From September 20th to November 22rd you are allowed to travel to Finland from countries with less 25 positive tests per 100.00 in the past 2 weeks. The list is updated weekly. As of September 11th, the list includes these countries: Germany, Sweden, Poland, Bulgaria, Norway, Slovakia, Lithuania, Estonia, Iceland, Cyprus, Latvia, Liechtenstein.

From November 23rd you will also be able to travel to Finland for leisure from anywhere within EU + UK (+ possibly non-EU countries) even if you’re country has more than 25 positive tests per 100.000 if you can show a negative test which is no older that 72 hours. You can stay in Finland up to 72 hours without quarantine and enjoy your holiday in any way you like. However, if you would like to stay longer that 72 hours, you have to do a 2nd test locally and self-quarantine until you get the result of the test.

The “72 hour rule” and 2nd testing is heavily criticized by Lapland’s tourism industry, and hopefully, they will apply enough pressure on the government to change it. However, tourist destinations are also setting up their local testing facilities in case the rule will stay in place.

It is still unclear if you have to quarantine for the first 3 days or not. One interpretation is that you can take a test on your 4th day and do a shorter quarantine until you get the result. The 2nd interpretation of the 72-hour rule by Finnish health ministry states that if you want to stay longer than 72 hours, you need to do the 2nd test immediately, and to quarantine for the first 3 days (or until you get the result). The 2nd interpretation sounds very complicated in practice, and hopefully, they will go with the 1st one. We will keep you informed once we know ourselves!