Getting there

The festival area is located near the centre of Helsinki, easily accessible by public transportation, by bike or on foot. We recommend using public transportation or cycling when coming to the festival.

Street address (main gate): Hanasaarenkatu 10, 00500 Helsinki

There isn’t parking for cars at the festival area or its immediate surroundings.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

The closest stations and stops:
Metro – Sörnäinen and Kalasatama
Bus – Suvilahti and Sörnäinen (M)
Tram – Sörnäinen (M), Lintulahti, Helsinginkatu and Kaarlenkatu

Zones & Tickets

  • The festival site is located in the public transportation zone AB. In zone A you need an AB, ABC or ABCD ticket, depending on the area you travel in. A one-zone ticket is available only in zone D. Read more about the zones.
  • You can purchace tickets from ticket vending machines, the HSL app, parking ticket machines, R-Kioski kiosks, and HSL service points. Check all the ticket selling points, ticket machines, and service point locations here.

HSL will inform you about additional traffic, as well as the best routes and connections, on its own channels, keep up with the news from here. For more detailed information about public transportation, please visit: The Helsinki Region journey planner (Reittiopas) by HSL.

You can also park your own car or bike near a station or a bus stop and conveniently continue your journey to the festival area using public transport. Here you can find the nearest bicycle and car parking spaces.

If you arrive at Flow from outside the capital region, we recommend you travel by train.

HSL APP
HSL’s tickets, Journey Planner and transport information tailored specifically for you — all in one app! The HSL app is available for Android and Apple iOS devices free of charge. Download here.

BICYCLE PARKING

Biking is one of the most convenient ways to arrive at the festival. Flow’s bicycle parking is one of the largest seen in Finland, and the area is free of charge. The bicycle parking area is located north of the main entrance, on Sörnäisten rantatie.

Please note that the bicycle parking area is not guarded, and Flow Festival is not responsible for parked bicycles.

REDI PARKING

If you arrive by car, you will find the nearest parking garage in the Kalasatama shopping center Redi.

Street address: Hermannin rantatie 5, 00580 Helsinki.

Read more about Redi’s parking here.

TAXI

Lähitaksi is the official taxi partner of Flow Festival. Lähitaksi’s official taxi stands are located opposite the bicycle parking area on Lintulahdenkuja and outside the Late Night Exit on Koksikatu whenever the Late Night Exit is open. Please note that taxis depart only from these designated taxi stands.

Alternatively, you can order a Lähitaksi taxi by calling +358 100 7300 or using the Lähitaksi app. Get 15% off rides booked and paid for in the app during 14-16 August 2026 with the promo code FLOW15.

When using other taxi services (e.g., Uber), please note that pick-up and drop-off are not possible on Sörnäisten Rantatie or in the immediate surroundings of the festival.

Read about the accessible taxi pick-up points here.

ARRIVING IN HELSINKI FROM ABROAD

We encourage our festival visitors to explore the many options for travelling to Helsinki from abroad by sea and land.

Ferries arrive in Helsinki daily from several European cities, including Stockholm, Sweden; Travemünde, Germany; Tallinn, Estonia; and Riga, Latvia.

The Travemünde–Helsinki route is operated by Finnlines, while Viking Line, Tallink Silja Line, and Eckerö Line serve the other routes.

Stockholm, for example, is easily accessible by train from numerous European cities such as Copenhagen and Hamburg.

Tallinn can be reached by train from Warsaw via Lithuania and Latvia. In addition, Flixbus operates several bus routes to Helsinki through the Baltics, with the ferry crossing from Tallinn included in the ticket price.

It is also possible to travel to Finland by land via northern Sweden and Norway.