Retailers have to close for the day, unless their shop is especially small, located in a sparsely-populated district, or smaller than 400 square metres and attached to a petrol station. Alko stores close at 6pm on Thursday and reopen on Saturday 7 December at 9am.
Public transport is running to Sunday timetables. The State Railways VR has added some extra services and cancelled other long-distance trains, while trains run to a Friday schedule on Thursday 5 December.
In Helsinki, public transport runs to a Sunday timetable with some additional bus services. There will be some diversions between 4:30pm and 5:30pm as a result of the students’ procession from Hietaniemi cemetery to Senate Square.
