Alcohol — Finland
What travelers need to know about alcohol in Finland. What is legal at home can be a serious crime here — each rule links to its official source.
Alcohol in Finland: allowed only under specific conditions.
Finland gives you 16 liters of beer and 4 liters of still wine, plus EITHER 1 liter of spirits over 22% OR 2 liters of weaker drinks, splittable pro-rata. THE TRAP: if you live outside the EEA and arrive any way OTHER THAN BY AIR - a Tallinn or Stockholm ferry, or by road - you may bring in NO alcohol at all unless you are staying in Finland more than 72 hours. Once you land, supermarkets stop selling alcohol at 21:00 and cap out at 8% (fermented) or 5.5% (everything else); wine and spirits are Alko's monopoly, and you must be 20 for anything over 22%.
Above the allowance you must declare and pay tax and customs duty. Separately, strong alcoholic beverages over 22% brought from RUSSIA are outright PROHIBITED, including from tax-free shops - that is a ban, not a payable excess. Finnish Customs does not publish a monetary penalty figure on this page.
§ Finnish Customs (Tulli) - "Bringing alcohol from abroad" / Traveller imports of alcohol. No date stamp on the page. Monopoly half from the Finnish Supervisory Agency (Lupa- ja valvontavirasto, lvv.fi - successor to Valvira since 1 January 2026) at https://lvv.fi/en/alcohol/retail-trade-licence, Alkoholilaki 1102/2017 via opendata.finlex.fi, and Alko at https://www.alko.fi/fi/alkoholilain-muutos-mahdollistaa-pidemmat-aukiolot (23.06.2026)