Where the New Year's Eve fireworks go up in Rovaniemi, Levi and Kemi, how late bars may serve (03:00), what is open on 1 January and how to get back.
Midnight fireworks by the river, bars allowed to serve until 03:00 and a cold walk home.
Most towns announce their New Year's Eve programme in the second half of December. Until then this page shows what each town did last time, with the year on every card, plus the rules and opening hours already fixed for 2026.
Checked on 16 October 2026. Already confirmed for 2026: the programmes at Hullu Poro, Ylläs, Pyhä and Ruka, the SantaPark dinner, two parties near Rovaniemi, Alko's opening hours and the night trains. Everything else is the most recent year on record, and each card says which year.
Town and resort displays, with time and place from the organiser's own notice. In several centres private fireworks were banned on New Year's Eve 2025, so read the card before you bring your own.
The city's fireworks go up at midnight from the town beach in Koskipuisto, over the Kemijoki river. The city's advice is to watch from the Pohjanhovi riverbank, and to walk, because parking nearby is limited.
City of Rovaniemi notices, 2022 and 2024. In 2024 a family celebration ran 17:00–19:00 in front of Lappia House. The 2026 programme is not out yet.
Levi's traditional fireworks go up near the Front Slopes as the year changes. Private fireworks were banned in the village centre and on the Front Slopes from 18:00 on 31 December 2025 to 02:00 on 1 January, and the Glacier Express chairlift ran until 23:30 for night skiing.
Levi's own notice, 22 December 2025. Not yet announced for 2026.
The traditional torch descent gathers at the Tenava lift in Äkäslompolo at 16:00, and children go down the family slope at 15:00 with their own head torch. The lifts stay open 10:00–24:00 on 31 December, weather permitting. In 2024 the resort also listed fireworks on the Ylläsjärvi slope at midnight.
Ylläs Ski Resort, published 14 October 2026. The fireworks line is from the 2024 programme.
Pyhä has given up fireworks for environmental reasons and bans them across the ski resort, slopes included. Instead there is a fire-art show at Tajukangas at 18:30, the ski school's torch descent down the Polar slope at 23:55 and a second fire show by Alavuokraamo at midnight.
The light-show descent on the front slopes starts at 23:55; the resort suggests watching from around Kaltiolampi or near Restaurant Piste. Private fireworks are banned within 300 m of the village and on the slopes, except in a fenced area at the south end of Kaltiolampi.
Ruka, page for the turn of 2026 and 2027. The descent is listed with the 2025 date, and no public fireworks are mentioned for 2026.
No public fireworks have been announced for recent years. On 31 December 2026 the slopes are open 10:00–18:00, and the Aurora evening slope runs the night before, on 30 December from 20:00 to 23:00.
Ski Saariselkä, season hours for 2026 and 2027.
Kemi fires its display early, at 21:00 in the inner harbour (Sisäsatama), and it lasts about six minutes. A free fireworks bus ran to it, and private fireworks were banned on Sauvosaari in the centre.
City of Kemi, New Year's Eve 2025. Not yet announced for 2026.
Happy New Twice on Victoria Square, right on the border: free entry from 22:00 Finnish time, the Finnish New Year at midnight and the Swedish one an hour later. Private fireworks were banned on Suensaari in Tornio.
Organisers' site and Lapin Kansa, December 2025. Not yet announced for 2026.
The City of Oulu did not organise fireworks in 2025, and there were none at the Oulu Hall show either. The city's free programme was a children's New Year on Rotuaari, 19:00–20:00.
City of Oulu, 30 December 2025. Not yet announced for 2026.
On a normal night serving in Finland ends at 01:30. The Alcohol Act lets every licensed venue carry on until 03:00 on New Year's Eve, and you have an hour to finish your drink. Venues that have filed an extension notice may serve until 04:00.
Published for 2026: Tungevaag and Louna0nline on 31 December, doors at 21:00, 18+, €33 in advance and €38 at the door. Louna0nline is on at about 23:00 and Tungevaag at about 00:05.
Open every night 22:00–04:30 with serving until 04:00, at Maakuntakatu 24 in the centre. Its own site lists no separate New Year's party for 2026 yet.