Travelling to Finland

Latest updates on traveling to Finland

Latest update: 6 August 2021 at 14.47 EEST. Source: BusinessFinland

Finland welcomes all fully vaccinated travelers

As of 26 July 2021, travel to Finland is possible for all travelers who meet the following health requirements:

You can present a certificate of having received the full COVID-19 vaccines 14 days prior to arriving in Finland. There is no mandatory testing for people who meet this requirement. Please refer to the Finnish institute for health and welfare for the approved vaccines.
Children born in 2006 or thereafter are not required to take part in a health examination or a COVID-19 test.

The certificate needs to be in either English, Finnish or Swedish. A certified translation can also be used as a certificate. The certificate can also be an EU digital Covid certificate.

Finland welcomes fully vaccinated travelers and travelers who have recovered from COVID-19 from EU and Schengen countries.  

As of 26 July 2021, travel to Finland is possible for travelers from EU and Schengen countries who meet the following health requirements:

You can present a certificate of having received the full COVID-19 vaccines 14 days prior to arriving in Finland. There is no mandatory testing for people who meet this requirement. Please refer to the Finnish institute for health and welfare for the approved vaccines.
You can present a certificate showing that you have recovered from the COVID-19 disease within 6 months prior to arriving in Finland. There is no mandatory testing for people who meet this requirement.
You have received one COVID-19 vaccine shot at least a 14 days prior to arriving in Finland. In this case, you must also take a COVID-19 test 3–5 days after arriving in Finland. You must avoid contact with others and remain at home or in your place of accommodation until you receive confirmation of a negative test result. Please refer to FINENTRY for information on COVID-19 testing locations.  Please refer to the Finnish institute for health and welfare for the approved vaccines.
You can present a certificate of a negative COVID-19 test taken before entering Finland. In this case, you must also take a COVID-19 test 3–5 days after arriving in Finland. You must avoid contact with others and remain at home or in your place of accommodation until you receive confirmation of a negative test result. Please refer to FINENTRY for information on COVID-19 testing locations.
Children born in 2006 or thereafter are not required to take part in a health examination or a COVID-19 test.

The certificate needs to be in either English, Finnish or Swedish. A certified translation can also be used as a certificate. The certificate can also be an EU digital Covid certificate.

Finland welcomes travelers from low-risk countries and regions. No certificate or COVID-19 test is required for persons arriving in Finland from low-risk countries and regions. For the list of low-risk countries and regions, please refer to the Finnish Border Guard website.

Please refer to the FINENTRY digital service to manage your travel to Finland.

For official information and more details on these entry requirements, please refer to the Finnish Border Guard and the Finnish institute for health and welfare. More information on entry requirements is also available on the Finnish Government’s COVID-19 pages.

 

RELATED LINKS

Finnish Border Guard – information about entry to Finland
Digital service for managing travel and related coronavirus testing for Finland
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare – COVID-19 Latest Updates
Finnish Government – information on Covid-19
Latest updates from Finland’s regions
Visit Finland Travel Recovery site at Businessfinland.fi

Health and safety measures

General health and safety measures regarding coronavirus in Finland include avoiding physical contact, maintaining a safe distance from other people and observing good hand and respiratory hygiene. Finnish health authorities require using face masks in public transport in large cities and recommend using it in other situations where it is difficult to maintain 1-2 m distances from other people.

If you suspect that you might contracted COVID-19, use the Coronavirus symptom checker to first assess your condition, if possible. If the symptom checker advises you to contact a health care professional, call your nearest healthcare center, hospital emergency department or the national Medical Helpline at tel. 116 117.

When in Finland, download the local virus tracing app called Koronavilkku produced by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) to help you find out whether you may have been exposed to COVID-19.

If your travel insurance includes medical insurance, please contact the health provider mentioned in the policy for advice.

 

NATIONWIDE EMERGENCY NUMBER 112

Call the emergency number only in genuine emergency situations. In an emergency situation, you will be treated even if you do not have a municipality of residence in Finland. The medical costs can be collected from you afterwards. The emergency number can be called free of charge from any phone. No area code is needed. If you have a mobile phone subscription that is based abroad you can still call the emergency number without an area code.

 

Summer Fun Workshop 2021 Team