Vlog from Finland: The News we’ve been waiting for and A Message for You
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- I'm so happy to announce that we're now officially permanent residents of Finland. Yay! In this video I tell you more about it and also share some glimpses of my life here.
00:00 - Hi there!
02:00 - A slice of Life
04:05 - We got our permanent residence :)
06:24 - Requirements for permanent residence
07:51 - A Message for You
Thank you so much for your support, it means the world to me!
Sending you much love 🤗❤️
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Congratulations you two! Permanent residents!!! Finland is blessed to have you!! Happy Spring!🎉🎉🌸🩷
Thank you so much! Happy spring to you too ❤️🤗🌸
congratulations , Finland is lucky to have 2 great people like you both
Thank you so much ❤
Wellcome to as our permanent residents and wish you a beautiful spring (, when what is left of it finally arrives).
Yeah, it would definitely be nice to get some spring vibes here 😄 Thank you, I appreciate your welcome!
Eastern Finland, especially Savonlinna (and Punkaharju) in my opinion are places worth visiting in the summer. The lakeland scenery there is very pretty.
The views there must be so stunning in the summer. I’ll add it to my list. Thank you so much for the recommendation, I appreciate it 😌
Congratulation fellow (almost) Finns😊❤
Thank you! 😊❤
Hi guys! This time of year is not very inspiring for a beautiful scenery video, so this video is a simple vlog about our everyday life. I also have a special message for you 07:51 ❤
Hope you enjoy watching it. Sending you lots of love and wishing you a wonderful spring 🌺🍀
Congratulations. This might not be the best time of the year to shoot landscape and nature but give it a few weeks and it will be a completely different story
@@jooseppib1082 Thank you! Ah, I can’t wait to see everything so green and fresh again 🌿
Congratulations on becoming permanent residents of Finland 🇫🇮 so happy for you both,love your vlogs so amazing and inspiring and the scenery is so beautiful thanks for sharing ❤❤❤
Ah thank you so much 🥰 so nice to hear such beautiful words about my vlogs. Sending you a big hug and a huge thank you ❤️❤️❤️
@@lifebyolia 🤗🤗❤️
Congratulations, Olia and Oleh!🥳♥
Thank you 🥰🤗❤️
Congrats! Very nice and positive video to start this day 😊
Thank you 🤗 Happy to hear you enjoyed watching it.
Visiting Porvoo is a no-brainer since it's so near Helsinki. The old town is its main attraction, but there's plenty to explore besides it. The hill fort next to the old town and just the coastal countryside in general come to mind.
Porvoo is indeed a very beautiful and cozy town. I’ve been there twice and I really liked the charm of the old wooden town. It seemed a bit crowded to me, but that's expected, as it's quite a popular place to visit and I’ve been there on weekends. Thank you for your comment 😊
@@lifebyolia
Congratulations for your permanent residency! So happy for you! Also thanks for adding a part of my previous comment to your video...!
I would recommend you to take a steamer in the Summer from Helsinki to Porvoo and/or v.v.
There's one also between Turku and Naantali - both excellent Summer destinations.
Further recommendations:
- Koli in Northern Karelia by the Lake Pielinen is one of the natural wonders of Finland
- Rauma old town
- Louhisaari Manor/Castle, the birthplace of Marshal Mannerheim
- Savonlinna, definitely during the Summer and if you like opera, during the opera festival, otherwise before or after that
- Punkaharju
- Lapland in general (the Santa Claus village NOT included)
- Ahvenanmaa/Åland by car or by bike
- the Turku Archipelago Ring Road
- Fiskars Village
- Loviisa old town
So good news! Congratulations! I am happy we have you here now permanently ;)
Vitaemo Olia i Oleh !
I have born in west coast, near Turku. I do recommend places from there.
Rengastie, is trip (backwards, which has less traffic) from Kustavi to Parainen.
It is in the Turku Archipelago and there is lot of info from it in the net.
You can always ask me if you want more guidance or further recommendations.
Take care you both, and Slava Ukraini!
Thank you so much! And we are so incredibly happy about this news 😊🙌
Also, a huge thank you for the recommendation! I did a little research on Rengastie and I’m impressed :) It looks really interesting! I was thinking about exploring the Turku Archipelago this summer, but I didn’t really have a plan, so your recommendation is a great help (I’ll keep in mind the tip about going backwards).
Take care of yourself as well, and thank you so much for your warm words and support! Kiitos! Дякую! 🤗
Congratulations!!!😊
Thank you!! 🤗😊
Вітаємо!🤗 чудово, що вашу заявку розглянули так швидко. Мені за тиждень погодили дозвіл на проживання у Фінляндії на 5 років на основі роботи. Це було дуже незвично, бо в Польщі я чекала на рішення 2,5 роки.
Мій хлопець фін рекомендує відвідати Koli - національний парк у Північній Карелії🌲
Hi Olia, thank you very much for putting my comment on the video. I love it!! You are a lovely person and congratulations for you and your husband for being permanent residents!! It's my relaxing moment when I watch your videos, and I hope that always have new videos for us!! 😘😘😘😘
Hi Giuliana, so happy to hear that you loved seeing your comment in the video 🥰 With all my heart, thank you for your warm words and congratulations. It’s such a joy to make these videos and to get such beautiful and loving response ❤️😘😘
@@lifebyolia 😘😘😘😘😘
Congratulations!!
Thank you, Eve 🤗
Congratulations ❤ I'm so happy for you both. The message gave us a beautiful day ❤ Lahti would be my recommendation. ❤
Thank you so much for the warm words and for the recommendation ❤️🤗 Lahti is only a one-hour drive away from us, so I'm just waiting for the warmer weather ❤️
@@lifebyolia it's my place of birth. I hope I can get the resources to return. Sending all my love to you both! It made me so happy!
Congrats❤️
Thank you ❤️
Vlog from Finland..wow. Nice sharing Sis. I'll wait your next video. Greetings from Indonesia 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩
I used to live In Toronto Canada. Best I can tell, Toronto is a 1000 miles south of Helsinki. I grew up in Atlanta Georgia which is equivalent to southern Spain. I suppose Helsinki being on the water keeps the temperature up and the REAL cold happens once you go inland a hundred miles or so.
One amazing fact to me is ST Petersburg is not far from Helsinki but it has 5 million people in the town. That's an extremely high population for so far north. Why do you think that is? Also, are you tempted to visit St Petersburg or do tensions between the two countries forbid the option?
I too got permanent resident status when I dodged the draft during the Viet Nam war era in 1970. I went back home at the end of the war when dodgers were granted amnesty
So happy for the efficient way you all were accepted into the Finnish culture. You, yourself, are a great ambassador for the country and, perhaps, played a part in the immediate acceptance of your application.
I know I wanna go there after watching one of your videos! 😉
PS I think its your delivery that takes any combativeness out of one lucky enough to stumble upon your videos
I was surprised to realize that Helsinki is almost the same latitude as Anchorage Alaska. The impact of the Baltic Sea and the Gulf Stream make the winters here more or less mild. I grew up in the north-west of Ukraine which is about 650 miles south of Helsinki, but the winter temperatures there are the same as in Helsinki. The main difference I can point is that Helsinki gets a lot more snow.
I guess there are several factors that can explain the difference in population between Helsinki and St Petersburg.
First. Russia is a large country, but the quality of life outside of big cities is very poor. So people from all over their big country move to the few cities that can offer at least some standard of living, and one of them is St Petersburg. On the contrary Finland can offer a good quality of life even in small towns and villages.
Second. It becomes even more interesting when you look at the graph of population growth in St Petersburg. In 1944 the population dropped to half a million because of the siege. But then in just 5 years it grew back to almost 2.5 million. The answer is mass relocations from other parts of the Soviet Union.
As for your question about visiting St Petersburg, no, I don’t really want to go there. I have my reasons for it 🙂
It’s really interesting to read your life story, thank you for sharing it. Sounds like you went through quite a journey, but I’m glad to hear that you could return back home.
Ah, thank you so much for your kind words about my videos, I’m very flattered :) I hope you get the chance to visit Finland someday!
@@lifebyolia That all makes sense; caused by the holdimor I suppose. Do they allow Finlanders to cross the border for a visit?
All this violence going on is so unnecessary. I think the elites are trying to rearrange their chess board and we are disposable pawns.
I actually blame the United States for all the problems between Russia and Ukraine. It would be interesting to get your take on it though as you are so close to the fire.
Or perhaps it is uncomfortable to voice. /Either way thanks for the perspective.
The US may soon be rearranging us. After all, we are considered "Useless eaters" by the communists and our whole democratic party plus the MSM are full blown crazy people promoting communism in tricky ways.
The population is becoming aware and this may mean drastic censorship not far off.
Thanks again for the response@@@!
Blindlight🤗
@@Blindlight4029
The Holodomor is of course only one of many reasons. The current russian criminal war against Ukraine is obviously the main reason. Perhaps you have heard of that war...?
Please do not parrot the narrative of the russian illegal regime. Russia and only russia is to blame - as always.
All border crossings between Finland and russia are closed for all traffic - except for freight trains. Let's keep it that way.
Slava Ukraïni! 🇺🇦
I got addicted to your voice and the calm and beautiful feeling in your videos. You are most welcome to Finland. I recommend going to Koli in Lieksa and then to Nurmes. The peace of nature is stunning there.
Thank you deeply for your kind words about my videos ❤️ and I truly appreciate your recommendation! Koli looks absolutely breathtaking in the pictures I've seen. It's undoubtedly a place worth visiting.
Congratulatons!!! Onnea! :)
Kiitos oikein paljon!! :)
I really am so happy for you both!❤ You have so much ahead of you, Finland is in many ways a great country for active and hard-working people!
But thankfully also for people, who enjoy nature and the sounds and silence of it, who see and appreciate as well the small and the big wonders in it!
And you totally fit into that category!
Love, be happy and be good to each other! 🥰❤🥰
Ps. The spring is totally coming, with its' own twists, but you feel it even better, if you in a sunny day can go 40-50 kms inland. Porkkala and Hirsala area and especially Inkoo is wonderful in that aspect!
I was wondering a week ago there butterflies flying, cranes and roe deers peacefully resting on the fields! ❤
Thank you so much for your kind words and warm wishes. You make us feel so welcome here ❤️ Finland is a wonderful country! I’m equally excited about every season here, because each is beautiful and special in its own way. Though spring always feels so long-awaited 🥰 It's so exciting to hear that you've already spotted butterflies. Just yesterday on my walk in the forest I met two roe deer (still can’t use how close nature feels, even in the city).
Your recommendations for places to explore are greatly appreciated, thank you! Sending you lots of love and warm wishes in return! ❤️❤️❤️
Congratulations! That must be such a relief! I'm so happy for you! :D
Until a month ago, I was in a crowd of immigrants in New Zealand who were trying for the residency there for years. Some of my close friends made it, some didn't (I didn't make it). So I feel like I can empathize and understand the significance of what you must have been going through. And I'm so glad you made it!
I’m so sorry to hear about your bad luck with residency in New Zealand. That must be so frustrating. Immigration policies can be extremely tough, and the process itself is so stressful. Uncertainty and waiting just drain you out. I truly hope that in the future you'll find the perfect place for you, where you'll be welcomed and granted the rights to call it home. My thoughts are with you, and I wish you all the very best!!
@@lifebyolia Thank you for your heartfelt words! :)
Congratulations!!! Now you have a permanent home! Good achievement; Enjoy your summer, and make some babies!
Thank you so much! 😊😊
Beautiful video.
Thank you!!
Hi this is abhi from india... hope your ancestors travelled from our land to there to explore... best wishes...
CONGRATS TO YOU BOTH! hope and pray I can make it also. God bless
Thank you so much! I hope your dreams come true for you too. Wishing you all the best!!
Excellent news, happy for you both and please keep sharing your life. Slava Ukraini alwaus!
Thank you for your kind words. It means a lot 💛 Kiitos oikein paljon!
Congratulations from a Swedish neighbour ! You were really fortunate when you boldly took a step into the unknown and it turned out to be Finland. All the Nordic countries are great but Finland is the most admirable of them. Finland used to be the eastern part part of Sweden until the days of Napoleon and was badly missed when it was lost in war to the Russians. Finland is now the first free country that managed to stand up successfully against the big eastern neighbour and hopefully Ucraine will turn up to be the sacond one. You made the perfect move.
I couldn't agree more about the beauty and resilience of Finland. Its history and journey to independence is truly inspiring and remarkable. I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to live my life here. Thank you so much for the congratulations and for the support. It truly means so much!!
Congratulations on your achievement, I just started following you and, I love your videos.
Thank you so much and welcome here! 🤗
Paljon onnea ❤🎉
Kiitos oikein paljon 🤗❤️
Dear Olia. You are a great person. You realy love nature. You can show us Finns what we have.Four so beautiful seasons. Your videos are great documents. You see our country better than us. Thank you. ❤ Kari Hilska Turku
Dear Kari, thank you from the depths of my heart for your beautiful and loving message. Being able to share the beauty of Finland is truly an honor, and it means so much to me to hear such kind words about these videos 🥰❤️
Оля, Ви просто знахідка! Чудові! Дуже гарно володієте англійською, поділіться будь ласка своїм досвідом вивчення іноземної мови.
Дуже дякую, приємно чути! Ще донедавна в мене був дуже слабкий рівень англійської, так як я її не використовувала раніше. Мені дуже допоміг ютуб, почала дивитись англомовні блоги, важливо щоб це були цікаві для Вас теми, спочатку доводилось вмикати субтитри (обов’язково тільки англійські). Для підтягнення словникового запасу дуже допомагає читання книг, додатки на телефоні дозволяють миттєво перекласти незнайомі слова. Це нічого якщо перший час читання буде йти туго і повільно, тому тут теж важливо вибрати цікаву книгу, яку буде хотітись дочитати до кінця. А розмовна підтягується лише практикою, в моєму випадку це десятки годин запису своєї вимови на мікрофон для цих відео. Дуже дякую за Ваш коментар ❤️🤗
Congratulations guys! I hope you will be happy here and that you will get your own house too! Well done, good luck with everything and God Bless!
One day it’ll happen for us and we’ll have our own cozy house. Thank you so much for your warm wishes, they are truly appreciated 🤗 All the best to you and all the good vibes for your dreams too ❤️
@@lifebyoliaThank You kindly Ma"am!
Just moved to finland from india
I had a traumatic life there
Startin fresh and gr8 at 18
I finally laughed after so many years i lived thanks to tampere
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I can't imagine the challenges you've faced, but it warms my heart to hear that Tampere has brought laughter back into your life after so many years. Welcome to Finland! Sending you a big hug and wishing you endless happiness here! I'm deeply honored to have you as a subscriber ❤️🤗❤️
@@lifebyolia 🤗❣️
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Nauvo in the arcipelago
Thank you!
My hometown Tampere is a great place to visit especially in the summertime!👍☺
I've been to Tampere once. It was December and despite the weather and short daylight, I really liked it. I'm planning to visit it again when everything's green. Thank you for the recommendation 🤗
Congratulations!! Now my wish for you is for you to find a bit of land near your home that perhaps a landowner would let you use, so that you can have a big garden on it.
Growing my own garden is my big dream, I think about it every single day 😄 I hope one day I'll make it happen. Thank you so much for your congratulations and wishes!!
Congratulations!! Actually I'm gonna stay in Finland, possibly near in Helsinki for a year. How did you find your apartment? Any tips?:)
Thank you!😊 These two websites helped us find our apartment: www.vuokraovi.com/ and asunnot.oikotie.fi/
A tip from me: the public transportation system here is great, so you don’t necessarily need to rent close to your place of work/study. You can even check out nearby cities Espoo and Vantaa, they’re pretty close, and it should be cheaper there. But if you prefer more of a city vibe, then of course, Helsinki is a better option.
Wishing you a happy stay in Finland!
Aw thank you so much your kind message! I will check it out Espoo and Vantaa too! Kiitos!!
Onnittelut molemmille, päätös helpottaa elämää.
Totta kyllä! Kiitos paljon 😊
Can you help me please how to move in Finland
Hi olia, is very hard to find a job in Finland if don’t know Finnish?
Well, it is possible. It depends on your background or the field you want to work in. I can only speak about the IT field here, as that's what I’m familiar with. There’re many international companies that are ready to hire non-Finnish speaking foreigners. Your skills and experience are more important in this case.
@@lifebyolia yes, I’m working in IT about IT support and system management. Also I got security+ and self-learning about CyberSecurity. But I ‘m worry about hardly to find a job that’s because I have no exp on this field .
are you going to learn finnish?
yes
Onnittelut Teille Molemmille
Kiitos oikein paljon! ☺️
Wow... at first i wanna say thank you for putting my comment into your video at the end🫶🫶🫶😍😍😍😍that really means a lot to me to be a tiny part of it. THANK YOU SO MUCH🫶🫶😍😍. It is beautyful again how you and your husband can manage/challenge everything in Finnland, a lot of respect from my side💪💪🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍and......yeah.....gettin' hungry the 4th time 😂😂😂😂Look very delicious again the Baguettes and Cakes 😊😊😊😊it is always interessing to see whats next in your life . All the best and greets from my lateshift 🫶🫶🫶🫶😍😍😍ps: you and your husband are made for each other🫶🫶😍😍🫶🫶😍😍.....and .....maybe you can travel to hyvinkää, home of the Company i work for more than 25 years ,konecranes 👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🫶🫶🫶🇫🇮Global player in lifting business ,moves what matters🇫🇮oh...gratulation to your permanent home😍🫶👍
Ah, your comments mean more than you can think, they always inspire and encourage me. Your kind words are much appreciated and I’m grateful to you 🤗😌 Happy to hear you enjoyed this simple video too. Hyvinkää is quite close to Helsinki, so I think I'll go there someday. Just have to wait for the green to come back because everything looks gray right now 😅 Thank you so much, Tom, for the congratulations and for your kind words about us 🥰🥰🙏