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| ⭐️ Overall score | 220 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 🏥 Hospitals* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Finland |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 32 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 10°C 50°F + 💦 Damp (75%) = feels 10°C 50°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 54 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Elisa |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Business Kitchen |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Bisketti |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 200,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $43,339 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Verkkokauppa |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Oikotie |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Finnair |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Finnair |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Mehiläinen Oulu |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | €2,346 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | €1,182 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | €2,639 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | €754 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | €500 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | €330 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €1,999 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €94 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (9 listings) | €1,350 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | €44 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | €6 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | €1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | €5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | €2 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 10-12° freezing | 21-6° freezing | 27-3° freezing | 457° cold | 5010° cold | 6317° cool | 6116° cool | 6116° cool | 5010° cold | 362° cold | 27-3° freezing | 27-3° freezing |
| Real | 16-9° freezing | 27-3° freezing | 320° freezing | 457° cold | 5211° cool | 6217° cool | 6116° cool | 6116° cool | 5211° cool | 394° very cold | 31-1° freezing | 320° freezing |
| Humidity | nice 65% | damp 73% | damp 72% | nice 70% | nice 66% | nice 64% | nice 65% | damp 76% | damp 75% | damp 77% | damp 81% | damp 83% |
| Rain | dry 21mm | dry 24mm | dry 30mm | dry 9mm | dry 36mm | rainy 56mm | dry 10mm | dry 37mm | dry 33mm | dry 32mm | dry 27mm | dry 32mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 74% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 75% | pockets 43% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 51% | pockets 48% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 59% | overcast 94% | overcast 99% | overcast 96% |
| Air quality | clean 0 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | okay 60 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI | okay 54 US AQI | okay 54 US AQI | okay 54 US AQI | okay 54* US AQI | okay 54* US AQI | okay 54* US AQI |
| Sun | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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