Business Hours

Business Hours

Banks are open weekdays 9 to 4 or 5. Many offices and embassies close at 3 from June to August. Stores are generally open weekdays 9 to 6 and Saturday 9 to 1 or 2 and are closed Sunday.

Major holidays include: New Year's Day, Easter Sunday and Monday, May Day ("Vappu," May 1), Whitsunday (between mid- and the end of May), Midsummer Eve and Day (late June), Independence Day (December 6), Christmas Eve and Day, and Boxing Day (day after Christmas).

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