My First Time in Helsinki, Finland — Here's What I Didn't Expect

First time in Helsinki, Finland — and I had no idea what I was walking into. I came for Slush, one of Europe's biggest startup and tech conferences. What I didn't expect was the city itself to be the story. Over the course of the week I took you through all of it. The Slush conference — the sessions, the investor run, the conversations that only happen when 10,000 founders are in the same room. The city — the Oodi Helsinki Central Library, the Old Market Hall, the train stations, the streets in the November dark. And the sauna. Which is where Finland made the most sense to me. CHAPTERS 0:00 — First Time in Helsinki, Finland 0:30 — Running Through Helsinki in -6°C 0:49 — Alas Pools & Finnish Sauna Experience 1:00 — The Biggest Adjustment to Finnish Life 1:30 — Self-Guided Walking Tour of Helsinki 2:22 — Inside Oodi: Helsinki's World-Famous Public Library 3:32 — Slush 2025: Recap of Europe's Biggest Startup Conference 3:41 — GM of Epicenter Helsinki on the Finnish Startup Ecosystem 5:22 — CTO of Kima Ventures on Investing in Europe 9:25 — Final Reflections Flying Home From Helsinki #Helsinki #Finland #HelsinkiFinland #Slush #SlushHelsinki #FirstTimeFinland #FinnishSauna #OodiLibrary #StartupConference #Entrepreneurship #EuropeTravel #NordicTravel CONNECT WITH ME 🎥 Subscribe: / @earlcolemanjr 📸 Instagram: / earlito 👨‍💻 Linkedin: / in/earlcolemanjr 🌍 My website / https://www.earlcoleman.co/