--- title: "Smoking at Helsinki Airport – HEL" canonical: "https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/finland/hel-smoking-at-helsinki-airport/" language: "en-us" description: "Smoke after security at Helsinki Airport (HEL) in four smoking rooms open 24 hours: gates 12 and 28 (Schengen), gate 40 and the Aukio area (non-Schengen)." lastmod: "2026-10-17T00:00:00Z" --- # Smoking at Helsinki Airport – HEL Yes, you can smoke after security at **Helsinki Airport (HEL)**: Finavia keeps four smoking rooms in the gate areas, all open 24 hours, by gate 12 and gate 28 in the Schengen area and by gate 40 and in the Aukio area near gates 50 to 55 in the non-Schengen area. Finavia lists no outdoor smoking area, after security or before it, so ask staff before smoking outside. ## Schengen gates 5 to 36 Two smoking rooms, both open 24 hours: by gate 12 on the 2nd floor, beside the Brew’d bar at gate 13, and by gate 28 on the 3rd floor. Finavia describes its smoking rooms as well ventilated and allows no food or drink inside them. Finnish law bans smoking in indoor spaces open to the public and allows it only in a separate approved smoking room (Tobacco Act 549/2016, Section 76). ## Non-Schengen gates 37 to 55 Two smoking rooms, both open 24 hours and both on the 2nd floor: by gate 40, serving gates 40 to 49, and in the Aukio area, serving gates 50 to 55\. Finavia places both in the long-haul area. ## Outdoor terrace and before security Finavia lists no outdoor smoking area. The Toastery café’s terrace by gate 21, after security, is open around the clock, weather permitting, and Finavia does not list it as a smoking area, so ask staff before smoking there. Before security, Finavia lists no smoking area either, so ask staff where you may smoke outside the terminal, or smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. ## Vaping Finavia’s airport rules allow smoking indoors, electronic cigarettes included, only in its designated smoking rooms, so vape in the four rooms and nowhere else in the terminal. Finavia names no rule for heated tobacco, so ask staff. ## Summary | Area | Smoking | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | | Gate 12 smoking room (Schengen, after security) | Yes | 2nd floor, beside the Brew’d bar at gate 13; open 24 hours | | Gate 28 smoking room (Schengen, after security) | Yes | 3rd floor; open 24 hours | | Gate 40 smoking room (non-Schengen, after security) | Yes | 2nd floor, serving gates 40 to 49; open 24 hours | | Aukio smoking room (non-Schengen, after security) | Yes | 2nd floor, serving gates 50 to 55; open 24 hours | | Toastery terrace by gate 21 (after security) | Ask staff | Outdoor terrace, open around the clock, weather permitting; not listed as a smoking area | | Before security | Ask staff | Finavia lists no smoking area | | Vaping | Smoking rooms only | Electronic cigarettes under the same rule; no rule for heated tobacco, ask staff | For Finland’s airport smoking law, the fines and the vaping rule, see our [Finland airport guide](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/finland/). ## Useful Links - [Finavia — smoking areas at Helsinki Airport (official)](https://www.finavia.fi/en/airports/helsinki-airport/airport/services-facilities/smoking-area) - [Finavia — airport rules (official)](https://www.finavia.fi/en/airport/airport-rules) - [Helsinki Airport (official Finavia site)](https://www.finavia.fi/en/airports/helsinki-airport) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Can you smoke after security at Helsinki Airport? Yes — Finavia keeps four smoking rooms in the gate areas after security, all open 24 hours: by gate 12 and by gate 28 on the 3rd floor in the Schengen area, and by gate 40 and in the Aukio area near gates 50 to 55 in the non-Schengen area. No food or drink is allowed inside them. ### Where are the smoking rooms at Helsinki Airport? By gate 12 on the 2nd floor, beside the Brew’d bar at gate 13; by gate 28 on the 3rd floor; by gate 40 on the 2nd floor, serving gates 40 to 49; and in the Aukio area on the 2nd floor, serving gates 50 to 55\. The first two are in the Schengen area, the other two in the non-Schengen area, and all four are open 24 hours. ### Can you vape at Helsinki Airport? Only in the four smoking rooms: Finavia’s airport rules allow smoking indoors, electronic cigarettes included, only in its designated smoking rooms. Finavia names no rule for heated tobacco, so ask staff. ### Is there an outdoor smoking area at Helsinki Airport? Finavia lists none, after security or before it. The Toastery café’s terrace by gate 21 is an outdoor terrace open around the clock, weather permitting, which Finavia does not list as a smoking area, so ask staff before smoking there or outside the terminal. ### Can you smoke during an Asia–Europe layover at Helsinki Airport? Yes — the four rooms are after security on both the Schengen side (gates 5 to 36\) and the non-Schengen side (gates 37 to 55), so a connecting passenger reaches one without leaving the secure area. ### Does Helsinki Airport have one terminal? Yes — one terminal under one roof, with Schengen gates 5 to 36 and non-Schengen gates 37 to 55, so a connecting passenger walks from gate to gate.