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🇫🇮 Helsinki · Before you go

Packing list in Helsinki

A packing checklist for Helsinki, filtered by the season you arrive in. Ticks are saved on this device, so you can come back to it.

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Season you arrive

Documents

Passport, with at least six months left on it
Visa or residence paperwork, printed and saved offline
Health or travel insurance documents
Certified copies of birth or marriage certificates, if family is coming
Birth, marriage and degree certificates, legalised and translated (much harder to arrange once you are in Finland)

Tech

An unlocked or dual-SIM phone
Power bank
Laptop and charger
Type F plug adapters (two round pins, 230V)

Apps

Wolt and VR installed

Health

Prescription medication for the first three months, with the prescription
Antihistamines and a basic first-aid kit
EHIC, or a UK GHIC (covers necessary care at resident prices before you are registered)
Vitamin D (about six hours of daylight in December)

Clothing

Light layers
Shoes you can walk a city in
One set of interview or office clothes
A pedestrian reflector (heijastin; Finns wear one through the dark months)
Thermal base layers

Money

A card with no foreign transaction fees
Enough local cash for the first day

Home

Your lease, flat photos and landlord contact saved offline
Indoor slippers (shoes come off at the door in Finnish homes)

Packing for Helsinki · Autumn0/230% packed.

Documents0/5
Tech0/4
Apps0/1
Health0/4
Clothing0/5
Money0/2
Home0/2

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