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Learn English in Helsinki

Learn to actually speak English by making friends with native speakers

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Swedish

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English

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My favorite topics

Your greatest adventures. Sports, music, life in general. Psychology,...

My language exchange partner is

Someone who is open-minded

My learning goals

Learn some french, german and spanish

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Helsinki

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Ideal language community partner

I prefer persons from everywhere. Persons who dont talk about...

My learning goals

I would like to help people to improve their english language skills as well as learning back from your mother languages guy's even some basic words.

My favorite topics

I enjoy with topics about cultures, Social networks, traditionalist, sciences, new discoveries and more.

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Helsinki

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Finnish

My learning goals

I want to become fluent with these languages for academic and...

My favorite topics

I like to talk about linguistics, languages, exercise, cartoons, anime, traveling, and music

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who is patient with me considering my knowledge of foreign languages is at beginner level.

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Helsinki

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English

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Spanish

My favorite topics

I enjoy learning about new things and I hope to learn languages...

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who is helpful and is friendly

My learning goals

I wish to get my language to next level

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English speakers in Helsinki

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Finnish

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who is patient while I'm learning the language. I can...

My learning goals

Learn Spoken and Written Finnish

My favorite topics

Technology, Computer Science, Ancient Indian Practices (Yoga etc.), Philosophy

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Helsinki

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Chinese (Simplified)

My learning goals

Improvement language skills as we go everyda...

My favorite topics

Economy, travel, technology

My language exchange partner is

Committed and easy-going. Someone who is not too shy to talk and hopefully is eager to learn

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Helsinki

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Finnish

My favorite topics

Music, sports, video games, life, nature.. Anything reall...

Ideal language community partner

Someone who will talk to me in Finnish ‍♂️

My learning goals

To be able to communicate with anyone in Finnish about anything.

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Helsinki

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Korean

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone patient and friendly. 착하고 성격이 급하지 않는 사람...

My learning goals

To be more comfortable with the languages I'm learning. 한국어를 더 자연스럽게 할 수 있는 것이다

My favorite topics

Daily life, photography, different cultures and music. 생활, 사진 찍기, 자기 나라의 예절이나 문화, 음악

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Helsinki

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Finnish

My learning goals

To learn some more Finnish and find a Finnish buddy...

My favorite topics

Fitness, football, music and travelling

Perfect language exchange partner

Nice, kind, respectful and active person

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M.

Helsinki

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Finnish

My favorite topics

Free discussion, life style, culture, experiences, traveling.....

I want a conversation partner who is

Anybody who can teach & help me to improve my new language skills,make new friends

My learning goals

Getting to know new languages, improving conversation skills

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Helsinki

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My language exchange partner is

People want to practice spanish or english and i wanna learn...

My learning goals

Practice or help people with spanish, english, russian and learn finnish

My favorite topics

Travel Latin music Dance Hang out Sports

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Helsinki

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Swedish

My learning goals

I'm working towards B1 in Swedish, specifically in writing and...

My favorite topics

Politics // Sauna // Nordics // Travelling // Comedy // British Culture // Helsinki // Nature // Gym // LGBTQ+

Ideal language community partner

Someone that wants to develop as much as I do, that takes a laid back but still semi-serious approach, and someone who is able to have some fun and have some laughs along the way

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Learn what matters to you

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My favorite topics

War, Art, Guitars, Girls, Dogs, Spider...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Funny, intelligent, interesting

My learning goals

Fluency in Finnish

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Russian

Perfect language exchange partner

My perfect tandem buddy first of all should be easygoing, positive,...

My learning goals

I want to become a more sophisticated reader, and a better, more flexible writer and a better listener and more effective speaker.

My favorite topics

I love to talk about travelling, sport, movies, mass media, science and space, teleserials, literature, music.

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My learning goals

I want to know language good enough to have a conversation and...

My favorite topics

Programming, reading, video games and music.

I want a conversation partner who is

A supportive person who studies languages consistently.

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Helsinki

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My favorite topics

I love hanging out with my friends and playing piano is my passio...

My language exchange partner is

A person with a good sense of humor and someone who isn’t an arrogant piece of shit

My learning goals

I want to learn the basics of french, like greetings and some small talk

Kai

Kai uses Tandem to share their culture with other members.

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“I love Tandem Pro. When I’m taking a trip to a new place, I always check out the “Travel” section to see if there is anyone who looks interesting there. It’s like having a local guide who teaches you a bit of their language!”

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Helsinki

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Ideal language community partner

Patient, nice and excite...

My learning goals

To learn fluent Finnish

My favorite topics

I need to learn everyday topics like supermarket and school, as well small talk.

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Helsinki

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Turkish

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Finnish

My learning goals

I want to learn about new cultures and to meet new peopl...

My favorite topics

MovieTalk Photography History and Political Camping

Ideal conversation exchange partner

I want to talk to someone who wants to improve yourself and open minded

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Helsinki

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Norwegian

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English

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Danish

My favorite topics

Tv series, music, films, culture, languages, politics, literature,...

Perfect language exchange partner

Everyone! I want to get to know people from all over the world. Tell me about life where you’re from!

My learning goals

I want to improve my Finnish and learn something in the other languages that I'm learning. Would love to get better at German.

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I want a conversation partner who is

楽しい人。色々な趣味がある人。私の日本語はまだ良いんじゃないから少し英語を喋られる人も良い。一緒に勉強しましょう...

My learning goals

I want to to be able to manage every day life without using English, and be able to read simple books.

My favorite topics

映画と音楽は好きです。ギターをやってます。ファッションも興味です。日本文化を知りたい!

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Ukrainian

My learning goals

A goal of mine is to make new friends all over the worl...

My favorite topics

I like to discuss any topics:) I am: Fitnessholic Netflixholic Travelholic Cookholic the_escelinen

My language exchange partner is

My perfect tandem buddy has a good sense of humour and society:p

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Helsinki

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My favorite topics

Earth (Planet), Cultures, Movies & Series, Theology, Ethics,...

Ideal language community partner

Someone to exchange culture with and talk about the trivial everyday things as well as the deep stuff! I would like to get to know people.

My learning goals

I wish to improve my Spanish to gain more confidence and to be able to talk about the day-to-day things.

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Helsinki

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

cheerful & deep thinking art lover...

My learning goals

to be fluent in Spanish, Swedish & Russian

My favorite topics

all kinds of music, culture, nature, self-development, spirituality, philosophy, psychology, minimalism, history, architecture, vegan cooking, health, fashion

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Helsinki

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My learning goals

I'd like to learn Finnish because I moved to Helsinki a few months...

My favorite topics

Science, Languages, Politics, Sports, Music, Cooking... I am pretty open about the topic

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who would like to chat on a regular basis

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My favorite topics

Daily things, traveling, people, rando...

I want a conversation partner who is

Casual and brightly random ideas having person!

My learning goals

Learn to use German in daily basis and hopefully even more...

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Helsinki

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Italian

My language exchange partner is

Someone with opinions and who wants to have a real conversation!...

My learning goals

Vorrei migliorare il mio italiano!

My favorite topics

Travelling, Cultures, Music, Future

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Helsinki

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My learning goals

Improve more my English skills and know more than the basics...

My favorite topics

I loove different cultures, travelling and I'm planning to go interrail in Europe when my school ends.

Ideal language community partner

Has a good sense of humor

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Self development Health Wealth creatio...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Retired people Young adults

My learning goals

Fluency and vocabulary

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Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone down with what I wrote above, I can speak English, Finnish,...

My learning goals

Communication with locals while traveling around the world and hopefully understanding different cultures better :)

My favorite topics

My name is Santeri, I live in Finland, born and raised! I like having deeper discussions about almost any topic and exchanging ideas and thoughts about the world. Joking around is fun too though and all funny memes are appreciated!

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Emoji

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Finnish

My learning goals

Fluency in Finnis...

My favorite topics

Money , weather , pop culture ,faith ,religion ,politics, shopping ,family ,food ,human behavior ,travel ,numbers

I want a conversation partner who is

Conversational and friendly

Looking for an online language exchange partner in Helsinki, Finland?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 367 English speakers in Helsinki looking to learn English together. Download the Tandem app for free to start practicing languages with locals!

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you know how many Tandem members are available for English language exchange in Helsinki?

In Helsinki there are 367 members ready to have a English language exchange.

Are there other locations in Finland other than Helsinki where I can find a English language exchange partner?

You can also find a English Tandem partner in <a href=/learn/english/turku />Turku, <a href=/learn/english/tampere />Tampere, and <a href=/learn/english/espoo />Espoo.

What is the Tandem app all about?

Tandem is a language exchange app where people teach each other their native language. Each month more than 500,000 people visit Tandem with 367 of them coming from Helsinki.


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