Tag: finland
How I managed to beat my Culture Shock in Finland
Vol 27, Issue 20, 14th March 2025 Moving to a new country is an adventure. New people, new experiences, and, of course, a completely new culture. As an international student […]
Making Games has never been this easy: Game Dev Tools for Beginners
Volume 27 / Issue 17 Creating a game is a lot easier than you might think. Even if you have never touched a line of code before or are not […]
What you NEED to play during Winter
Volume 27, Issue 09 As a follow-up to my last article on how to survive the Finnish winter… It’s now time to get some cozy blankets, hot cocoa, and wait […]
How I managed to BEAT the Winter in Finland
If you have just started your studies in Finland and don’t know what to expect of the winter or how to deal with it… HEAR. ME. OUT! How to survive […]
Autumn – Season of ‘ruska’
Before the streets turn white, filled with snow during winter, they are covered with red-, orange-, yellow- and purple-coloured leaves during autumn. Autumn is the season of change in Finland […]
Exams in Finnish Education
Vol 25, Issue 09 18 November 2022 Unlike Vietnamese education with many exams in a school year, Finnish education has very little. So how can Finnish education classify students? In […]
Against the odds
It was March 2013 when I was able to witness the miracle of Gijon. Now you may ask what the miracle of Gijon is. Glad that I got you attention. […]
Harry Hjallis Harkimo
Hjallis Harkimo – one of the most motivating personalities in Finland was the reason why auditorium number 357 on the 3rd floor of XAMK University was especially crowded last Friday. […]
Meeting with The Finnish Foreign Minister – Pekka Haavisto
On 15th of January, Paja was incredibly crowded. Students, teachers and staff members of XAMK University were very much excited about upcoming speech of The Finnish Foreign Minister – Pekka […]
Erasmus in Schools program
Following my last article about extracurricular activities, here is a short “review” of a program that I found very informative and exciting! “Erasmus in schools” is especially helpful for international […]