Services

3D printer (Ultimaker 3S) can be booked via Varaamo. Material price: 0,70 € / print.

Lockable charging cabinet for mobile phones. 

Print-outs cost 0,40€/paper.

Two photocopiers, colour or black and white copies in A4 and A3 sizes, 0,40 € / paper. You can scan documents to a usb drive or to email. 

Digital piano (Yamaha Clavinova) that can be played while wearing headphones. Further information and reservations at Varaamo: https://varaamo.hel.fi/

Opportunity to digitise VHS tapes, C cassettes and LP records. Reserve devices through Varaamo: https://varaamo.hel.fi/

ThinkPad UltraSlim USB DVD Burner

You can read Finnish newspapers and foreign newspapers and magazines in digital format on designated tablets at the library.

Check out more detailed information on the digital magazine service at the library here: https://www.helmet.fi/en-US/eLibrary/Magazines

Loan period 14 days.

Heat press machine can be used on the second floor. 

Device for reading SD, MMC- and Compact Flash memory cards.

Digital microfilm reader. The machine can scan microfilmed journals and save files (pdf and jpeg) to the memory stick. Possibility for paper copies: 0.50 € / copy, size A3.

 Digital microfilm reader. The machine can scan microfilmed journals and save files (pdf and jpeg) to the memory stick. Possibility for paper copies: 0.50 € / copy, size A3. Please book a time https://varaamo.hel.fi/ .

The overlocker model is Bernette B44 Funlock. The overlocker is available for use upon reservation. Further information and reservations at Varaamo: https://varaamo.hel.fi/

A bag full of rhythm instruments. 

Loan period 14 days.

Scanning (including slides) is possible on customer computers.

Separate keyboards for customer workstations. E.g Cyrillic, Arabic.

Sewing machine Husqvarna Viking Emerald 118. The manual included. Bring your own yarn. Please book a time https://varaamo.hel.fi/ .

Loan period 14 days, no reservations.

Hublet drive that includes six tablets for use in the library. Hublet tablets can be borrowed with a library card and PIN, with an operating time of 2 hours.

Tenor ukulele. Loan period 14 days.

The vinyl cutter enables you to create single-colour stickers and fabric prints. The cutter can be booked via Varaamo.

Auditorium for 90 persons. Audiovisual equipment including overhead projector, slide projector, video & data projector, radio, DVD/CD player, S-VHS-player, computer with internet connection, audio equipment. Rent 125 € / hour (market based) or 50 € / hour (subsidized). Further information and reservations at Varaamo https://varaamo.hel.fi/

About 33 m2. For further information please consult Tiina Tarvonen tel: 09 3108 5301, tiina.tarvonen@hel.fi

The room comfortably accommodates about four people. No computer available. The room can be booked for four hours at a time. Use the website https://varaamo.hel.fi/

The room comfortably accommodates about four people. No computer available. The room can be booked for four hours at a time. Use the website https://varaamo.hel.fi/


 

Free-of-charge meeting room / group work room. Further information and reservations at Varaamo.

Further information and reservations at Varaamo: https://varaamo.hel.fi/

The silent hall is suitable for reading and working alone quietly. The space is equipped with Wi-Fi. You cannot reserve the room.

The hall is also used for public events. 

Separate quiet reading area. 25 seats.

A selection of board games for loan or to be played in the library for people of all ages.

Pasila Library houses the Helmet book debository of almost 200,000 items. Its material is available for borrowing during the library's opening hours. 

The Helsinki collection contains a large amount of material related to the city, The collection boasts old 19th-century address books and newest works on urban culture as well as old maps and district histories of Helsinki. 

Recycling point for books brought in by customers. Bring up to five books at a time. You can take as many as you like.

All common payment cards accepted. Contactless payment option also available.

Help with using the library’s or your own devices (computer, smartphone or tablet) and electronic services with or without an appointment.

Further information and reservations at  Varaamo

Only assistance dogs allowed.

Contact Janne Mikkonen (janne.mikkonen@hel.fi) 09-3102 1435.

You can listen to the music collection at the library with your own headphones or by loaning headphones from the staff.

Want something new to read? Don't know where to start? Want some reading tips just for fun? 

Quick reading tips is an easy and fun way to get personalized book tips about on your own interests. Helsinki City Library’s staff will choose you recommendations based on words you select from on form below. The 5 book list list will come directly to your e-mail!

Fill a form and the marvelous world of books is on its way.

General fiction

Other realities

The rainbow shelf improves the discoverability and equality of LGBTQIA* material in the library. Library staff stock the rainbow shelf with materials for adults, young people and children that describe the life of sexual and gender minorities and rainbow culture mainly through positive representation. Homophobic and transphobic material does not belong on the rainbow shelf. Rainbow shelves can be found in several Helmet libraries, and all their materials can be reserved and borrowed in accordance with the Helmet rules of use. The material placed in the rainbow shelves of Helsinki City Library can be found in the Helmet database with the search word “sateenkaarihylly” (“rainbow shelf”).

Audiobooks in the Celia library are intended for people with various challenges with reading. As an online customer, you can use your device to listen to any of the 40,000 audiobooks in the library collection, and as a CD club customer audiobooks will be delivered to you at home every month. You will need a picture ID for registration. People under the age of 15 need a guarantor.

Further information (in Finnish): Celia.fi

Option to use the self check-out and return machines for checking out and returning material.

You can print A4 black and white or colour prints on the customer printers. Print-outs cost 0,40€/page. 

Book tips, story hours, library tours and other special services must be booked in advance by contacting the library.

Contact elo.lammi(at)hel.fi

Customers have the use of a free-of-charge wireless network.