Camp reservations, Bengtsår
You apply for reservations using Youth Services forms. The facilities are rented out based on rates approved by the Youth Committee.
When deciding on reservations, priority is given to Helsinki-based youth organisations and groups. Reservations are free of charge for these groups.
Application period
- The application period for camp and course activities in 2024 ended on 15 September 2023. You can ask about possible available time slots by contacting service locations directly, starting from 2 January 2024.
You can ask about the remaining time slots for Bengtsår camping island by contacting bengtsarin.leirisaari@hel.fi or aleksi.lappalainen@hel.fi
Apply for facilities for camp activities taking place 1 January–31 December 2025
The deadline for applying for facilities for camp and course activities taking place next year is 15 September 2024 (16:00). You can apply for reservations by email or post using the forms provided.
You can also book ready-made school camp packages that include instruction. You can find more information here.
By email:
By letter
Reservations / name of service location
PO Box 84404
00099 City of Helsinki
- Applications for next year’s camp and course centre reservations must be submitted by 15 September at 16:00 (if the deadline is Saturday or a public holiday, the application period ends on the previous weekday).
- Applications for reservations for next year’s day camps at youth facilities must be submitted by 15 September at 16:00 (if the deadline is Saturday or a public holiday, the application period ends on the previous weekday).
- Applications for recurring reservations of youth facilities during the autumn–spring period must be submitted by the last weekday of April.
Price list
The use of the facilities and services is divided into free-of-charge use and use subject to a fee. For more detailed information on Bengtsår camping island’s prices, see pages 1–2 and 5–6.
Forms
Facility reservations must be applied for using the forms intended for this purpose.
- Bengtsår Camp Island: facility reservations form
- Bengtsår: advance reservation of services (summer activities)
- Bengtsår: catering order (summer camping period)
- Bengtsår: Special diet order (in Finnish)
After receiving a reservation, please send the advance reservation of services and catering order forms to bengtsarin.leirisaari@hel.fi no later than two weeks before the camp starts. bengtsarin.leirisaari@hel.fi.
Other facilities of Youth Services, organisation newsletter and financial support
Book facilities for activities
The City of Helsinki has youth centres and other facilities around the city. Associations and groups can apply for reservations of these facilities for day camp activities, for example.
Partnership Unit’s organisation newsletter
The organisation’s electronic newsletter, which is released four times a year, tells associations and youth groups about financial support and other services as well as current news concerning Youth Services.
Financial support for youth activities
The City supports Helsinki-based adolescent and youth associations, the adolescent and youth divisions of associations, as well as youth groups, every year. Support is granted in the form of annual grants – i.e. operating grants, hiring grants and holiday camp grants – as well as project grants, which can be applied for year round.