Expatriate Family Adjustment Services

City of Oulu helps expatriates and their families to adjust to a new culture in the best possible way. The Expatriate Family Adjustment (EFA) Program guides you and your family from pre-departure, arrival to different adjustment stages here in Oulu.

Through networking it is relatively easy to make contacts with other expatriates. The willingness of those who have already settled down to pitch in and help newcomers with practical or social matters is great and can be beneficial to the newcomer's adjustment. Many expatriates have turned themselves into excellent ambassadors of the city and can introduce the best summer and winter activities and advice on practical matters.

In Oulu, open discussion between locals and newcomers is engouraged by publishing a vivid international web-newspaper. The 65 Degrees North gives insight to everyday concerns people have and acts as a good informer of local happenings.

The Villa Victor international activity centre provides activities for immigrants and Finns living in Oulu.