The next day we wanted a taste of the Finnish co-working model, so we jumped on our bikes and headed the 5 kilometers into the city. Being we didn’t know how long it would take to get setup and connected, on the way we pulled into a local park so Juan could take his standup before entering into MOW, the “Mothership of Work”. 

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The co-working hub itself was stationed in an old brick building, 4 or 5 floors in total. In contrast to places like Epicenter Stockholm, MOW did not really have the smaller work areas or breakout stations that are handy when you need to take a meeting, but it is more structured around open work areas, or office spaces that scale-up companies might be renting. In any case, we enjoyed our time there and also enjoyed the unlimited popcorn. 

To top it off, we sat down with Sara Heikkilä, community manager of MOW and spoke about hybrid working and the structure behind MOW: 

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