The libraries are places in Finland foreign citizens can spend time either by reading or make use of the internet on the library computers. At least every suburb has its own library in the Finnish society. The libraries services provide books, music CD’s and DVD’s and other material for borrowing purpose. The information concerning borrowing of books and CD’s can be found on the libraries web site. Finnish municipalities run libraries that can be used freely by the locals. The librarian also gives assist to people in information searches.

Sport centres are also places of recreational facilities an individual could make use of in the process of integrating to the Finnish society. Varieties of sport such as hockey, football, swimming, tennis, and badminton are part of the sports offered in different centres. At least each city or suburbs has its own sport centres, information regarding this could be found on the cities web guide provide by the local communities.

Cinemas, museums and theatres are places individuals could spend free time while living in Finland. The museums and theatres depict the Finnish history and culture while cinemas show the foreign and Finnish movies. At least each of the above mentioned places could be found in each city within the country. The local offices in the communities provide more information regarding those places. Even citizens could provide more information on these places because of language barrier prone to happen in the city local offices.