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Thank you for the answer. I'm keeping it active with the enforcement agency, just in case. It is pretty easy to do and they have been very helpful explaining the procedure. The criminals did pay me about 100 euro initially but i guess then somebody told them that they could get away with it without ...

Is there no way to get money from a 'broke' person? I mean, if that person owns a car/television/cell phone/etc, can't that be taken from him/her? I have a court order that 2 persons together need to repay me 500 euro that they did in damages to me. Enforcement service couldn't get any money from th...

I also completely agree with the above postings about the University of Helsinki Summer courses. Don't go there, it's a waste of time. As for making an impression on your potential future employer: I don't think it matters much where you study but the fact that you are studying the language is alrea...

Couple of years ago, thousands of shoes washed upon a North sea beach after a ship lost several containers in a storm. I was there to grab some shoes for free and i noticed that many shoes had price tags on them. This is what the price tag said: DISCOUNT! From 49,99 for 29,99. These shoes were brand...

This time of year, pedestrians ought to be even more careful than normally. A lot of people still have summer tires on (winter tires must by the start of November), so as the weather gets colder, braking distances may stretch significantly. Regardless of what is wise to do, you are incorrect about ...

OP is really lame, only Visa Electron, bank fees on SEPA payments and the most annoying - internet banking no sooner than 2-3 months. Really? I don't think you can get around the internet banking rule easily. I got an account in Nordea in March thi year and I first got netbanking this week even tho...

Finnish Aviation Academy? You want to become a professional pilot? Flying is a lot of fun but it is very very very difficult to get a job. At the moment there are lots of unemployed pilots and most of them are struggling financially because of the huge loan they had to take to pay for the training. ...

Finns tend to be decent with the rules, one exception is roundabouts, since they've just been introduced very recently in many parts of the country. And zebra crossings... dunno how recent they are? YES! Amazing how many cars do not stop for a zebra crossing! And when i'm in a car and i do stop for...

It's good to get attention to make oil companies work in a safe and environmentally friendly way. But unfortunately this kind of protest only works in democratic countries. In the rest of the world they will do whatever necessary to get rid of them. And it's still very necessary to get attention bec...

Sometime in the past i opened an account with OP. Got a card and netbank but i quickly found out that it is totally useless if you don't speak/read finnish or swedish. So i stopped using it and added to my to do list: cancel bank account with OP. Forgot all about it until this morning when i receive...

Where can you shoot clay pigeons around Helsinki area? And how is it called in finnish?

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Thanks for the reply. Well i'll forget about sending the ipad then. Disappointing service from Itella. I suppose they don't have much competition so they can't be bothered. One would think they can fill a truck one or more times a week to ship slow freight (and stuff they don't want in an airplane) ...

Hello, apparently, postti does not want to ship an ipad due to the battery in it (that's what the guy told me at the counter). Fedex shows a rate of about 80 euros so does anybody know a different and cheaper way of getting a package shipped? Those Fedex rates are a bit weird anyway because a revers...

Hello, After living in Helsinki for almost two years now, it is time that i get serious about learning finnish. My wish is to speak this language fluently (and to understand what my finnish friends are posting on their facebook pages as google translate isn't a great help). So i need a teacher. A na...