Performances and filming

Are you planning a shoot on board a tram or metro, in the metro station or on the Suomenlinna ferry? Please contact us first.

You do not need a separate licence to shoot on board a tram or metro, in the metro station or on the Suomenlinna ferry, but we would like you to contact us so that we may provide you with further instructions concerning safety, filming and photography and inform our staff of the shoot.

We request that filming crew work in a manner that disturbs the journeys of passengers as little as possible. Therefore, filming crews should be as small as possible. We also recommend that filming does not take place during peak traffic hours from 7.00 to 9.00 and 15.00 to 17.00 on weekdays.

Each crew member must have a valid ticket when on board or at the metro station when within a paid area.

Filming and photography on the tram or metro or in metro stations

By email: tiedustelu@kaupunkiliikenne.fi

Filming and photography on the Suomenlinna ferry

By email: slloytoimisto@hel.fi or by phone 00 510 46001.

Filming and photography at the depot and in metro stations outside service hours

Filming or photography that requires the presence of our staff or other use of our resources is subject to a fee. These include filming and photography at depots (films, TV series, advertisements and various videos) or filming and photography at a metro station at night time. We will assess whether the shoot can be arranged.

Shoots at depots:

– metro car rent: 1^st hour €850, additional hours €425/h

– tram car rent: 1^st hour €450, additional hours €150/h

Please note! Shooting during service hours may require assisting personnel

assisting person (e.g. power at metro stations) €61/h
assisting person, night-time work €79/h

Shoots in metro stations outside service hours

Additional security personnel from Palmia is always required at the customer’s expense. Enquiries: Christer Kunttu, christer.kunttu@palmia.fi tel. +358(0)40 139 7954.

PLEASE NOTE! Tram and metro cars are not available for charter transport for the time being.

Performance licences at metro stations

Performance locations are intended for short-term performances of approximately 1–2 hours, e.g. busking or other small-scale performing. The location cannot be reserved in advance; instead, they can be used freely if available.

If possible, notify the metro security guards of busking in advance. If there is no security personnel at the station, you can go ahead and start your performance. Security personnel have the right to stop the performance if it disrupts the operation of the station.

Vuosaari
- Columbus end, corner across from kiosk, 1–5 people.
Itäkeskus
- Bus terminal end, 1–5 people.
- Please note! Located in the paid area, meaning that you need to have a valid ticket.
Herttoniemi
- B side entrance, 1–5 people.
Sörnäinen
- Ticket hall, near the C side entrance, 1–6 people.
Hakaniemi
- Hakaniemi Market Square end, intermediate landing of the escalator (across from the escalator when approaching on the street level).
- Second line entrance end, intermediate landing of the escalator (across from the escalator when approaching on the street level).
- Please note! The locations are in the paid area.
University of Helsinki
- Opintoputki access corridor, next to the wall at the widening, 4–6 people
Lauttasaari
- Ticket hall at the B side entrance, near the left side of the escalators.
Tapiola
- On the bus terminal level near the wall next to the elevators and escalators.
Urheilupuisto
- On the street level near the ticket machine, across from the R-kiosk.
- On the street level at the top of the escalator in the corner with the window. This location is located in the paid area, i.e. performers must have valid travel tickets. Please note! Security personnel may prohibit or interrupt performances during public events organised near the station on the basis of station security.

Niittykumpu
- On the intermediate landing across from the escalator, near the ticket machine.
Matinkylä
- On the intermediate landing of the entrance to Suomenlahdentie and Tynnyritie. Entrance E and D.
Finnoo
- Location A: Finnoonsilta entrance, in front of the windows. Please note! Located in the paid area.
- Location B: Finnoonsilta entrance, near the entrance wall.
- Location C: In the recess on the long corridor on the intermediate landing of the Finnoonsilta entrance. Please note! Only for performances agreed in advance, not for busking.
Kaitaa
- A communal showcase intended as an exhibition space for the actors in the station’s neighbourhood, such as schools, day-care centres and recreation clubs. The showcase is Länsimetro’s pilot. Further information ja rules.
- Reservations: viestinta@lansimetro.fi.
Soukka
- Location A: Yläkartanontie entrance, next to the wall next to the toilets.
- Location B: Intermediate landing of the Yläkartanontie entrance, next to the corridor wall and in the corner. Please note! Located in the paid area, not a busking location, but can be used for events, possibly exhibitions.
Espoonlahti
- Solmutori entrance (entrance A-B),
  next to the stamping machines.
Kivenlahti
- Kivenlahdentori entrance (entrance A), next to the wall next to the toilets.
  Please note! The location is in the paid area, i.e. performers must have valid travel tickets.

Utilising our premises as venues

Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd owns and manages metro stations and public transport stops as well as metro trains and trams, and, thereby, it also makes decisions about allowing third parties to utilise these premises as venues.

Metropolitan Area Transport can also participate in the event production as a partner and, this way, allow the premises to be used as a venue. As a rule, we do not permit the use of any premises managed by us for purposes of marketing or promoting any private company, commercial product or ideological/religious or political view. Premises are also not rented for these purposes, excluding the hiring of trams or metro trains for the listed price for charter transport, in which case marketing is possible.

We prefer our premises to be used for purposes that promote the liveliness of the city and the comfort of passengers, and for non-commercial activities that are possibly already supported by the City of Helsinki. We do not, however, automatically approve event requests, as the amount of work and costs must be evaluated separately for each event. In addition to this, we must also take impartiality towards different organisers into account. In most cases, approved events may utilise the premises free of charge. We will also not compensate the event producer for any costs.

Contacts concerning events

The possibility to use Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd premises for events must be enquired by email well in advance, taking the scope of the event into consideration: esiintymiset@kaupunkiliikenne.fi.
In regard to sheltered stops, the organiser should also seek approval from their owner, JCDecaux outdoor advertising company.