- Features of parking in Finland
- Types of parking lots in Finland
- Parking in Finnish cities
- Car rental in Finland
Looking to explore Suomi by car? Do not forget to familiarize yourself with traffic rules and parking rules in Finland in advance. In case of violation of these rules, car tourists face serious fines (for incorrect parking in Helsinki, the driver will be fined up to 80 euros, and in small towns - at least 50 euros).
Features of parking in Finland
It is advisable for travelers to pay attention to the signs prohibiting them from parking in Finland in the places where they are installed:
- Kielletty / Pysakointi kiellety (stop not allowed);
- Vain talon asukkaille (only residents of the house can leave the car);
- Vieraspaikka (only guests are allowed to stop).
For payment and control of parking time, there are machines and counters. Those who paid for the parking must attach the received receipt to the dashboard in such a way that it can be clearly seen by the parking employee through the windshield.
Types of parking lots in Finland
Free parking lots in Finland are usually located at plots near major attractions and supermarkets (with the exception of expensive shops with paid parking lots). A sign in the form of a white P in a blue square indicates free, unlimited parking. If the parking is free for a certain period of time, the time of its validity (2h or 30 min) will be displayed on the blue rectangle. Seeing a yellow rectangle surrounded by a red frame, and on which black numbers are reflected, you need to understand that parking is allowed on weekdays at the specified time (for example, 8 - 17 means that you can park from 8 am to 5 pm; the same numbers, but colored red indicates that the car can be parked at the specified time on holidays and weekends). Black numbers in the same rectangle, but enclosed in brackets (8 - 13), indicate that you can leave the car in the parking lot on Saturday from 8 am to 1 pm.
Most Finnish parking lots are paid. Parking machines are installed next to them, where you need to drop coins in denominations of 0, 20-0, 50 or 1 euro.
Private parking lots have the right to be used by their owners and people who have received their permission. Opposite the parking space, the number of the car or apartment is usually displayed, for the owners of which it is intended.
As for underground parking lots, they are shown by means of an electronic sign P. If you can leave your car in the parking lot, you will see the word TILAA, and if there are no vacant places, then TAYNNA.
Parking in Finnish cities
Those who decide to park at P-Kamppi in Helsinki will pay € 2.80 / 30 minutes from 8 am to 6 pm, € 1/30 minutes from 6 pm to midnight and € 1 / hour from midnight to 8 am (for 24-hour parking they will ask pay 36 euros). Those who plan to leave the car at Stockmann will be charged 2 euros / 20 minutes, and at P-Kluuvi - 1 euro / hour from midnight to 8 am, 2.90 euros / hour from 8 to 11 am, 3, 30 euros / 30 minutes from 11 am to 3 pm, 2, 90 euros / 30 minutes from 3 pm to 6 pm, 1 euro / 30 minutes from 6 to 9 pm and 1 euro / hour from 9 pm to 8 am. As for free large parking lots, they can be found next to Sello and Itakeskus shopping centers.
In Vantaa, the car can be parked at Tikkuri (the first hour of parking is free, then the following rates apply: 1 euro / 30 minutes, and on weekdays from 8 pm to 9 am and on weekends from 5 pm to 7/9 am this amount increases to 3 Euro), P-Saastotalo (you do not need to pay for the first hour of parking, and for every next half hour - 1 Euro) or Tikkurila (1 Euro / hour and 10 Euro / 12 hours).
A motorist who decides to leave a car at Mikkelin Toriparkki in Mikkeli will pay 2 euros / hour for parking (each next hour will cost 1 euro) and 10 euros / all day.
In Lappeenranta, you can leave your car at Techno Parkki, where the following rates apply: 1.5 euros / hour from 08:00 to 18:00, 0, 50 euros / hour from 18:00 to 8 am, 10 euros / all day.
You can park in Kuopio at P-Puijonkatu (2 euros / hour and 7 euros / whole day), P-Suokatu 25 (2 euros / hour; you can park for a maximum of 3 hours), P-Aapeli (1st hour of parking - free, subsequent hours are paid at 2 euros, and the whole day of parking - at 8 euros) or P-Sokos Kuopio (1.5 euros / hour; the car can be left in the parking lot for a maximum of 3 hours).
For 24-hour parking on P-Uusikatu 26 in Oulu, motorists will be charged 8 euros, for an hour parking on P-Autotori - 2 euros (12 hours - 13 euros), for an hour parking on P-Radisson Blu Oulu - 1 euro (daily maximum - 10 euros), for parking for 1 hour on Autosaari - 7 euros (30 euros / all day).
The situation with parking in Imatra is somewhat different than in other Finnish cities - here they are free, and almost all of them have time limits. So, having seen the sign with 1h depicted on it, it should be understood that the car can be left in this parking lot only for 1 hour. In this case, those who entered the parking lot need to set a parking clock (you can buy them at R-kiosk, Prisma hypermarket, auto and tire shops) and install them in a prominent place under the windshield. You can park your car near supermarkets in Imatra for an unlimited period, but near InterSport you can park your car in the parking lot only for 2 hours. For 1 hour, you can leave your car at the S-Market on weekdays from 8 am to 6 pm and on weekends from 8 am to 4 pm.
Car rental in Finland
From the concluding (he must be 19/24 years old) car rental contract will be required to have an international driving license. The autotourist needs to pay a deposit, pay for gasoline and drive the car in the opposite direction, if he rents it in one direction.
