you need to dial +46 8 123456.
Opening a normal mobile phone line is often free of charge, but foreigners who do not reside in Finland permanently are usually required to pay a deposit. The monthly fee and the prices of phone calls vary according to the operator and the connection.
If you want to make a phone call to Finland from abroad, dial: 1. +
4. number of your contact
If you have an Internet connection, you can also stay in touch with your friends and family free of charge by making use of for example the Skype (http://skype.org) or other peer-to-peer Internet telephony networks.
An example: calling from Italy to Jyväskylä, phone # 123456:
7.9. Post & Post Offices
2. 358 (Finland’s country code) 3. area code leaving out the first 0
The Main Post Office is located at Vapaudenkatu 61 and it is open from Mondays to Fridays at 8.00-20.00. The post office nearest to Kortepohja Student Village is at Vehkakatu 5. It is open from Monday to Friday at 9.0020.00 and on Saturdays at 10.00-14.00.
you need to dial +358 14 123456. For national phone number inquiries, please dial e.g. 118 or 020202 (the price depends on the operator and the time of the day the phone call is made).
Stamps are available at post offices, some book shops, Rkiosks and stamp machines. Mailboxes, as well as stamp machines, are blue (1st class mail) and orange (2nd class mail. If only an orange mailbox is available, it can be used for both 1st and 2nd class mail) in colour. The postal rates (€ ) for first class postcards and letters of 20 g, 50 g and 100 g are (February 2012): 20g 50 g 100 g Finland € 0.75 € 0.75 € 1.05 Europe € 0.75 € 1.05 € 1.50 Outside Europe € 0.75 € 1.70 € 3.50
Most students in Finland have a mobile phone because they are relatively inexpensive to use. Mobile phones are often also the only way of reaching people in Finland as it is nowadays rare to have a landline and as pay phones have become almost extinct. A basic mobile phone costs from € 50–150. There are several mobile phone operators in Finland. The biggest nation-wide operators include dna, Elisa, Saunalahti and Sonera. A simple way to open a line is to acquire a pre-paid card (e.g. dna Prepaid, GoMobile Prepaid, Saunalahti Prepaid, Sonera Easy, Tele Finland). The cards are rechargeable and can be purchased at Rkiosks and/or mobile phone shops and/or online. During the orientation programme, ESN JYY (Erasmus Student Network) gives out free pre-paid cards as part of their welcome package.
For further information, please visit http://www.posti.fi.
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