News & Events

25.2.2025

Con­nect and Play: Net­work­ing and Board Games Night

Wel­come to a relaxed net­work­ing and board games event at Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu.
20.2.2025

Engi­neer Chris­t­ian Padil­la’s Jour­ney: “Oulu Changed My Life”

Meet Chris­t­ian, an Ecuado­ri­an soft­ware engi­neer, as he shares his expe­ri­ence of liv­ing, study­ing, and work­ing in Oulu, Fin­land.
15.2.2025

The Oulu Effect: How Varghese’s Fam­i­ly Found Their Finnish Rhythm

Jose Vargh­e­se’s sto­ry is a tes­ta­ment to the reward­ing life that awaits those will­ing to embrace the chal­lenges and oppor­tu­ni­ties of relo­cat­ing to this Nordic par­adise.
11.2.2025

Escape the Win­ter Blues at Net­work­ing Event

Join us for a cozy evening of board games and con­nec­tion at Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu.
10.2.2025

“Wel­come Home”: Finland’s 6 largest cities invite recent arrivals to use inte­gra­tion ser­vices

The six largest cities of Fin­land have come togeth­er to cre­ate a warm-heart­ed cam­paign to encour­age new inter­na­tion­al res­i­dents to use the cities’ many help­ful ser­vices for new­com­ers.
29.1.2025

Open posi­tion: Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Trainee at Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu

Are you inter­est­ed in a com­mu­ni­ca­tions trainee posi­tion at Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu? Join our team and gain valu­able expe­ri­ence.
22.1.2025

Join Us for Career Gate­ways – Oulu ICT Sec­tor Event

We are excit­ed to invite ICT tal­ents, search­ing for new oppor­tu­ni­ties to our event, Career Gate­ways – Oulu ICT Sec­tor.
15.1.2025

Oulu Wel­comes Inter­na­tion­al Tal­ent: Suc­cess at Career Event

The “Explore Study and Career Oppor­tu­ni­ties in Oulu” event held at Tech­nop­o­lis on Jan­u­ary 14th was a resound­ing suc­cess.
8.1.2025

The First Net­work­ing and Board Games Event of 2025

Let’s kick off 2025 with new & old friends at our first net­work­ing and board game night of the year!
17.12.2024

Explore Study and Career Oppor­tu­ni­ties in Oulu – Join Us on Jan­u­ary 14th

If you’re con­sid­er­ing a career change, fur­ther edu­ca­tion, or Finnish lan­guage stud­ies, this event is for you!
2.12.2024

Board Games & Net­work­ing: The Christ­mas Spe­cial

Oulu, get ready! On Decem­ber 19th, Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu with Bloom Oulu will trans­form into a hol­i­day won­der­land of board games, net­work­ing, and a pinch of fes­tive mis­chief.
29.11.2024

An intro­duc­tion to Finnish work­ing life and cul­ture

Are you curi­ous about Finnish work­ing life, and/or want to dive deep­er and get more detailed infor­ma­tion about Finnish work­ing cul­ture?
27.11.2024

Dri­ving in Fin­land: What Immi­grants Need to Know About Exchang­ing a Driver’s License 

If you’re plan­ning to set­tle in Fin­land or have already begun your jour­ney here, don’t for­get an essen­tial step — sort­ing out your driver’s license!
27.11.2024

Reflec­tions on Tal­ent Day at Nokia

Our vis­it to Nokia dur­ing the Inter­na­tion­al Tal­ent Day offered valu­able insights into the company’s cul­ture and its approach to sup­port­ing inter­na­tion­al pro­fes­sion­als.
26.11.2024

A Taste of the Caribbean in Oulu

Robbie’s Sto­ry of Rein­ven­tion and Entre­pre­neur­ship.
25.11.2024

Find­ing Home and Pur­pose: My Path from the UK to Fin­land

Hi, I’m Emma Far­row. I’m British and have been liv­ing in Fin­land since March 2020. I hold a Master’s degree in Library and Infor­ma­tion Sci­ence.
11.11.2024

From Iran to Oulu: Mitra’s Insights on Life in Oulu

My name is Mitra Marofi. I hold Bach­e­lor’s and Mas­ter’s degrees in Remote Sens­ing and Geo­graph­ic Infor­ma­tion Sys­tems from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Tehran, Iran.
7.11.2024

Board Game Night and Net­work­ing.

Come Lis­ten, talk with Us, and Stay for Games & Fun!

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