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Guidance and advice

See our summer opening hours from this appendix (riihimaki.fi).

We serve all people who have moved to Riihimäki, Loppi and Hausjärvi, regardless of the reason for immigration or residence permit, at the service point in Kotola. We provide guidance and advice on living and housing. We work in a multidisciplinary manner and help you move forward if necessary.

You can get help from us on topics such as the following:

  • referral to official services: for example, the Finnish Social Insurance Institution (Kela), the Finnish Digital and Population Information Service (DVV), the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri)
  • children's schooling and early childhood education
  • Guidance to health and social services (Oma Häme)
  • matters related to education and employment
  • housing-related matters
  • hobbies and leisure time

Our service point Kotola is currently serving customers at the South Häme employment area office at Temppelikatu 2, Riihimäki.

We are open weekdays from 9 am to 15 pm.

The service is free of charge.

We are part of the South Häme Employment Area (EHTA)

The South Häme Employment Area (EHTA) operates in Riihimäki, Hausjärvi, Loppi and Janakkala.

We provide employment services to all immigrants in Kotola.

Register as an unemployed job seeker either at Työmarkkinatori.fi or on site in Kotola.

The initial integration service package is based on an integration program jointly prepared by the employment area.

Also check out the website of the South Häme employment area (Ehtapalvelut.fi).
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Kotola, International House Riihimäki (IHR)

Visiting address

Opening hours

Kotola is open Monday to Friday from 9 am to 3 pm. Kotola is closed on public holidays. We are on summer vacation from 13 to 24 July 2026.

We are currently serving IHR customers at the South Häme employment area office at Temppelikatu 2, Riihimäki.

Business languages ​​are Finnish, English and Ukrainian. If necessary, we use transaction interpretation in your native language.

In the summer, Kotola is open normally until July 10.7, after which we will be on summer break from July 13-24.7. The service for foreign-language customers in the South Häme employment area will operate normally throughout the summer.

More about: International House Riihimäki

Check out the Life in Finland, home in Riihimäki brochure

The brochure provides basic information about housing and living in Finland and Riihimäki.

Also check out the services of other authorities

HelpR is here to help you

Artificial intelligence-based HelpR helps you with job search and integration, for example.

Try HelpR artificial intelligence. (Helpr.fi.)
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