Place
Lämmittäjänkatu 2 A, 00880 Helsinki
Asiakasnäkymä
Pääkaupunkiseudun työllisyyspalvelut
Updated 27.11.2025
Multilingual civic orientation in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area
You will learn basic integration information, Finnish society, values, and practical everyday knowledge, with instruction in Albanian, Arabic, English, Farsi/Dari/Persian, Ukrainian, Russian, and Somali.
Service organiser
Pääkaupunkiseudun työllisyyspalvelut
Language
Russian
English
Albanian
Somali
Ukrainian
Persian or Farsi
Dari
Arabic
Charges
The service is free of charge
Implementation
Contact service
Remote or online service
Who is the service for?
- Persons in the early phase of integration
- Also persons unable to read and write
- At our discretion, also persons outside the workforce
Municipality of residence
Helsinki
Espoo
Vantaa
Kauniainen
Age
All people of working age
Situation
Immigrant (integration period ongoing)
How can I participate in the service?
Your assigned specialist will direct you to the service.
Conditions for participating in the service
Civic orientation is available in Albanian, Arabic, English, Farsi/Dari/Persian, Ukrainian, Russian and Somali. You can participate in your first language or another language in which you are proficient.
How is the service organised?
Yhteiskuntaorientaatiossa saat tietoa
- Pääkaupunkiseudun kotoutumiskoulutuksesta ja muista kotoutumista edistävistä palveluista
- Perustietoa suomalaisen yhteiskunnan toiminnasta ja palveluista
- Perustietoa työelämäasioista ja työmarkkinoista
- Ihmisoikeuksista, tasa-arvosta ja yhdenvertaisuudesta
- Itseohjautuvuudesta ja vastuullisuudesta opinnoissa, oppimaan oppimisesta ja vieraan kielen opiskelusta
- Arjessa sujuvasti toimimisesta
• Toteutuspaikka: lähiopetus Helsingissä, etäopetus verkossa
• Kesto: 20 arkipäivää
• Ryhmäkoko: 10-18 henkilöä
Civic orientation will provide you with:
- information on integration training and other services promoting integration in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area
- basic information on the functioning of Finnish society and services
- basic information on working life and the labour market
- information on human rights, equality and non-discrimination
- information on self-regulation and responsibility in studies, learning to learn and learning a foreign language
- smooth management of everyday life.
• Location: contact teaching in Helsinki, distance learning online
• Duration: 20 weekdays
• Group size: 10–18 people
Service accessibility
Does not require reading skills
Where and when?
Accessibility
There are no customer parking spaces at the Helsinki unit. Cars can be parked on the streets, where parking space is scarce. We recommend using public transport.
By bus: Bus 500: from Munkkivuori via Pasila to Itäkeskus.
Bus 79: from Malmi via Latokartano to the Herttoniemi metro station.
The Savonlinja bus from Porvoo along Itäväylä stops on Itäväylä after the Herttoniemi junction in accordance with the route map. The same bus stops on its way to the Helsinki city centre after the Herttoniemi roundabout at the stop on Itäväylä.
By metro and on foot: The nearest metro stations are Herttoniemi and Siilitie.
From the Herttoniemi metro station, walk along Hiihtomäentie, and after about 120 m, turn right onto Suunnittelijankatu. Cross Itäväylä and continue along Suunnittelijankatu for about 200 m, then turn left onto Laivalahdenkatu and continue for 450 m. From Laivalahdenkatu, turn left onto Konemestarinkatu. Continue along Konemestarinkatu for 160 m. Careeria will be on the right.
From the Siilitie metro station, walk a short distance along Siilitie and exit the roundabout onto Muuntajakatu. Continue for about 240 m and turn onto Mekaanikonkatu from the roundabout. After 650 m, turn right onto Lämmittäjänkuja and then left onto Lämmittäjänkatu. Walk along Lämmittäjänkatu for about 200 m. Careeria will be on the right.
By bus: Bus 500: from Munkkivuori via Pasila to Itäkeskus.
Bus 79: from Malmi via Latokartano to the Herttoniemi metro station.
The Savonlinja bus from Porvoo along Itäväylä stops on Itäväylä after the Herttoniemi junction in accordance with the route map. The same bus stops on its way to the Helsinki city centre after the Herttoniemi roundabout at the stop on Itäväylä.
By metro and on foot: The nearest metro stations are Herttoniemi and Siilitie.
From the Herttoniemi metro station, walk along Hiihtomäentie, and after about 120 m, turn right onto Suunnittelijankatu. Cross Itäväylä and continue along Suunnittelijankatu for about 200 m, then turn left onto Laivalahdenkatu and continue for 450 m. From Laivalahdenkatu, turn left onto Konemestarinkatu. Continue along Konemestarinkatu for 160 m. Careeria will be on the right.
From the Siilitie metro station, walk a short distance along Siilitie and exit the roundabout onto Muuntajakatu. Continue for about 240 m and turn onto Mekaanikonkatu from the roundabout. After 650 m, turn right onto Lämmittäjänkuja and then left onto Lämmittäjänkatu. Walk along Lämmittäjänkatu for about 200 m. Careeria will be on the right.
More information on the time
Once you have received an invitation to the training, your teacher, who speaks your language, will call you roughly a week before the start of the training. You can agree with your teacher whether you will participate in the civic orientation in person in Helsinki or remotely via the internet.
Time
The time of the service is agreed upon separately.
Links and attachments
Service category
Basic and civic skills