yup. as a person who actually lives here like myself it's a bit different. everyone who i know who lives here, they say its too expensive and i agree. This girl in the video must be american she has no clue how people live here. if you eat junk food like she did yah you can spend easily 70e a day, that is for many normal people in here one week worth of groceries on a good month.
@@user-ih4fd9sf8x Get a hotel in the city center. Will be expensive, but you can just walk everywhere. I'd buy individual public transport tickets. 3€ and valid for 80mins. The HSL app is great and you can buy your tickets there. It also tells you pretty much what to do, bus stops, changes by the minute. Visit in late May/Early June. Escape the city center anywhere. I live in Munkkiniemi, which flourishes at that time If you want to party, July and August.
I solo traveled to Helsinki last year and, coming from Portugal, I was expecting it to be super expensive. Turns out it was not. I visited whatever I wanted to visit, went to cafes like Regatta, visited museums, had lunch in markets, bought food from supermarkets, etc. If you want to stay on budget, it's definitely possible. Hotels and flights are the expensive part. Also, if you want to go out everyday to a nice restaurant, ofc you'll pay a lot. But there's also some details people tend to forget: here, for example, we pay for water and bread. In Helsinki I had free water every meal and a slice of delicious rye bread for 0€.
For sure. If you cook your own food, it's not a problem at all to keep your groceries under €15 / day / person. Rent and utilities are the expensive part of living in Finland, but phone/internet plans are actually pretty cheap, although super fast internet is pretty rare to even have access to in most of the country. Also, not owning a car can save you a lot. Access to public transport is pretty good, and while it's kinda expensive, owning a car is even more so. And if you want to save even more on groceries, most places have a system where foodstuffs nearing their best before -date are sold -30% or -50% off, shown with yellow and red stickers. Finland really isn't all that expensive, although it certainly isn't the cheapest place imaginable, either.
Lunch is normally quite cheap here. I noticed I am paying more for lunch in Spain nowadays. You can even get a michelin star 3 course lunch for 35€ cheapest.
If you go there as a tourist for a couple days or a week and plan to visit different kind of places, then it'll cost you a lot, but if you're planning on living here it's not that much. I travelled to Helsinki from North Finland a few weeks ago. I bought 3 days HSL public transportation ticket for like 9€ and spent 8-20€ to food daily (really depends on whether u buy ingredients and make ur own food, buy ready food and just heat it up or eat in restaurants). My biggest expense during my trip was the wristband to Linnanmäki for like 50€. Other than that, you can really survive with like 25€ per day max.
Oh wow, I’ve been looking for an expats cuz I’m planning to get a job and relocate to Finland.. Idk how you can help me with whatever I needed to know.
That's about $104 Aussie dollars. The big expense is the airfare cost - in August 2023 it will be about $3,000 for return ticket from SYD to HEL. That's with Qantas & FinnAir via Japan.
More logic and cheaper way is via Singapore or Hong Kong as Finnair can't fly over Russian airspace and they have to fly over the North Pole. The flight takes few hours more than before. But it's still very expensive. I would love to visit Australia.
I ended up flying out of Cairns with Jetstar to Osaka and then with FinnAir to Helsinki. It ended up being just under $3,000 AUD for a return ticket - that included buying meals on Jetstar as they are not included in the price and also upgrading to exit row seats for all the flights. I was disappointed with the food on FinnAir but apart from that they are OK. Next time I will go Qantas to Singapore and Qatar to Doha then FinnAir to Helsinki, just for a comparison and also see if the food is better with FinnAir from Doha. For anyone interested I spent about 2,000 euros over 2 weeks in Helsinki and Turku, maybe because my wife was with me and we did sightseeing and eating out in cafes a lot. If you want to come to Australia consider flying into Perth, Darwin or Cairns and then making your way to Sydney. Jetstar has some cheap domestic flights on sale on a regular basis.
i went to helsinki right in the middle of summer of 2023. i had some of the grilled salmon and veggies from the stands by the harbor. it was something like 18 Euros. A bit pricey but worth every penny. It was the most delicious salmon I ever had. Still crave it every now and then and I'm not even a fish guy.
People who say Finland is expencive have never been to Norway :D When in norway we ordered 2 pizzas with delivery, and it cost like 45 euros. you could get 4 pizzas for that price with delivery in Finland :D
Day pass for zones AB (enough for all the attractions) is 9€ and not 15€. If you need to cover the airport train too, then it's zones ABC and price for 1 day is 11€. So you can shave 6€ off from the total.
@@homelessdude5705If you have the HSL app (you buy the ticket from there) theres literally information on them. But AB is like the middle of Helsinki and expanding outwards you also need to have C and D zones in your ticket. You will be fined if you have ticket for the wrong zone
@@homelessdude5705A is downtown, B is a bit further from downtown, C is even further from downtown and D is the furthest. There further distance you need to travel the more expensive the ticket. ABCD covers pretty much the entire capital region but most tourists have no need for it, AB is generally enough to go everywhere where tourists go except the airport which is a bit further away so it requires ABC. It’s like the zones in the London Underground.
Well I did choose to get 2 glögis at the Christmas market. If I didn’t do that I would have saved over €10. I wasn’t trying to stay in a budget. I just wanted to share what I spent on a day 😉
@@TheWanderfulLifeofKayla but here's the thing Finland isn't really expensive because if you buy the food from a supermarket and cook and make food homemade you save a lot of money
@@iten Idk what he is saying I really enjoy living here, there is probably more crime than the rest of Finland, still very low though. I live in the middle of Helsinki and have never seen a serious crime
Im from finland and its funny becouse when we were in niagara falls and went from the us side to canada to a hotel, then in the tv there was only ice hockey like in finland😂
@@dio8628 very true! Us Canadians love our hockey and Metal Music overall. That would be another reason I want to visit Finland because y’all are like the most Metal country on the planet. 🤘🤣
Honestly, Helsinki isn't that bad, price wise. In the UK, the inflation is pretty bad right now so it's not that much more. It's more expensive but still reasonable.
I don't understand why Finland specifically gets called out for being expensive when Oil Money Norway is right there. Not to even mention places like Switzerland or Iceland. Gee wizz. Finland is in the same reference group as Sweden, Austria, and Ireland. A bit more expensive than the UK or Germany because they're smaller and more remote. Incomes and living standards are comparable in this group too. Estonia and the Baltics have come so far and I'm so proud of them, but they are post-Soviet countries and therefore cheaper still. This is not the correct frame of reference for Finland. It could have been had Stalin managed to occupy Finland but gladly that didn't happen.
Wow 😮 I didn't think it's that expensive ~6439 rubles a day for a Russian just to eat is mind-blowing 🤯 Not taking in account monthly bills, etc Just to compare, in Russia it's 8000 rubles for public utilities a MONTH
as Finn i pay 550€ for rent , about 200€ for utilities/phone/internet/electricity / month, and for food goes 200€, so you can live whole month with 1000€. what else you do cost extra.
Don't compare the price of 3 course meal in Russia with this hamburger. Please say at least the size of your penthouse if you pay that much for utilities 😂
Ik it sounds expencive but you dont need to make it that expensive in Finland she just bought some expencive things like i dont spend that much money in finland
Please can we get to connect with each other as I’m processing on how to get a job and move to Finland? I don’t really have anyone there who can be telling me how is everything there.
Some weeks ago I was in Helsinki and I found it expensive. After in a souvenir shop there were different stickers about how they feel about the rest of neighbours, so other european north countries, and one was wrotten: "Norway is expensive" Lol 😅
Way more expensive than Germany. Public transport: €49 for a month pass (€2 a day), Coffee: €3.50, Glühwein and nuts (Glögi): €6, tiny Lunch €5, high quality Burger €10 Total would be €26,50
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If you keep living your next days like this it will cost you1932 € in a month ? And another 1000€ for rent (minimal guessing ) Not mentioning all the bills and health care ... Living in Helsinki is out of wisdom 🙌
You literally went to the most expensive cafes and resturants. Cafe regatta is like a 130 year old cafe, if you got a coffe and cinnamon roll anywhere else it would be like 5 Euros. But i guess you are a tourist
Well everything you ate in a day, it is my one time diet. I eat 5 times atleast a day. I am not fat, My body fat is 11%per. So I cannot live there as a student.I have to learn cooking.
In Finland they absolutely skin the tourist. Lapland is the worst. I never buy anything in tourist places. I can find my coffee and beer half price in other places
Hello dear My name is Christopher Ody Am from Nigeria Please I really need your advice please Me and my wife are currently working on relocating to Europe this year and we have Finland or Sweden on our mind Which of this country will you advise someone to move to that has more jobs opportunities I will be waiting for your response please Have a wonderful day
I’m not sure about job opportunities but what I do know is that Finland usually has a lot of jobs open because of the population being only around 5.5 million I’m not implying that Sweden doesn’t have job opportunities.
An Hki inhabitant here. Live like a tourist, pay like a tourist.
True of anywhere in the world Mate. Derp.
yup. as a person who actually lives here like myself it's a bit different. everyone who i know who lives here, they say its too expensive and i agree. This girl in the video must be american she has no clue how people live here. if you eat junk food like she did yah you can spend easily 70e a day, that is for many normal people in here one week worth of groceries on a good month.
@@triarb5790 Back at you, derp.
@@user-ih4fd9sf8x Get a hotel in the city center. Will be expensive, but you can just walk everywhere.
I'd buy individual public transport tickets. 3€ and valid for 80mins. The HSL app is great and you can buy your tickets there. It also tells you pretty much what to do, bus stops, changes by the minute.
Visit in late May/Early June. Escape the city center anywhere. I live in Munkkiniemi, which flourishes at that time
If you want to party, July and August.
@@triarb5790 You just repeated what I posted. Derp? What are you, eight?
I solo traveled to Helsinki last year and, coming from Portugal, I was expecting it to be super expensive. Turns out it was not. I visited whatever I wanted to visit, went to cafes like Regatta, visited museums, had lunch in markets, bought food from supermarkets, etc. If you want to stay on budget, it's definitely possible. Hotels and flights are the expensive part. Also, if you want to go out everyday to a nice restaurant, ofc you'll pay a lot. But there's also some details people tend to forget: here, for example, we pay for water and bread. In Helsinki I had free water every meal and a slice of delicious rye bread for 0€.
For sure. If you cook your own food, it's not a problem at all to keep your groceries under €15 / day / person. Rent and utilities are the expensive part of living in Finland, but phone/internet plans are actually pretty cheap, although super fast internet is pretty rare to even have access to in most of the country. Also, not owning a car can save you a lot. Access to public transport is pretty good, and while it's kinda expensive, owning a car is even more so.
And if you want to save even more on groceries, most places have a system where foodstuffs nearing their best before -date are sold -30% or -50% off, shown with yellow and red stickers. Finland really isn't all that expensive, although it certainly isn't the cheapest place imaginable, either.
Lunch is normally quite cheap here. I noticed I am paying more for lunch in Spain nowadays. You can even get a michelin star 3 course lunch for 35€ cheapest.
If you go there as a tourist for a couple days or a week and plan to visit different kind of places, then it'll cost you a lot, but if you're planning on living here it's not that much.
I travelled to Helsinki from North Finland a few weeks ago. I bought 3 days HSL public transportation ticket for like 9€ and spent 8-20€ to food daily (really depends on whether u buy ingredients and make ur own food, buy ready food and just heat it up or eat in restaurants). My biggest expense during my trip was the wristband to Linnanmäki for like 50€. Other than that, you can really survive with like 25€ per day max.
Oh wow, I’ve been looking for an expats cuz I’m planning to get a job and relocate to Finland.. Idk how you can help me with whatever I needed to know.
@@Wheez01did you find a job in finland?
I live in Finland Helsinki
That's about $104 Aussie dollars. The big expense is the airfare cost - in August 2023 it will be about $3,000 for return ticket from SYD to HEL. That's with Qantas & FinnAir via Japan.
More logic and cheaper way is via Singapore or Hong Kong as Finnair can't fly over Russian airspace and they have to fly over the North Pole. The flight takes few hours more than before. But it's still very expensive. I would love to visit Australia.
I ended up flying out of Cairns with Jetstar to Osaka and then with FinnAir to Helsinki. It ended up being just under $3,000 AUD for a return ticket - that included buying meals on Jetstar as they are not included in the price and also upgrading to exit row seats for all the flights. I was disappointed with the food on FinnAir but apart from that they are OK. Next time I will go Qantas to Singapore and Qatar to Doha then FinnAir to Helsinki, just for a comparison and also see if the food is better with FinnAir from Doha. For anyone interested I spent about 2,000 euros over 2 weeks in Helsinki and Turku, maybe because my wife was with me and we did sightseeing and eating out in cafes a lot. If you want to come to Australia consider flying into Perth, Darwin or Cairns and then making your way to Sydney. Jetstar has some cheap domestic flights on sale on a regular basis.
1200 aussie dollars return from melbourne to Helsinki
Which airline? I have seen cheap flights via China but with long lay over for the connecting flight.
@@livinginthetropics8470 Qantas and finnair though were in australia are you going from?
i went to helsinki right in the middle of summer of 2023. i had some of the grilled salmon and veggies from the stands by the harbor. it was something like 18 Euros. A bit pricey but worth every penny. It was the most delicious salmon I ever had. Still crave it every now and then and I'm not even a fish guy.
People who say Finland is expencive have never been to Norway :D When in norway we ordered 2 pizzas with delivery, and it cost like 45 euros. you could get 4 pizzas for that price with delivery in Finland :D
Me and my girlfriend ordered 3 bao buns, some bibimbap and a Vietnamese coffee, came to around the equivalent of 70 euros
Yes but your salary is big there. So it’s same just bigger numbers, that’s it
Day pass for zones AB (enough for all the attractions) is 9€ and not 15€. If you need to cover the airport train too, then it's zones ABC and price for 1 day is 11€. So you can shave 6€ off from the total.
Hey. Can you explain the ABC zones, as none of this shit makes sense to me.
@@homelessdude5705If you have the HSL app (you buy the ticket from there) theres literally information on them. But AB is like the middle of Helsinki and expanding outwards you also need to have C and D zones in your ticket. You will be fined if you have ticket for the wrong zone
@@homelessdude5705A is downtown, B is a bit further from downtown, C is even further from downtown and D is the furthest. There further distance you need to travel the more expensive the ticket. ABCD covers pretty much the entire capital region but most tourists have no need for it, AB is generally enough to go everywhere where tourists go except the airport which is a bit further away so it requires ABC. It’s like the zones in the London Underground.
The only best thing about Helsinki is the people are nice and You can ask us enything finlands are good with english Since im 14 And know much english
in philippines $10 - $15 a day or less than $10 but nowehere to go
So like $70? Hmm still seems a little much for one day.
Well I did choose to get 2 glögis at the Christmas market. If I didn’t do that I would have saved over €10. I wasn’t trying to stay in a budget. I just wanted to share what I spent on a day 😉
@@TheWanderfulLifeofKayla but here's the thing Finland isn't really expensive because if you buy the food from a supermarket and cook and make food homemade you save a lot of money
@@DaNerdKeed you’re right. But this is from a travelers point of view who does not have the ability to buy food and make it at home.
No i think 70$ is perfect if the monthly income is perfect
@@DaNerdKeedwrong
70 bucks for bread and coffee 3 times a day.......yeah kinda pricy
I want to live here when I grow up
Trust me you don’t want to live here😂
@@Palipalipalipalipali XD
@@Palipalipalipalipali why?
@@iten high taxes, rising crime rate, shitty government
@@iten Idk what he is saying I really enjoy living here, there is probably more crime than the rest of Finland, still very low though. I live in the middle of Helsinki and have never seen a serious crime
I’m from Finland!
As someone who lives in Canada, I see this as overall pretty reasonable!
Trust me it aint
Canada is generally expensive from a European point of view. Higher salaries, so it evens out.
Im from finland and its funny becouse when we were in niagara falls and went from the us side to canada to a hotel, then in the tv there was only ice hockey like in finland😂
Canada is very similar to finland but just bigger😅
@@dio8628 very true! Us Canadians love our hockey and Metal Music overall. That would be another reason I want to visit Finland because y’all are like the most Metal country on the planet. 🤘🤣
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It’s like America in cost I see but I’m sure if not in the capital more rural it be cheaper especially for homes and rent
I have been to Finland 70 pounds is good I also went to America £150 a bit too much for me.
As a Finnish Person i am really happy to see this
Honestly, Helsinki isn't that bad, price wise. In the UK, the inflation is pretty bad right now so it's not that much more. It's more expensive but still reasonable.
I don't understand why Finland specifically gets called out for being expensive when Oil Money Norway is right there. Not to even mention places like Switzerland or Iceland. Gee wizz.
Finland is in the same reference group as Sweden, Austria, and Ireland. A bit more expensive than the UK or Germany because they're smaller and more remote. Incomes and living standards are comparable in this group too.
Estonia and the Baltics have come so far and I'm so proud of them, but they are post-Soviet countries and therefore cheaper still. This is not the correct frame of reference for Finland. It could have been had Stalin managed to occupy Finland but gladly that didn't happen.
Your eyes in the snow are 😮
Wow 😮
I didn't think it's that expensive
~6439 rubles a day for a Russian just to eat is mind-blowing 🤯 Not taking in account monthly bills, etc
Just to compare, in Russia it's 8000 rubles for public utilities a MONTH
as Finn i pay 550€ for rent , about 200€ for utilities/phone/internet/electricity / month, and for food goes 200€, so you can live whole month with 1000€.
what else you do cost extra.
@@freezedeve3119 200 Euros for food? She spent 64 Euros in one day for food
@@freezedeve3119 so she just bought many extra things? Cuz she spent like $40 for food in one day
@@developerninja619 yes. eating out is expensive in Finland so if you make your food at home you can save A LOT.
Don't compare the price of 3 course meal in Russia with this hamburger. Please say at least the size of your penthouse if you pay that much for utilities 😂
Regular prices then for anyone from a developed nation. I’ll book a trip
I believe HK is more expensive. Most people live in a very tiny spaces but very expensive rents & bills
U don't use 15€ for a tram ticket.. for children it's 1.48€ or smth so for adults 2.95€.
You are beautiful,,, God bless you beautiful girl
Very helpful thank you!
Glad it was helpful! I have a full Helsinki TH-cam video on my channel if you are planning a trip 🤗
Ik it sounds expencive but you dont need to make it that expensive in Finland she just bought some expencive things like i dont spend that much money in finland
Please can we get to connect with each other as I’m processing on how to get a job and move to Finland?
I don’t really have anyone there who can be telling me how is everything there.
That's Tuomaan markkinat so it's very expensive usually we don't live like that
Tnx for Educating some of us here dear🤝🏼
Please don't take this the wrong way, but your eyes are breathtaking.
Video has been shot so nicely
Thank you so much 😊
What They mean by saying expensive a week to rent a house its about 5k euros
Some weeks ago I was in Helsinki and I found it expensive. After in a souvenir shop there were different stickers about how they feel about the rest of neighbours, so other european north countries, and one was wrotten: "Norway is expensive" Lol 😅
I will be in Finland in the middle of September. Any recommendations?
linnanmäki is a great amusement park i think its open until october or smth
Go to Kärsämäki in pohojois pohojammaa
20 bucks for dinner is not bad at all.
Kiitos
Way more expensive than Germany.
Public transport: €49 for a month pass (€2 a day),
Coffee: €3.50, Glühwein and nuts (Glögi): €6, tiny Lunch €5, high quality Burger €10
Total would be €26,50
It does not make any sense to buy monthly pass if you stay for a day.
17€ equals $17.95 U.S dollars. Just looked it up.
i native in Turku and Turku is good place to live
IM FINNISH!
Tervetuloa ystävä 🙂
So peaceful
im half finnish and i travel to finland from australia every now and then trust me when i say finland is expensive
I think the big cities like Helsinki, Tampere and Turku are slightly more expensive than the smaller cities, i am talking about few cents 😂
Helsinki is very good, I liked your channel😍....you are very friendly friend💗
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Public transport is NOT 15 euros its only like 2 euros
I think same as in Brussels ;) ❤
Living in Helsinki-ragion is quite expensive. Gladly we have plane to Iceland and back home it feels cheap. 😂😂😂
I live here it’s unique
Заявляю , что оказывается. Россия намного лучше Финляндии , а Петербург, задумываясь как новая европейская столица , в итоге переплюнул их всех вместе взятых .
I miss Finland
The most beautiful thing I've seen in this video was your eye's
Do u get to keep the cups?
Yes you get to keep the cup!
She has one of the most beautiful eyes yet😂😂
We south asian people need two three burgers at least therefore it looks expensive sir
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Nice i love it there finland forever!!
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Dude im from finland transport Is like 3.50€ for adults
If you keep living your next days like this it will cost you1932 € in a month ?
And another 1000€ for rent (minimal guessing )
Not mentioning all the bills and health care ...
Living in Helsinki is out of wisdom 🙌
if you live like a traveler whole month and every single day spent 70 euros on not that healthy meals you need professional help
Mam, Are You Working In Finland?
Best video So Cute smile 😊 I'm from in India 🇮🇳
You literally went to the most expensive cafes and resturants. Cafe regatta is like a 130 year old cafe, if you got a coffe and cinnamon roll anywhere else it would be like 5 Euros. But i guess you are a tourist
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Well everything you ate in a day, it is my one time diet. I eat 5 times atleast a day. I am not fat, My body fat is 11%per. So I cannot live there as a student.I have to learn cooking.
Some hot drinks, croissant, biscuit and burger $100 aud 😂😂😂
What about accommodation ?
$45 is the average price for that where I’m at
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Yes. Very expensive.
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In Finland they absolutely skin the tourist. Lapland is the worst. I never buy anything in tourist places. I can find my coffee and beer half price in other places
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You definitely don't call this cheap by any means..
I am going next February
And hotel?
best video I do ever seen in entire youtube. God bless you and keep smiling..
Thank you so very much 😊
What time of year did you go?
What accommodation and other expenses
What would it cost to go to the grocery store vs eating out?
Grocery stores are always cheaper alternative.
Just no, you just went to expensivest places in Helsinki :D You can get all those 90% cheaper from other stores and markets.
if you are a tourist you will pay like one
Who confused Eurs for Cents
a guy is earning 12€ per day and spends 64 € per day is good 😂
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❤nice vedio
15 euro for a month of transport?
You eat whole day burger 😅😅
Too expensive
Minä asun tämä Helsingissä! (edit sorry I was speaking because I thought y’all are Finlands
well that's definitely too expensive, but even so it is still very expensive.
Yes, in somewhere not in helesinki that would be 20€
Hello dear
My name is Christopher Ody
Am from Nigeria
Please I really need your advice please
Me and my wife are currently working on relocating to Europe this year and we have Finland or Sweden on our mind
Which of this country will you advise someone to move to that has more jobs opportunities
I will be waiting for your response please
Have a wonderful day
I’m not sure about job opportunities but what I do know is that Finland usually has a lot of jobs open because of the population being only around 5.5 million I’m not implying that Sweden doesn’t have job opportunities.
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I would never buy those glögi and nuts😂 super overprized wtf
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Hi how's life in finland
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You have amazing eyes
No on toi nyt aika saatanan kallista
Not even close to how expensive NYC is…
Expisive yes it is
Hi