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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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French

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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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M.

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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L.

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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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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Emoji

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Finnish

My language exchange partner is

Conversational and friendl...

My learning goals

Fluency in Finnish

My favorite topics

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

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French

My learning goals

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

My favorite topics

I love hanging out with my friends and playing piano is my passion

Ideal language community partner

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

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Have fun, engaging conversations

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My favorite topics

I loove different cultures, travelling and I'm planning to go...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Has a good sense of humor

My learning goals

Improve more my English skills and know more than the basics in Spanish and in Swedish

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Helsinki

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Thai

Perfect language exchange partner

talkative, not a pervert, someone who we have common interests...

My learning goals

i want to have more conversational practice in thai and make some thai friends :)

My favorite topics

we can chat about anything✨ english is fine, but i do prefer thai since it's my target language right now :)

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Japanese

My learning goals

I want to to be able to manage every day life without using English,...

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!

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!

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Helsinki

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English

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Finnish

My favorite topics

I need to learn everyday topics like supermarket and school,...

My language exchange partner is

Patient, nice and excited

My learning goals

To learn fluent Finnish

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Mateo uses Tandem to find travel buddies in Europe.

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"Fantastic app full of fantastic people. I’ve made many friends and I’m even planning trips to see them. It’s turned my life around!"

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Helsinki

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Ideal language community partner

Retired people Young adult...

My learning goals

Fluency and vocabulary

My favorite topics

Self development Health Wealth creation

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Helsinki

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German

My learning goals

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

My favorite topics

Daily things, traveling, people, random

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Casual and brightly random ideas having person!

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Helsinki

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My favorite topics

My name is Santeri, I live in Finland, born and raised! I like...

Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone down with what I wrote above, I can speak English, Finnish, 日本語 and a little 한국어 but I would love to speak to people from all over the world, no matter your age, ethnicity or religion! Audio and video call preference, makes for better conversations

My learning goals

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

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I want a conversation partner who is

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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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+

My language exchange partner is

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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Norwegian

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Danish

My favorite topics

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

Ideal language community 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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Helsinki

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who would like to chat on a regular basi...

My learning goals

I'd like to learn Finnish because I moved to Helsinki a few months ago and I live here permanently now. I have about B1 level.

My favorite topics

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

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Helsinki

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Russian

My learning goals

I want to become a more sophisticated reader, and a better, more...

My favorite topics

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

Perfect language exchange partner

My perfect tandem buddy first of all should be easygoing, positive, broadminded, friendly, supportive, intelligent, well-read, educated, reliable and with a good sense of humour.

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Helsinki

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My favorite topics

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

I want a conversation partner who is

Funny, intelligent, interesting

My learning goals

Fluency in Finnish

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Helsinki

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My language exchange partner is

Someone to exchange culture with and talk about the trivial everyday...

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.

My favorite topics

Earth (Planet), Cultures, Movies & Series, Theology, Ethics, Science, Books, Education, Travelling, 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.

Ideal language community partner

A supportive person who studies languages consistently.

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Ukrainian

My favorite topics

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

Ideal conversation exchange partner

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

My learning goals

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

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Helsinki

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Perfect language exchange partner

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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Italian

My learning goals

Vorrei migliorare il mio italiano...

My favorite topics

Travelling, Cultures, Music, Future

I want a conversation partner who is

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

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/tampere />Tampere, <a href=/learn/english/espoo />Espoo, and <a href=/learn/english/turku />Turku.

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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