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National parks, recreation areas and nature trails are free, as are, for example, the Helsinki City Museum, Werstas Workers' Museum in Tampere, Vantaa Historical Museum and Artsi art museum, and the Kotilo Children's Culture Centre in Oulu. In many art museums, under-18s get in free.

The Museum Card costs 86 € and gives access to over 360 museums for 12 months. If an adult ticket costs 12–20 €, the card pays for itself in about 5–8 visits. Validity starts only from the first museum visit.

Good indoor destinations include science centres (Heureka, Arktikum, Tietomaa), indoor playgrounds (Leo's, SuperPark), trampoline parks and spas. Many museums, such as Vapriikki, the Moomin Museum and the Kuopio Museum, also offer activities of their own for children.

Popular choices include escape rooms, laser games (e.g. Megazone, ZBase), bowling (e.g. BowlCircus Flamingo), karting and guided nature trips and saunas. Many venues have separate group and corporate packages and meeting rooms.

In the museums in the dataset, an adult ticket is usually about 10–22 €. For example, Vapriikki costs 16 €, Turku Castle 18 €, the Moomin Museum 18 € and Arktikum 22 €.

In 2025 the most visits were to Pallas-Yllästunturi (586,800) and Urho Kekkonen National Park (424,900). The most popular in southern Finland was Nuuksio (298,700 visits).

The autumn holiday is 12.–16.10.2026 in most large cities and 19.–23.10.2026 in Oulu, Lahti and Pori. The 2027 winter holiday is staggered: the capital region, Turku and Pori 22.–26.2., Tampere, Jyväskylä and Lahti 1.–5.3., Oulu, Kuopio, Joensuu and Rovaniemi 8.–12.3.

Yes, when the recreation event is customary, reasonable in cost and organised for the whole staff (Finnish Tax Administration). No euro limit has been set. If the trip is offered to only part of the staff, the benefit may be taxable pay.

Yes. The costs of a customary recreational event arranged for the whole staff are deductible in income taxation, and the VAT on them is also deductible (Veronmaksajat 2024). An event arranged for customers is entertainment: 50% of it is deductible and VAT may not be deducted.

Yes. The sports and culture benefit can be used for cultural services such as museums, and the Museum Card can be paid for in the Museum Card online shop with Edenred, Epassi and Zevoy. The tax-exempt maximum of the benefit rises to 540 euros for 2026 (Parliament approved this in September 2026); the employer decides whether to raise the benefit.

The value added tax on admission tickets to museums, zoos, films, concerts and sports services is 13,5 % from 1.1.2026; previously it was 14 % (Finnish Tax Administration). The ticket price includes the tax, so the change is visible to the consumer only if the venue has lowered its price.