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Succeed with your quest to find an affordable rental in Helsinki

on November 21, 2019November 20, 2019 By Alina Lehtinen-Vela

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An affordable rental in Helsinki? It sounds like an oxymoron to anyone who is familiar with the expensive nature of apartments and houses in this Nordic capital. Does it exist? The bad news is that rents keep rising in Helsinki. Currently, the average monthly rent in Helsinki is €22.1 per m² meaning that a 30m² [...]

Big cities in Finland are growing even as the countryside empties – at least we pay our mortgages (unlike the Swedes)

on October 10, 2019October 10, 2019 By 3 Comments

Finland’s capital city Helsinki attracts more than just tourists. Don’t get me wrong: tourists are great and without them, we would not have anyone to brag to about Finnish sauna or our achievements in ice hockey. Jokes aside. The metropolitan area of Helsinki, which includes Espoo and Vantaa, has around 1.5 million inhabitants. In Helsinki [...]