We CAN: Finnish Mobility

Practical information - arriving to Finland

FROM HELSINKI-AIRPORT TO HYVINKÄÄ

What to pack with you?

TRAIN
from the airport

There is a train terminal at the airport (easy to walk). There are several machines to buy tickets. Machines takes all major credit- and debit cards.
Trains run all the time.
All trains go through Tikkurila. From Tikkurila you take the local train to Hyvinkää. You change train in Tikkurila-station! Change there to the local train marked R-train. Very easy change.
Train:
1) Airport - Tikkurila (direction Helsinki)
2) Tikkurila - Hyvinkää (R-train direction Riihimäki or Tampere)
Tickets cost (one-way): adults 7e, young people 3,50e.
Journey takes approximately 1 hour with the change-time.

Trains in Finland:
https://www.vr.fi/en

TAXI
from the airport

Normal taxis (take the taxi from lines 1, 2 and 3 at the airport, line 4 is for random companies...) cost around 100-120e e per 3-4 people (depending on how much you have luggage - how many of you fit in).
Journey takes around 40 minutes.
Bigger taxis are also available at the airport, the price is the same but you might have to wait that a bigger car comes to the spot. These taxis take 6-7 people.
If you want that we book you a transfert, that is fine as well (a small bus or similar), these services are around 200e-300e per group per one-way.

Taxis in Finland:
https://www.finavia.fi/en/airports/helsinki-airport/airport/services-facilities/taxi-information

The weather in Finland may vary a lot. Normally in May we have around 15C during the day and during the night it might be even close to 0C. Having said this it might be that we have some 25c during the day and 15 during the night.

VisitFinland:
https://www.visitfinland.com/en/practical-tips/climate-and-weather-in-finland/

Please bring:
- open mind
- positive attitude
- co-operative skills
- your interest towards cultures
- an umbrella/ a raincoat
- a pair of good shoes for walking in a forest, some old t-shirt and sweater to wear in the forest (they get dirty)
- a swimsuit
- your personal belongings (medication, toiletries)
- a warm jacket and a beanie, a pair of gloves
- couple of pictures of your family and home (in your phone) to talk/to show with/to your host family

Food and people

Finnish customs and traditions, weird habits

Useful words

https://crosswordlabs.com/embed/suomi-ristikko-5

- We take our shoes of inside schools
- Many of us use wool socks over ours normal socks
- When we go outside and it is dark, we use reflectors
- When we have breaks at school, we have to go outside
- When Finland wins in icehockey the whole country goes crazy
- Finns go winter swimming regulary
- Finns are crazy over cross country skiing
- The Finnish sauna is a hot room (60-120 C), you go there naked and sit on wooden benches
- You are allowed to pick mushrooms and berries in the forest
By the way, do you know the Moomintrolls ?

Moi Hi!
Hei Hi!
Hei hei Bye Bye!
Moi moi Bye Bye!
Päivää Good day! Good afternoon!
Huomenta Good morning!
Kiitos Thanks!
Ole hyvä You're welcome
(after someone thanks you)
Miten menee? How are you? How's life? etc.
Mitä kuuluu? How are you? What's up? etc.
Anteeksi... Sorry...
Saisinko... Could I get...
Joo Yes
Ei No
Kyllä Yes
Koulu School
Koti Home
Leipä Bread
Jäätelö Ice-cream
Tervetuloa Welcome

punainen - red
sininen - blue
vihreä - green
harmaa - grey
musta - black
valkoinen - white
liila - lila, violet
keltainen - yellow
oranssi - orange
ruskea - brown
vaalean... - light...
tumman... - dark...
vaaleansininen - lightblue
tummansininen - darkblue
pinkki - pink
*
suklaa - chocolate
vanilja - vanilla
mansikka - strawberry
mustikka - blueberry, bilberry

PROGRAM, PUPILS

On Friday afternoon: Each country pays return ticket to their pupils to Hyvinkää (to Helsinki and from Helsinki to Hyvinkää OR to Hyvinkää (depending on the group)

Listen to our meeting online the 8.5.2023:
https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/24AWsxAcHHIq_l4Jdw7SmP3XQyKIWW74_M3PC5CmWra5pioV7UVBaaQbLyUZTJun.9U3l7ZO7NwABsBO8
Code : zDW4.+R2

Recycling in Finland

How we recycle our plastic bottles, cans and glass bottles to a store/shop. Take a look at this short video: https://youtube.com/shorts/AwSpreiO1SA?feature=share

Every time you buy a bottle or a can or a container you pay extra (0,10-0,50 euros for the bottle). You get this money back when you return the bottle to the store. If you return 10 bottles of 0,50e you get 5 euros.
Many children, young people etc. collect the bottles from others as well and get an important amount of money for themselves.

Recycling in a normal apartment building:

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Prices in Finland

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We use euros. The card is accepted everywhere and all the time (even the smallest vendors or machines take cards). You can use cash as well of course.

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These are approximates:

A can of soft drink in a store (0,33 l) - 2 e
An ice-cream (a cone from a store) - 2 e
A cheeseburger - 3 e
A ticket to the cinema - 12e
A ticket to a museum - 8 e
A bus/tram/metro - drive (one ticket) within a big city - 3,5 e
A coffee or a soft drink in a cafe - 5 e
A chocolate bar - 3 e
A key ring (a souvenir) - 8 e
A t-shirt (normal, no brand) - 20e
Apples (1 kg) - 2,5 e
Tomatoes (1 kg) - 5 e
Gasoline (1 liter) - 2,10 e

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Finland is the happiest country in the world
(the 6th year in a row):

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https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/world-happiest-countries-2023-wellness/index.html

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Finland
Finland ranks as the world's happiest country based on the 2021 report, with a score of 7.842 out of a total possible score of 10. The report writers credited the citizens of Finland's strong feelings of communal support and mutual trust with not only helping secure the #1 ranking, but (more importantly) helping the country as a whole navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, Finlanders felt strongly that they were free to make their own choices, and showed minimal suspicion of government corruption. Both of these factors are strong contributors to overall happiness.

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Meet us - we warmly welcome you !

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From left to rigth:
Rania - host to Elena
Antonia - host to Adrijana
Vieno - host to Barbara
Aamo - host to Fran
Lotta - host to Guilherme
Mimosa - host to Laurine and Antoni

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From left to right:
Eliana - host to Gabin
Milla . host to Maylene
Elsa - host to Lucia
Ada - host to Emma
Hertta - host to Beatriz and Javier
Lotte - host to Maelys
Leo - host to Noé

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On the left:
Onni - hosting Maciej
On the right:
Noa - hosting Filip
Egero - hosting Gabin
Niila - hosting Antonina
Vieno H. - hosting Matilde

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More prices in Finland (made by Aava, Siiri and Selma)

Product                                                                                      Price

-       TV mix Malago Candy  bag   340g                                     3,09
     -   Milk       1l                                                                             0,85
-       Flour       2kg                                                                          2,59
-        Moomin lollipop    8g                                                         0,25
-        Train trip to Helsinki  adult                                               8,10
-       Movie ticket  Bio Rex                                                        12,50
-       H&M Black T- shirt                                                         17,99
-       Marimekko Tiny bag, leather                                          365,00
-       Fazer Chocolate 200g                                                     2,99
-       Reino shoes                                                                       34,95
-       Eggs  10/580g                                                                    2,19
-       Cucumber  1,29/kg                                                         n.0,50
-       Bik Bok Peachy Flare 99-Jeans                                        59,99
-        Lumene Stay Volume mascara                                      17,90
-       Hugo boss Perfume                                                         81,95
Lumene is Finnish beauty and skincare brand. www.lumene.com
Marimekko is a popular clohing brand in finland.
It has some really famous designs.
https://www.marimekko.com/
Fazer is a finnish candy and chocolate factory. https://www.fazer.fi/

Companies, organizations and third parties important to this Erasmus-week (14.5.-20.5.2023):

Monday:

* Suomi-Finland: https://www.visitfinland.com/en/
* Mieli ry.: https://mieli.fi/en/ (Check materials)
* Eco-Schools: https://vihrealippu.fi/en/
* Timeout - association: https://www.timeoutdialogue.fi/

And of course our friend EU
European union - Green Deal: https://www.europarl.europa.eu

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