Ger­lân­dia first came to Fin­land in 2007 to study and work. Lat­er she returned to Brazil but decid­ed to move back to Fin­land in 2019. Now she is the own­er of the first Brazil­ian café in Fin­land. In this arti­cle, Ger­lân­dia shares her thoughts about what inspired her to pur­sue gas­tron­o­my and what the process of open­ing a café was like.

Déb­o­ra Oliveira moved to Fin­land in 2021 from Brazil to study at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu. Cur­rent­ly she is work­ing as a Mul­ti­lin­gual Advi­sor for Immi­grants at Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu. In this arti­cle, Déb­o­ra shares her tips for inter­na­tion­al new­com­ers try­ing to nav­i­gate the Finnish job mar­ket.

Oulu fin­ished proud­ly on the podi­um at the Euro­pean Inno­va­tion Council’s annu­al iCap­i­tal Awards in Lis­bon on 13 Novem­ber. The iCap­i­tal awards are giv­en to cities that lead the way in using inno­va­tion to shape sus­tain­able, inclu­sive and resilient urban envi­ron­ments.

In 2021, Shilpa and her fam­i­ly moved from India to Oulu. The tran­si­tion from trop­i­cal warmth to snowy land­scapes has been both chal­leng­ing and reward­ing. “One of the best things about Oulu has been the edu­ca­tion­al oppor­tu­ni­ties, not just for my kids but for me as well,” Shilpa says.

Oulu has become the first of Finland’s Big Six cities to be award­ed the Sus­tain­able Trav­el Fin­land (STF) label for sus­tain­able tourism by Vis­it Fin­land. Sus­tain­abil­i­ty has been one of the strate­gic devel­op­ment pri­or­i­ties for the indus­try in Oulu, so obtain­ing the label is a sig­nif­i­cant mile­stone.

In the Oulu2026 area, Novem­ber is Glowem­ber! Dur­ing the dark­est time of the year, we cel­e­brate the bril­liance of lights and colours through experiences, events, and art instal­la­tions. You can also par­tic­i­pate in Glowem­ber by illu­mi­nat­ing your home or work­place and shar­ing light-themed pic­tures on social media.