Hobby Buddy

The Hobby Buddy Service is for all students of the University of Eastern Finland who want to make new friends through common hobbies and interests. It can be an old hobby or starting a new one. By filling out the hobby buddy application, we will find a matching friend for you. You can also indicate in the application how many friends you are looking for and the age of the friend you would like. Please note that in this service you cannot search for friends for exercise and sports. If you are looking for a friend to exercise with, please check out the Sports Buddy service of SYKETTÄ.

Below, we update a campus-specific list of different hobbies for which students are currently looking for a company. You can also get to know ISYY's already existing clubs or gather a group of people interested in the same hobby and start a new club around the hobby.

We read the applications and share the contact information of matching applications usually once a week. We hope that the students who have registered for the service will contact the suggested hobby buddy after sharing their contact information. Please be kind and respond to the proposed buddy's contact.

ISYY withholds the right to edit the description about the recreational activity and to abstain from publishing any adverts we find inappropriate. The Hobby Buddy Service is not an escort service. Please be cautious when meeting new people, use the service at your own risk.

Application form

Google Forms, opens in a new tab: The Hobby Buddy Service

Joensuu's wanted buddies (updated 14.10.)

• Anime / Manga
• Art
• Billiards / snooker
• Board games
• Books / book clubs / writing / reading
• Bowling / Glow bowling
• Coding
• Cooking / baking
• Crafting (e.g. Scrapbook, journaling)
• Dance
• Darts
• Disc golf
• Drama / Theater
• Drawing
• Films / filmmaking
• Flea markets
• Food courses
• Forest trips
• Freelancing
• Getting to know Finland
• Handicraft
• History, mythologies, religions
• Japanese language and culture
• K-drama
• Languages / language exchange (e.g. English, Japanese, Mandarin)
• left-wing politics
• Music / concerts (especially metal music or K-pop)
• Nature
• Photography
• Puzzles
• Shopping
• Traveling
• UNO card game
• Video games (e.g. League of Legends, Zelda, Elder Scrolls) / making video games
• Visiting cafés
• Watercolor painting

Kuopio's wanted buddies (updated 14.10.)

• Art / art nights / art galleries 
• Board games
• Cooking / baking
• Crafts
• Dungeons and Dragons
• Escape room games
• Finnish history and culture (e.g. literature, music)
• Forest trips
• Ice swimming
• Languages / language exchange (e.g. French, Spanish)
• LGBTQIA+ activities
• Matters related to Nepal and India
• Movies
• Music / bands / playing in a band / singing
• Photography
• Poetry
• Theater / improvisational theatre
• Traveling

Read more:

Isyy.fi, opens in a new tab: ISYY's Clubs

Sykettä.fi, opens in a new tab: SYKETTÄ Joensuu’s Sports Buddy Service

Sykettä.fi, opens in a new tab: SYKETTÄ Kuopio’s Sports Buddy Service

Further information:

Eveliina Scharin, Community Coordinator, Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY), yk(at)isyy.fi, tel. +358 44 491 6529