In Finland for 90 days (almost) free: this is how Helsinki attracts hi-tech brains

L’Helsinki Business Hub, the development agency of the Finnish capital, has developed the program 90-Days Finn, «Finnish for 90 days», to attract i cervelli dell’hi-tech Worldwide. The idea is to host technology workers in Finland for 90 days, offering them all the services they need to settle in: from accommodation to space to work, as well as kindergarten or school for their children if there is any. was needed.

Only 15 places up for grabs, but the initiative was very successful, so much so that it received over 5.

300 requests, according to what the Guardian.

Many of those who have applied are entrepreneurs looking for the ideal place to start their start-up (Finland has the highest number of digital start-ups per capita in the world). But to attract those who applied, in addition to the hi-tech scene of the country, was also the prospect of universal health coverage (absent, for example, in the United States), the offer (obviously in perspective) of substantial paternity and maternity leave, e i good data for the country in the fight against Covid (85 deaths per million inhabitants, one of the lowest rates in the world): not to mention that Finland has been placed at the top of the rankings of the happiest countries in the world for three years in a row.

According to the schedule, the winners are expected to arrive in Finland already from next February.

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