Library
The Nordic Library is closed for renovation and will reopen in September 2026. Borrowed books may be kept until the library reopens; the loan period will be extended automatically. Some events and group activities are being held in other spaces; see below for further details.
The Nordic Culture Point library at Kaisaniemenkatu 9 in Helsinki is the only library in Finland specialising in literature from and about the Nordic region. Here you can borrow fiction, non-fiction, children’s books and magazines in Danish, English, Finnish, Faroese, Greenlandic, Icelandic, Norwegian, Sámi and Swedish. You can also watch films from across the Nordic region via the streaming service Cineast.
The newly renovated library will offer a wide range of reading and study spaces, as well as a cosy children’s area where you can explore the latest children’s books with your little ones.
Contact the library:
bibba@nkk.org
Library opening hours
The Nordic Library is closed for renovation and will reopen in September 2026. Borrowed books may be kept until the library reopens; the loan period will be extended automatically. Some events and group activities are being held in other spaces; see below for further details.
Cineast
With the Nordic Culture Point library card, you can not only borrow books but also watch Nordic films via the digital streaming service Cineast (opens in a new window). Visit Cineast.fi and select “Nordisk kulturkontakt” as your library to browse the selection. To watch a film, log in with your library card number and your personal code.
Visit Cineast.fi (opens in a new window)
Go to the Nordic Culture Point library system (opens in a new window)
Events and group activities
Events
The library regularly hosts literary events such as book circles, discussions, language cafés, and author events. You can read more about them on our page Events (opens in a new window).
For teachers
We organise programmes for daycare and school groups in Helsinki and throughout Finland. You can find more information on the page For teachers (opens in a new window).
The Nordic bookworm
The Nordic bookworm produces educational support material for picture books from all the Nordic countries, free of charge, and in all the Nordic languages. The material can be used freely as a discussion opener for conversations about books with children at school, in the library, and on the sofa at home.
Read more on bokslukaren.org (opens in a new window)
You can even experience the Nordic bookworm as a digital reading session, where Annika Sandelin reads poems from her book ‘Råttan Bettan och masken Baudelaire’. The session will take approximately 8 minutes, and the text will be read in both Swedish (opens in a new window) and Finnish (opens in a new window).
