{"id":11,"date":"2019-09-05T18:24:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T15:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/pekkatoivonen\/?p=11"},"modified":"2019-10-15T17:16:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T14:16:59","slug":"11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/pekkatoivonen\/2019\/09\/05\/11\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for saving money while in Finland – chapter 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

NB. This is an updated version of a blog post from my old blog.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finland is definitely not one of the cheapest countries to live in. In the beginning you may be double-checking the receipts the food shop and wondering if it’s correct. I want to give you some tips for saving money while being in Finland. The environment will also thank you, which is the most important thing in my opinion.<\/p>\n

How to not end up in dire straits? Here’s something to get started with:<\/p>\n

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\n1) Collect empty cans and bottles<\/strong><\/p>\n

You get money from empty cans and bottles when you return them to a food shop in Finland. The returning machines are usually located either near the entrance (eg. Minimani, K-Citymarket in the city centre, or Lidl shops in all the country) or in the beverages section (eg. K-Rantamylly\/Strandkvarnen, requiescat in pacem<\/em>!). It goes like this:<\/p>\n

glass bottles (no matter which volume): 0,10\u20ac<\/em><\/p>\n

cans (no matter which volume): 0,15\u20ac<\/em><\/p>\n

plastic bottles, 0,5 litre: 0,20\u20ac<\/em><\/p>\n

plastic bottles, 1,0 litres and upwards: 0,40\u20ac<\/em><\/p>\n

You put the cans\/bottles to the returning machine according to the instructions in the machine display. After having finished you will get a receipt. You give the receipt to the sales clerk and you get the money.<\/p>\n

NB.<\/strong> Cans\/bottles imported from Estonia\/Sweden don’t qualify in most of the cases, you return them but receive no money. However, there are machines that might actually give money out of them (eg. in Turku-\u00c5bo there were such machines, at least in the past).
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I personally do always have a stash for empty cans\/bottles at home. When I go out, I make sure that I have a small canvas bag with me in case I see any cans\/bottles on my way so that I can pick them up. That’s easy, eh?<\/p>\n

Back in the days in Turku-\u00c5bo I was hosting several pre-parties in my common kitchen so that I baked some pizza and offered some snacks. People who came over left their cans and bottles there and when I returned those to the shop the following I got 30-40\u20ac on average. That equals to more than 10 student lunches!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last year I spent working as a teacher in a local school in K\u00f6kar, \u00c5land Islands (more about K\u00f6kar in future posts). I had a shed in my apartment and I practically filled the shed with cans and bottles during the year. When it came time to move to Va(a)sa, I returned every single one of them and got almost 76\u20ac.<\/p>\n

How many empty cans and bottles have been returned so far this year? Follow up real time here:
\nhttp:\/\/www.palpa.fi\/english\/<\/p>\n

– Pekka<\/p>\n

PS. You also save energy and raw materials by returning bottles and cans. In the link below Andreas Wahl from Norway will tell you more:
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XaePIMYtAY8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NB. This is an updated version of a blog post from my old blog. Finland is definitely not one of the cheapest countries to live in. In the beginning you may be double-checking the receipts the food shop and wondering if it’s correct. I want to give you some tips for saving money while being … <\/p>\n

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