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If you receive the notification “Ownership could not be verified” when purchasing a resident parking permit, check that you have not prohibited the disclosure of your data in Traficom’s traffic register. If you receive any other error message when entering your registration number, you will have to visit the Urban Environment Division’s Customer Services at Työpajankatu 8 to purchase a permit.

The new online parking service has been introduced. If you have purchased a parking permit on or after 17 January 2024, you will receive a notification when the permit payment period will end. You can extend the validity of your permit, change the details of your permit or cancel it via the new online services.

If you have purchased the permit on 16 January 2024 at the latest, you will unfortunately not receive a notification of the end of the payment period but must remember to renew the permit yourself. If necessary, you can check the payment period termination date by contacting our customer services at kymp.pysakointitunnus@hel.fi(Link opens default mail program). Make sure to include your vehicle registration number in your email.

Resident parking

Resident parking permits make it possible for you to park affordably in your residential area's designated parking spaces. Resident parking permits are only used in the inner city.

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A resident parking permit allows you to park in your residential area's designated parking spaces for a set monthly fee. Always check traffic signs to ensure that parking along the street or on the parking lot is allowed with a resident parking permit. Owning a resident parking permit does not guarantee that a designated parking space will always be open to you, however.

The permit costs €45 or €60 per month depending on the zone. Low-emission vehicles receive a discount on the fee.

You can get a resident parking permit if, according to the Population Information System maintained by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency and the Transport Register maintained by Traficom, you:
- live in a resident parking zone
- you have a valid driving licence issued by Traficom for the category of vehicle concerned. If you have a licence that is not issued by Traficom (e.g. Åland or another country), you will need to visit the Urban Environment Customer Service to purchase your licence for the first time. You can then buy an extension to your card in the online shop.
- according to the vehicle register, are the owner or holder of the car, van, motorcycle or motorised quadricycle for which you are applying for a permit.

If the vehicle is removed from traffic, the permit is no longer valid. Please ensure that you have a valid permit and that your details are up to date.

Buy a resident parking permit or extend the validity

You can apply for a resident parking permit or extend it online or by visiting the Urban Environment Division's customer service point in person.

If you need a shared permit or you wish to extend an existing shared permit, currently you must visit the customer service point in person.

You can purchase permits for periods of 1-12 months or select rolling charging, whereby we will charge you a monthly fee each month until you terminate your permit or your right to a permit ends, due to you moving, for example.

You can pay for a new period no more than two weeks in advance online.

Processing time

A permit will become valid as soon as you have paid for it.

You can pay for your resident parking permit with cash or by card at our customer service point. Online, you can pay for a permit using your online banking service or with a debit card or a MasterCard or Visa credit card (Diners Club and American Express cards are not accepted).

Use the online service

Buy a permit or extend the validity

Requires authentication.

Terminate a resident parking permit

The validity of your resident parking permit ends automatically at the end of each payment period. You can also terminate the permit in the middle of a payment period if you wish by informing the Urban Environment Division's customer service or terminating it yourself online.

Permits for two vehicles can be terminated by sending the permit to the customer service point by post or by visiting the point in person.

Processing time

The permit's period of validity ends on the day when you notify our customer service of the termination or return your permit to the customer service point.

Additional information

The city will refund any full months you have paid for in advance, if you provide us with your bank account number.

Links

Use the online service

Terminate a permit purchased no later than 16 January 2024

Requires authentication.

Terminate a permit purchased on or after 17 January 2024

Requires authentication.

Update the address on a resident parking permit

You can change the address on your permit using our online form or by notifying the Urban Environment Division's customer service of your change of address.

We will change the address on your permit once your address has been updated in the Finnish Population Information System.

You must visit the customer service point to change the address on permits for two vehicles. The address on a shared permit can be changed by calling or visiting the customer service point.

Additional information

The change of address will take effect as soon as you have reported the change. If the parking permit was purchased before 17 January 2024 and you report the change online, the processing time for the change of address will be approximately two business days and you will receive a notification when the change is updated.

If the price of your permit increases because of a change of address, we will refund the money paid for full months in advance and create a new permit for you. If the price decreases, we will refund the difference between the old and new price for the months paid in advance.

Links

Use the online service

Update your address for a permit purchased no later than 16 January 2024 (In Finnish)

Requires authentication.

Update your address for a permit purchased on or after 17 January 2024

Requires authentication.

Update your license plate number on a resident parking permit

You can change the license plate number on your permit online or by notifying the Urban Environment Division's customer service of the new number.

Permits for two vehicles can only be changed by visiting our customer service point.

Additional information

The change to the registration number will take effect as soon as you have reported the change. If the parking permit was purchased before 17 January 2024 and you report the change online, the processing time for the registration number change will be approximately two business days and you will receive a notification when the change is updated.

If the price of your permit increases because of a change of vehicle, we will refund the money paid for full months in advance and create a new permit for you. If the price decreases, we will refund the difference between the old and new price for the months paid in advance.

Links

Use the online service

Update the registration plate number for permits purchased no later than 16 January 2024

Requires authentication.

Update the license plate number for permits purchased on or after 17 January 2024

Requires authentication.

Frequently asked questions

The new parking permit service was introduced on 12 December 2023. If you purchased your permit on or after this date, you can manage all permit-related matters, such as extending the permit, changing your registration plate number or address, and terminating your permit, via the new service. You can access the new service using the links for permits purchased on or after 12 December 2023.

If you purchased your permit before 12 December 2023, you can manage permit-related matters using the old online forms, which you can access using the links for permits purchased before 12 December 2023.
 

Depending on the area, the resident parking permit and the shared permit will cost €45 or €60 per month. For low-emission vehicles, the price is €37.5 or €45. If you have two permits, the second permit will cost one and a half times the price of a single permit.

Resident parking zone From 1 December 2023

From 1 June to 


30 November 2023

Until 31 May 2023
A Kamppi 60 € 45 € 30 €
B Punavuori, Eira 60 € 45 € 30 €

C Kaartinkaupunki, 


Ullanlinna, Kaivopuisto

60 € 45 € 30 €
DC Suomenlinna (Can park in zones C and D) 60 € 45 € 30 €
D Katajanokka 60 € 45 € 30 €
E Kluuvi, Kruununhaka 60 € 45 € 30 €
F Etu-Töölö 60 € 45 € 30 €
H Taka-Töölö, Meilahti 60 € 45 € 30 €
I Kallio, Sörnäinen 60 € 45 € 30 €
J Alppiharju 60 € 45 € 30 €
K Vallila 60 € 45 € 30 €
L Ruskeasuo 60 € 45 € 30 €
M Etelä-Haaga 45 € 30 € 15 €
N Lauttasaari 45 € 30 € 15 €
O Munkkiniemi 45 € 30 € 15 €

P Munkkivuori, 


Niemenmäki

45 € 30 € 15 €
Prices of resident parking permits and shared permits (€/month)

The permit price includes a 24 per cent value-added tax.

If a shared resident parking permit includes more than one zone, the price is the total price of the zones included in the permit.

Prices for low-emission vehicles

Resident parking zone From 1 December 2023

From 1 June to 


30 November 2023

Until 31 May 2023
A Kamppi 45 € 30 € 15 €
B Punavuori, Eira 45 € 30 € 15 €

C Kaartinkaupunki, 


Ullanlinna, Kaivopuisto

45 € 30 € 15 €
DC Suomenlinna (Can park in zones C and D) 45 € 30 € 15 €
D Katajanokka 45 € 30 € 15 €
E Kluuvi, Kruununhaka 45 € 30 € 15 €
F Etu-Töölö 45 € 30 € 15 €
H Taka-Töölö, Meilahti 45 € 30 € 15 €
I Kallio, Sörnäinen 45 € 30 € 15 €
J Alppiharju 45 € 30 € 15 €
K Vallila 45 € 30 € 15 €
L Ruskeasuo 45 € 30 € 15 €
M Etelä-Haaga 37,5 € 22,5 € 7,5 €
N Lauttasaari 37,5 € 22,5 € 7,5 €
O Munkkiniemi 37,5 € 22,5 € 7,5 €

P Munkkivuori, 


Niemenmäki

37,5 € 22,5 € 7,5 €
Prices of resident parking permits and shared permits
for low-emission vehicles (€ per month)

Learn about the criteria for low-emission vehicles.

You are eligible for a resident parking permit if you meet the following criteria:

You can get a permit for a car, van, motorcycle, motorised quadricycle or any other vehicle with a maximum mass of four tonnes. 

Yes. You can get a resident parking permit for a rental vehicle for the time period specified in the rental agreement. The vehicle must be rented from a company that operates in the rental car industry to quality.

Yes.  

If you purchased a permit using the new service, i.e. on or after 17 January 2024, you can add the courtesy car to your permit yourself online.

If you purchased your permit before 17 January 2024, you can send us a statement from the garage or the courtesy car rental agreement by email to kaupunkiymparisto@hel.fi(Link opens default mail program) – once you have sent the message, call our customer service point and we will add the courtesy car to your permit. The email processing time is approximately two working days.

A courtesy car may be added to your permit a maximum of twice a year, and for no more than two weeks at a time. If you require a permit for a courtesy car for longer than this, please contact our customer service point.
 

Yes. If the car has more than one owner or holder, you can get a shared permit. A shared permit allows you to park in all the resident parking zones in which the owners or holders of the shared car live.

You cannot have a shared permit and a personal resident parking permit at the same time, however, and your name can only be included in one shared permit.

A shared permit can be applied for, picked up from and renewed at the Urban Environment Division’s customer service point.

You can have up to two resident parking permits. The price for the second permit will be one and a half times the standard price for the area concerned. Different individuals cannot have permits for the same vehicle unless the vehicle in question is in shared use and has a shared permit.

You can buy a permit for a period of 1–12 months or choose rolling billing, whereby we charge you a monthly fee each month until you terminate the permit or your right to the permit ends, due to you moving, for example.

You can pay for a permit at our customer service point with cash or a bank card. Online, you can pay for a permit using your online banking service, a debit card or a MasterCard or Visa credit card (Diners Club and American Express cards are not accepted).

You can park in designated parking spaces within the resident parking zone marked on your permit. Designated parking areas are marked with an additional panel placed below the parking sign. The additional panels may say ‘Ei koske P-tunnuksella L’ (Does not apply to resident parking permits marked L), for example.

Please note that not all parking spaces are residential or corporate parking spaces. For instance, near business premises there are also so-called customer parking spaces where parking with a residential parking permit is not allowed. You always have to pay a parking fee to park there.

You will receive a notification by email when your permit is due to expire if you purchased it on or after 17 January 2024. Unfortunately, we are not able to sent a notification that a permit is due to expire for permits purchased before this date, so please ensure that you renew your permit on time.
 

We can check the validity of permits for a single vehicle online, based on your registration plate number. If you have a single vehicle permit, you do not need to display your laminated permit on your dashboard.

If you have a parking permit that covers two registration plate numbers and the permit was purchased before 17 January 2024, you must place the laminated permit on your dashboard, ensuring that it can be seen properly from outside the car.
 

Service points

Kaupunkiympäristön toimitalo katutasosta kuvattuna.

Urban Environment Division, Customer Services

Address: Työpajankatu 8, 00580 Helsinki