Helsinki Central Library Oodi was open for 354 days in 2025 and on the busiest days we had over 12 000 visits. On the more quiet days Oodi was visited by 6 000 people. Saturdays were the busiest (9 000 visits on average) and Mondays the most quiet (7 000 visits on average). The most popular month to visit Oodi was August, when we had over 315 000 vistits.
About 550 000 books or other library materials was borrowed from Oodi in 2025. This was more than in any other year before.
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About 1 200 open and free of charge events were organized in co-operation with the library in 2025. The events included for example literature discussions, music performances, children’s events, open studio events, language cafés, lectures and movies screenings.
On top of these 1 200 events Oodi’s partners also organized open events. The Playground Loru had programs for small children and their parents on weekdays. The Helsinki City’s Youth Services located in Oodi organized for example gaming and cooking for young people. Also the Finnish Model for Leisure Activities in Helsinki organized a weekly program of digital art, gaming and cooking for example. All this free of charge and open for everyone.
There were over 60 000 reservations made for the equipment, studios and meeting rooms on Oodi’s second floor. Oodi has 50 different reservable items on Varaamo, Helsinki City’s services that allows the citizens to reserve premises or equipment for their use. The meeting rooms were reserved 27 000 times, the multiple equipment in the Urban Workshop 19 000 times, the music and other studios 9 000 times and the game rooms 5 000 times. The singel most popular reserved item was the acoustic studio that was reserved for 2 300 times in 2025.
Read more about the Urban Workshop and other services on the 2nd floor
We received over 3 000 single feedback through different channels. Thank you for every one of them! Oodi’s services are developed based on the feedback from our visitors. Every feedback is valueble to us.
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Thank you for all the readers, writers, daycare and school groups, volunteers, event organizers, cleaners, musicians, guides, youth workers, cooks, tourists and many others. Thanks to you 2025 was a great success in Helsinki Central Library Oodi.
Welcome to Oodi in 2026 as well!