Julius Idi­an and Jayson Ril­lo came to Oulu from the Philip­pines. They like their workplace’s cul­ture in Puis­to­la restau­rant. It is friend­ly, gen­er­ous, and sup­port­ive. “Love the way they have trust for Fil­ipinos, even if we don’t speak Finnish”, they say.

Beat­riz Rocha, 25, moved to Oulu in the fall of 2021, when she start­ed her master’s degree. We were curi­ous to know what brought her here and ulti­mate­ly made her stay.

This expan­sion marks a sig­nif­i­cant step for the region’s tourism and busi­ness sec­tors, pro­vid­ing more con­nec­tions to the heart of Cen­tral Europe and beyond.

Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu cel­e­brat­ed one year anniver­sary with a mem­o­rable event that high­light­ed its achieve­ments and con­tri­bu­tions over the past year.

Intor­duc­ing Tomas Sle­sar, a Slo­va­kian native who’s called Oulu home for 14 years. From nav­i­gat­ing the con­trasts of Finnish sea­sons to ful­ly embrac­ing the warmth of Finnish cul­ture.

Are you har­bour­ing a tech busi­ness idea but not quite ready to take the leap into entre­pre­neur­ship? Start­up Pro­gram Man­ag­er Viera Karam presents five steps to becom­ing a start­up entre­pre­neur.