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American-Finnish Timo Green, who has lived in the United States and Italy, was waiting for the right moment to move to his second home country, Finland. Timo believes that in Finland he has found a home for the rest of his life.

Finland offers everything that Irantzu Garces Munarriz needs in life: meaningful relationships, a gratifying job at the University of Oulu, and time for living life – thanks to Oulu’s peaceful soul.

Monika Cwiek moved to Finland in 2020. From Oulu, Monika has found a home where everything just fell into a right place. But who Monika is and what are the reasons behind enjoying life in Oulu?

Meet Anibal, an IT student at OAMK, who moved from Santiago’s lively and busy streets to Oulu to search for a new life. 3 years later, sitting on top of a hill, Anibal looked out to the sky with their friends, and discovered what life is all about.

What happens, when you take a leap into the unknown, leaving your own life behind in search of something new? Meet Ladislav, the current Head of Operations in Bloom Finland, who moved in Oulu inspired by Oulu’s peaceful nature.

Max's journey from a small town near London to settling down in Oulu is nothing short of inspiring! From unexpected twists in his career to finding a sense of belonging in a new country, Max shares his amazing experience.

Meet Fariha, a master’s student in Education and Globalisation at the University of Oulu. From the bustling streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh, to the serene charm of Oulu, Finland, her journey has been nothing short of a transformative one.

In this article, we interviewed a Brazilian – Beatriz Rocha – living in Oulu, Finland. We were curious to know what brought her here and ultimately made her stay.

Dear readers, allow me to share my journey – a voyage fueled by passion and curiosity. My name is Rabia and I am a professional certified teacher from Pakistan.

Tomas Slesar, a 37-year-old Slovakian native, has been living in Oulu for 14 years. Coming from the northern parts of Slovakia, Tomas found himself grappling with the unfamiliarity of Finnish summers and how the sun never went down and struggled with sleeping at first.

Because games are fun, creating them should be enjoyable too. This is the ideology behind Fingersoft’s culture and way of doing things. Fingersoft is one of the most well-known names in the racing genre of mobile games.

Eduardo Tominaga is a PhD student at the University of Oulu, conducting research on wireless communications as part of the 6G Flagship team. He’s originally from Florianopolis, Brazil, an island off the coast of Brazil’s mainland.