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Coronavirus (COVID-19): information for visitors and travel trade 

You can find updated information related to the coronavirus and travelling in Espoo and Finland on the website of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare.

The Koronavilkku smartphone app has been published to help break infection chains. You can download Koronavilkku to your phone free of charge from the most popular app stores. 

Please refer to the FINENTRY digital service for managing travel to Finland.

Visit Finland Coronavirus updates for visitors and Travel Trade (updated 22 June 2021)

The Finnish National Tourism Board Visit Finland has formed an internal recovery task force that gathers and shares practical information for leisure traveles and travel trade during and after the Coronavirus pandemic. These pages will be updated on an ongoing basis:

Updated July 17th 2021:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Finland: "Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Foreign Ministry’s general travel advice continues to be to avoid all but essential travel to and from all countries.This general advice does not apply to countries for which the Finnish Government has already lifted the entry restrictions." Please get familiar with the restrictions of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Finland due to COVID-19: 

Essential, work-related and return travel is possible from all Schengen countries. Except for those countries named above as open for leisure travel, self-isolation for 14 days upon arrival is recommended.

Finland welcomes residents of the following countries to travel to Finland for leisure: the Vatican, Australia, Rwanda, Singapore, Thailand, New Zealand and South Korea. There is no mandatory testing or quarantine for residents from the above mentioned countries on arrival in Finland. 

Official information:

Health-related information for visitors in Espoo (updated 22 June)

The cities of Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa recommend that everyone over the age of 12 start using face masks in municipal service situations in which it is difficult to avoid close contact. Intended primarily for libraries, indoor sports and fitness centres, museums, customer service points and upper secondary schools, the recommendation took effect on 1 October 2020. Customers of municipal services will be responsible for buying their own masks. Further instructions for mask use can be found in English on the THL website.

Wearing a mask is also recommended in the following situations and for the following people:

Events and services in Espoo (updated 18 June)

Gatherings may be organised indoors and in delineated outdoors areas without restrictions on the number of participants. As regards gatherings of more than ten people indoors, the customers or participants must have the opportunity to maintain safe distances, i.e., avoid close contact. Indoors, close contact means people remaining less than two metres apart for over 15 minutes or physical contact.

In outdoor events for more than 50 people, the customers or participants must have the opportunity to avoid physical contact, but specific safe distances are not required.

The acceleration phase will be immediately phased in and, as a result, services will be opened and restrictions will be lifted from Tuesday 15 June 2021 onwards, as follows:

Competition activities related to the activities of children and young people (born in 2001 and younger) will also be made possible in indoor facilities managed by the cities on a limited basis from 15 June onwards. The following health safety principles must be observed in operations: Decisions of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland on the number of participants in public events concern the spectators of the competitions.

Sports activities of adults will also be made possible in indoor facilities managed by the cities on a limited basis from 15 June onwards. However, adult sports activities are still only currently possible outdoors. The following health safety principles must be observed in operations: Compliance with the same instructions is also recommended for private operators.

The indoor and outdoor premises of the cities can be used for guided recreational activities of children and young people born in 2001 or later.
Outdoor hobby activities for adults are possible from 17 May 2021 onwards, on a restricted basis. Outdoor competitions related to children's and young people's hobbies will be possible on a limited basis from 17 May 2021 onwards for those born in 2001 and later. The following health safety principles must be observed in operations: Decisions of the Regional State Administrative Agency on the number of participants in public events concern the spectators of the competitions. In addition to day camps for children and young people, night camp activities will be possible on a restricted basis from 17 May 2021 onwards. The following health safety principles must be observed in operations: Youth work activities are permitted in limited groups.

Local services and sights

The safety of our clients and our personnel is of utmost importance to us. All the local suppliers in Espoo monitor and follow the advice of authorities regarding the corona virus situation and work together around health safety to ensure the safety of the facilities, services and experiences. On the service providers' own pages, you can read in more detail what kind of special arrangements there are, and how the safety of each customer is taken care of.

The visitespoo.fi event calendar is updated regularly but we still recommend that you visit the event organizers' websites for the most current information. 

We also recommend to check the opening hours of sights and services from each service provider’s own website.

Visit Espoo has cancelled all its own events until further notice to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. All stakeholder events organised by Visit Espoo will be held via Skype or Teams, or will be postponed to a later date.

Getting around in Espoo (updated 22 June)

The Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (HSL) recommend to avoid non-essential travel at peak times. Wearing a mask is mandatory in public transport, where close contacts cannot always be avoided. 

Public transport is operating in the Helsinki region but services are reduced. From Friday 13 March and until further notice, bus drivers do not sell tickets on buses. This measure is intended to avoid additional money handling and physical contact between drivers and passengers.

More information on the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority website.

Tourism information service in Espoo (updated 22 June)