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First days in Finland

  • When arriving by plane review the company's warning and recommendations from which you bought the airplane tickets concerning security standards.
  • Come and meet your new friends and tutors in very nice and exciting atmosphere. INTO will not tell you what kinds of surprises are hidden just for you otherwise it will no longer be a surprise;
  • INTO can provide you with some essential things such as bed sheets, cutlery and dishes as a loan and you will return them back when you want to leave Finland. A small deposit fee is charged, you will get it back when returning the borrowed items. Come first to be served first.
  • Tap water is potable (you can drink it), there is no need to buy water from shops.
  • Beware that most of the locks here _do not_ need a key to get locked, you just close the door. So have the key with you when you go to bathroom in the beginning :) If you get locked out there is a number to call in the building downstairs. After a wait somebody will come to open up the door but it costs you about 20 euros.
  • If planning to go to Lapland the best time is from the end of August to the end of September. In the end of September the trees drop their leaves but before that the trees glow in various colors. The later you go, the colder it gets during the nights. In the summertime there are a lot of mosquitos in Lapland but they die when cold nights arrive.
  • To find an address on the map you can use e.g. the Map Service of Tampere City.
  • Your room at TOAS should have a table, chair, small bookshelf, bed and a closet. There should be a mattress for the bed as well. There will be no linen, pillow or blanket unless somebody has left those behind. Size of the bed is 80x200cm.