Made for moving in FinlandElectricityMoving house?Here's your list.
Electricity, internet, home insurance and a phone plan, plus the few official steps if you're coming from abroad, in the order you'll actually need them.
Sort the boring bits early,
and moving day is just carrying boxes.
Lights on when you get the keys
Most flats need an electricity contract from the first day, and nobody wants to unpack by torchlight. You see every contract on the market with its yearly cost for your home.
Pick an electricity contractWifi before the sofa arrives
Ask the landlord first, since plenty of Finnish buildings include broadband in the rent. If yours doesn't, fibre is the fastest to use and a 5G router the quickest to set up.
Sort out home internetInsured from the first night
Many leases require home insurance; it pays for your own things and for the leak you cause in the flat below.
Get home insurance
Answer four questions
and tick things off as they get done.
- 1
Tell us about the move
When you're moving, to which municipality, and whether you're coming from abroad or bringing kids.
- 2
Get the list that fits
Only the steps that apply to you, in order. Moving from abroad adds the official ones, each with the one link you need.
- 3
Tick it off
Compare prices, pick a provider and add steps of your own. The list remembers where you left off.
What's on the list.
Household first, paperwork kept short.
Before you move
- Pick an electricity contract
- Sort out home internet
- Get home insurance
- Move or end your old contracts
- Give notice on your old lease
- Book movers or a van
- Residence permit (from outside the EU)
Moving week
- Make a moving notice
- Get a Finnish phone number
- Put your name on the door and mailbox
- Personal identity code (from abroad)
- Tax card (from abroad)
First weeks
- Open a bank account (from abroad)
- Register your right of residence (EU citizens from abroad)
- Kela (from abroad)
- Daycare or school (with kids)
- Update your address elsewhere
- Think about a home alarm
Nice to have
- Pick a streaming service
- Try audiobooks
Hiring from abroad?
See who's settled and who's stuck.
Send each new hire their own list, add your own steps like collecting a laptop, and get an email when someone asks for help. You see progress, never their private choices.
It's free, and here's who pays:
partners, when you sign up through them.
Some steps show partner offers marked “Ad”. Sign up through one and the partner pays us a commission, while your price stays the same.
The electricity comparison lists every contract sellers report to the Energy Authority, ordered by what it costs you, and no partner can buy a better spot. Clicks aren't tied to you, so nobody can see which provider you chose.
Employers pay for the hire tracker. We never sell personal data.
Questions,
answered.
Is it really free?
Yes. Partners pay us a commission when you sign up through an offer marked “Ad”, and you pay the same price as anywhere else.
Do I need an account?
No. You get a private link to your list, and if you add an email we'll send you the link and a reminder before moving day.
I'm moving within Finland. Is it for me?
Yes. You'll see the household steps and the moving notice; the official steps for people from abroad only show up if that's you.
Are the partner offers the cheapest?
Not always, because partners are simply the companies we work with. For the cheapest electricity, sort our comparison by yearly cost: it has every contract on the market, partner or not.
What does my employer see?
If your employer sent you the list, they see which steps are done and where you've asked for help, but never which providers you pick.