career for himself in the hotel business.

Pascal Gaudio, Canada. Revenue and distribution manager

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Canadian revenue manager Pascal has worked at the country’s best hotels

When TL was offered a management role based in Helsinki, he jumped at the opportunity and moved his family to Finland.

TL Viswanathan, India. Head of products at Nokia

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TL appreciates the respect for personal and family time here

Seonjeong moved to Finland to attain a master’s degree in educational leadership and has since founded an educational research centre.

Seonjeong Ryu, South Korea. Director of educational research centre

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Be very active and brave, advises Seonjeong from South Korea

Yaro first came to Finland as a student and has since built a successful career for himself.

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Boundless opportunities and the startup scene here appeal to Yaro

After numerous unsuccessful job applications, Ceyda from Turkey forged her own path and became a successful entrepreneur in Finland.

Ceyda Söderblom, Turkey. Co-founder and CEO

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Turkish CEO Ceyda emphasises persistence

According to Momir, Finland is a great place for ambitious people and those working in the IT industry.

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Honesty and originality helped data scientist Momir land a job

Vahid from Iran sought better ways to use his creativity and handcrafting skills. Soon he had changed careers and has founded his own business.

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Vahid emphasises knowing the locals when job hunting

Anita first came to Finland on a junior executive scholarship programme and has since built up a career working for several companies before becoming an entrepreneur.

Anita Navaratnam, Malaysia. Health data analytics entrepreneur

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Malaysian entrepreneur Anita emphasises networking here

Ryan moved here from the UK to meet up with his partner at the time and also study. The entrepreneur has witnessed much change since.

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Finnish working life is efficient, says Englishman Ryan

What could possibly be like a pizza with pineapple in Finland? Kate from Russia lets us know in this week’s edition of Finland Works.

Kate Pashinova, Russia. Senior product designer

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Russian product designer Kate respects the work-life balance

Stephen from Nigeria relocated here with his Finnish girlfriend, and has since discovered why Finland is the happiest country in the world.

Kenigbolo Meya Stephen, Nigeria. Full stack software engineer and frontend engineering team lead

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Stephen discovered why Finland is the happiest country in the world

Martina from the Czech Republic finds the informality of working life surprising in Finland and tells how she landed her current job.

Martina Salonen, Czech Republic. Sustainability consultant

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Sustainability consultant Martina likes the informal working life

Before moving here, everything that David from the US read about Finland suggested it would be a great place to raise a small child. Discover how his experience has been living and working here.

David Chang, US. Legal counsel at a mobile gaming company

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Legal counsellor David: it’s a great place to raise a small child

Identify your unique strengths and see where they can be useful in Finnish culture, says Zeynep from Turkey.

Zeynep Falay von Flittner, Turkey. Design director 

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Design director Zeynep met her husband at a Finnish university

Finland can be an awesome place to learn and grow, says Pravin from India.

Pravin Luthada, India. CEO of an automation company

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Indian CEO Pravin believes Finland is a great place to learn and grow

June from Malaysia tells about her love of winter sports, sauna and swimming in this week’s edition of our series.

June Yeoh Karjalainen, Malaysia. China & Southeast Asia business consultant