Finland Expat: What It’s Like To Move To Northern Finland

Finland Expat
ILLUMINATION
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8 min readOct 28, 2021

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From a personal perspective of an East Asian woman who recently moved to Finland

Autumn shot by the lake

When my husband and I met for the first time in Singapore back when were both students, he asked me whether I know where Finland is. I shamelessly lied “yes” right away and pinpointed a location somewhere in Russia. The only thing I knew about Finland is that its capital is named…

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Finland Expat
ILLUMINATION

An expat embracing Nordic life in Northern Finland. A certified hustler and self-publisher. I spontaneously bore people with my side hustle and travel stories.