Tips and links
Resources, practical advice and guides for talent and employers
Useful webpages of Finland and Eastern Finland
- Practical quide/Finland and Kuopio (UEF)
- Finnish customs and manners
- InfoFinland: Your quide in Finland – When you are about to move to Finland, InfoFinland helps.
- This is Finland: Things you should and shouldn’t know
- Welcome to the State of Happiness (BusinessFinland)
- The Finland Guidebook
- Life in Finland (UEF)
- VisitFinland
- VisitFinland – Lakeland area (Eastern Finland)
Where to Look for Jobs – Job Search Channels in North Savo
- Työmarkkinatori
- Kuntarekry
- Duunitori
- Oikotie
- Jobly
- Opiskelija.fi
- Work in Finland (English jobs)
- Studionavigaattori
- Quide – Becoming an Entrepreneur in Finland
Travelling in North Savo
- Kuopio public transport (Vilkku)
- Vilkku bikes Kuopio
- Iisalmi public transport
- Varkaus public transport
- Joukkis – public transport in Eastern Finland
- Train to North Savo
- Kuopio Airport
- Traffic situation
- The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
Services for immigrants in North Savo municipalities
- Kuopio, Siilinjärvi, Kaavi, Rautavaara, Tervo, Vesanto and Suonenjoki: International House Kuopio
- Iisalmi, Sonkajärvi, Pielavesi and Keitele: International services
Vieremä: Immigration services - Kiuruvesi: Immigration services
- Lapinlahti: Immigrant guidance services
Help for integration and settlement in North Savo
- The Everyone Guide – For Locals, Visitors & Global Talent
- Newcomer’s quide to Kuopio
- Kuopio’s integration services, you can also email internationalhouse@kuopio.fi
- Employed EU citizens’ registrations (after arrival in North Savo)
- Employed non-EU citizens’ registrations (after arrival in North Savo)
- Settlement and integration process – what to do and when
Explore the largest cities in North Savo and the SavoGrow region:
- Download a map of the regions of North Savo
- Kuopio (approx. 126,600 residents)
- Iisalmi (approx. 21,000 residents)
- Varkaus (approx. 19,700 residents)
- Siilinjärvi (approx. 21,000 residents)
- SavoGrow region “The wild west in Savo region” (Suonenjoki, Pielavesi, Rautalampi, Vesanto, Tervo and Keitele; combined population approx. 19,000) pages in Finnish
