aha - Jugendinformationszentrum Vorarlberg and Youth Centre Villa Elba in Finland organised a Study Visit on local youth work with a focus on youth work in rural areas. The Visit brought together youth workers from the Keski Pohjanmaa Region in Western Finland and from Vorarlberg to share expereince and good practice from their work in rural areas. They work with young people who grow up in small municipalities far away from urban centres and who therefore face particiular challenges such as lack of high quality jobs, less public service infrastructure etc. Through this project, the participating youth workers got in contact with colleagues from another country who face similar issues and needs in their work. The main objective was to offer the participants with the Study Visit a dialogue situation to learn from each other, to get inspired and to inspire, to reflect on their own work with the ultimate aim to increase their competences and skills in the work they do for and with young people.