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• HOUSING
  • MOVING HOUSE
    • Why Hämeenlinna?
    • Where can you find a flat?
    • Rent and rent security deposit
    • Tenancy agreement
    • Notice period
    • Buying a home
    • Student housing
    • Notification of move
    • Building maintenance company
  • LIVING IN YOUR DWELLING

• • • Housing rules
    • Home insurance, building maintenance and building manager
    • Safety at home
    • Electricity
  • HOUSING ADVICE AND SUPPORT
  • KELA’S HOUSING ALLOWANCE
  • WASTE SORTING
    • Waste and recycling
    • Undamaged goods and clothes that you no longer need
    • How to reduce the amount of waste

 

• FINDING WORK, EMPLOYMENT AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT
  • FINDING WORK
    • Register as a jobseeker
      • Local government pilot on employment
      • Initial assessment and the integration plan
      • Integration and employment
      • Services to support employment
      • Health and ability to work
    • Actively looking for work
      • Help in job search
    • Where to look for a job?
      • Job application and CV
      • Job interview
  • EMPLOYMENT
    • When you get a job
      • Notify the TE Office and Kela
      • Employment contract
      • Tax card
      • Trade unions and unemployment fund
    • Labour protection
    • Finnish work culture
    • Sick leave
    • Testimonial of service
    • Help with problems
      • National counselling service of occupational safety and health authorities
    • Employment counselling
      • Employment counselling for immigrants
  • SELF-EMPLOYMENT
    • Preparing for self-employment
    • Basic stages of starting a business

 

• STUDYING FINNISH
  • INTEGRATION TRAINING
  • COURSES IN VANAJAVESI ADULT EDUCATION CENTRE
  • FINNISH LANGUAGE GROUPS IN KUMPPANUUSTALO
  • ”OPINPA”- EDUCATIONAL REHABILITATION ”PAAVO” GROUP
  • INTEGRATION PATH FOR INTERNATIONAL MOTHERS
  • STUDYING FINNISH BY YOURSELF
  • NATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST (YKI)

• EDUCATION
  • EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
    • Applying for early education
    • Day care centers in Hämeenlinna
    • Open day care centers and clubs
    • Daycare fees
    • Child care at home
  • PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
    • Two-year pre-primary education trial in Hämeenlinna
  • SCHOOL TRANSPORT
  • BASIC EDUCATION
    • Schools in Hämeenlinna and application system
    • Morning and afternoon activities
    • Get active near you
    • Mother tongue classes
    • Preparatory classes, Finnish as a second language, religion classes
    • Basic education for adults
  • SERVICES FOR THE YOUTH
  • GENERAL UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL
  • VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
  • UNIVERSITIES OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND UNIVERSITIES
  • INTEGRATION TRAINING
  • FOREIGN DEGREES IN FINLAND

 

• HEALTHCARE SERVICES
  • CORONAVIRUS COVID-19
    • Current information on coronavirus
    • Coronavirus vaccinations in Hämeenlinna
    • Coronavirus safety measures at schools and in early childhood education
    • COVID-19 Certificate
    • Videos about the coronavirus in different languages
  • EMERGENCIES
    • Emergency care in Hämeenlinna
    • Hospital
  • HEALTH CENTERS
    • Contact info to public health centres
    • Making an appointment
    • Interpreter at a health centre
  • WHEN SHOULD YOU SEE A DOCTOR?
  • HEALTH ADVICE
  • LABORATORY TESTS AND X-RAY EXAMINATIONS
    • Laboratory tests
    • X-ray
  • DENTAL CARE
    • Making and canceling an appointment
    • Emergency dental care
  • MATERNITY AND CHILD HEALTH CLINICS
    • Contact and appointments for maternity and child health centers
    • Pregnancy
  • MENTAL HEALTH
  • ABSENCE DUE TO ILLNESS
  • PERSONS WITH INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION

 

• MONEY MATTERS AND SOCIAL SERVICES
  • FINANCIAL PROBLEMS
  • KELA SUPPORT
  • UNEMPLOYMENT
  • COUNSELLING AND HELP WITH MONEY PROBLEMS
  • PAYING BILLS
  • SOCIAL SERVICES

 

• LEISURE TIME IN HÄMEENLINNA
  • CLUBS AND MEETING PLACES
    • Youth facilities
    • Kumppanuustalo
    • Library
    • Organisations, clubs and associations
    • Parishes and religious communities
  • OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
    • Fishing
    • Playgrounds
    • Sports grounds and outdoor ice rinks
    • Nature trails
    • Workout stairs
    • Campfire huts and sites
    • Studying languages, music or other subjects
  • SPORTS
  • THEATRES
  • VERKATEHDAS
  • CULTURAL CENTRE ARX
  • MUSEUMS
  • MOVIES
  • EVENTS

 

• EVERYDAY LIFE IN FINLAND
  • BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT FINLAND
  • FINNISH ADMINSTRATION
    • State administration
    • Regional administration
    • Municipalities
  • YOUR RIGHT AND OBLIGATIONS IN FINLAND
  • EQUALITY
  • NON-DISCRIMINATION
  • FAMILY
    • What is a family ?
    • Common-law relationship
    • Marriage
    • Rights and obligations of spouses
    • Children
    • Parental rights and responsibilities
    • Child welfare
    • Child welfare services in Hämeenlinna
  • FINNISH CLIMATE
  • FINNISH HOLIDAYS
  • FINNISH CUSTOMS
  • FINNISH FOOD CULTURE
  • WELCOME TO FINLAND! ORIENTATION GAME FOR NEW IMMIGRANTS