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Find us, message us, or just come to something.

Instagram is the fastest way to reach us and someone reads it most days. Email is better for anything that needs a record. The office door is on the second floor at Neulaniementie 1.

Pick whichever suits you

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Write to us here

This opens your own mail app with the message ready — we have no server to receive it, and we would rather tell you that than have it disappear.

If it is urgent

Phone numbers for the three people most likely to be able to help.

Mikhail Sandzhiev

President

Inka Saari

Event coordinator

Anna Karvonen

Communications

Questions we get every semester

Do I have to be an Erasmus student?

No. Everything we run is open to any international student in Kuopio — exchange, degree, doctoral, and whoever they bring along. Finnish students are welcome too, and a good number come.

Does it cost anything?

Most events are free. Trips and sitsit have a ticket because they cost us money — transport, food, a venue — and we price them at what they cost, not above.

I do not know anyone. Is that awkward?

It is the normal way to arrive. Most people come to their first event alone, and the events are built so that nobody stays alone for long — seated dinners, group activities, and volunteers whose actual job is to talk to whoever is standing by themselves.

Do I need to speak Finnish?

No. Everything runs in English. You will pick up about nine words of Finnish at your first sitsit, most of them shouted.

How do I find out about events?

Instagram first, this site shortly after. If you want nothing else, follow @esn_savo — that alone is enough to never miss anything.

Can my company work with you?

Yes, and we would like that. The partners page explains what usually works and who to write to.