Opening hours during Christmas and New Year

On Christmas Eve, you can visit Itäkeskus Library, Kallio Library and Rikhardinkatu Library as well as some of the self-service libraries. On Boxing Day, personnel will be present in Sello Library in Espoo, and on Epiphany in Oodi Library in Helsinki. See below for more details.

There are some exceptions to the normal opening hours during Christmas and New Year. Check the opening hours on your own library’s pages. Check also the opening hours of self-service libraries. You can access self-service libraries with a library card and pin code once you have registered as a self-service library user. You can register as a self-service library user in any Helmet library customer service. Libraries and opening hours

23 December and on New Year’s Eve many libraries close earlier than usual.

On Christmas Eve, 24 December, personnel will be present in Itäkeskus, Kallio, and Rikhardinkatu Libraries in Helsinki at 10:00–16:00. Also some the self-service libraries in Espoo, Helsinki, and Kauniainen will be open.
On Christmas Day, 25 December, the self-service libraries in Espoo, Helsinki, and Kauniainen will be open.
On Boxing Day, 26 December, personnel will be present in Sello Library in Espoo at 10:00–18:00. Also the self-service libraries in Espoo, Helsinki, and Kauniainen will be open.
28 December all the libraries in Vantaa and also self-service libraries in Point and Mosaiikki are closed.
31 December the Point and Länsimäki self-service libraries in Vantaa are closed.
On New Year’s Day, 1 January, the self-service libraries in Helsinki and Kauniainen will be open.
4 January Tikkurila and Myyrmäki libraries in Vantaa are closed.
On Epiphany, 6 January, personnel will be present in Central Library Oodi in Helsinki at 12:00–18:00 and Sello Library in Espoo at 10:00–18:00. Also the self-service libraries in Espoo, Helsinki, and Kauniainen will be open.

Mobile libraries

The mobile libraries in Helsinki and Vantaa will not take the evening routes on 20 December – 6 January.
The mobile libraries in Vantaa will not take the evening routes on 22 December – 6 January.

E-library is always open.

Photo: Saala Erlo