Admission fee 1.6.-31.8.2026: Mon-Fri 10-17.
Discount groups: Students, pensioners, people over 65, groups of more than 10 people, unemployed persons, conscripts and those performing civilian service.
Free admission: Members of the Helsinki Cathedral Parish and their parties, visitors under 18, Church Pass holders, school and student groups, Helsinki Guides, media representatives, tour leaders accompanying a group, people with reduced mobility, war veterans, and personal assistants.
School and student groups are eligible for free admission provided that the group moves through the church together and is accompanied by a responsible teacher or early childhood educator.
St:John's church was built on the Punavuori hill, on the outskirts of the city at that time. The church was completed in 1891. It was designed by the Stockholm-based architect Adolf Emil Melander. Initially, the chuch was called the New Church. The need for a new church arose because the inhabitants of Helsinki could no longer fit into the Old Church and St. Nicholas' Church, now known as the Cathedral. The New Church was built on the site of a midsummer bonfire and was dedicated to St. John the Baptist.
The Neo-Gothic St:John's church has the shape of a three-aisled basilica. It is Finland's largest stone church, originally with 3000 seats. Several rows of benches have since been removed to make the church hall more functional. Currently, there are just over 2200 seats. The church towers are 74.22 meters tall. The church bells, which play the first three notes of the Te Deum hymn (C sharp, E, and F sharp), were installed in 1932.
The church was last renovated before its centenary celebrations in 1991. At the same time, part of the church basement was converted into a crypt.