News flash

Helmet-libraries thank their customers for the past year! Read more about our opening hours during the festive season.

Saunalahti Library now serves as a self-service library at weekends. Thanks to the self-service hours, local residents can now enjoy the library even on Saturdays and Sundays.

Even after the opening, Oodi has continued to be busy.

Kivenlahti library is closed indefinitely on October 22nd 2018 because of continuing indoor air quality problems. 

Your views are needed at the library! Join Kirjastoheimo, Helsinki City Library’s new customer panel, and help develop our services together with library professionals.

Library 10 is closing at the end of September. Its services will relocate to the Central Library Oodi opening in December. If you normally pick-up your reserved items at Library 10, it is recommended that you change the pick-up location to another library.

Each book is equipped with an RFID tag. The tag includes a microchip that contains the book’s basic information and a small antenna.

Helmet-kirjastojen rekisteriseloste on päivitetty.

Entresse and Malmi libraries have participated in a nationwide soundscape project from 2016-2017.

The Helsinki Central Library Oodi, which is to be opened in December 2018, is an open meeting place at Kansalaistori, right in the heart of Helsinki. Oodi will receive the international visibility it deserves as it is presented at the Venice International Architecture Exhibition for six months, starting on 26 May.

Library fees can also be paid online.

Updated user regulations in effect from March 1st 2018.