Election advertising
Outdoor advertising for the presidential election in 2024 can begin a week before advance voting, on January 10th. During the campaigning period, the City of Vantaa enables certain uses of public spaces for election advertising and events. The city will also install advertising stands for traditional candidate posters.
42 stands will be installed around the city. The city street maintenance unit will install and maintain all installation-ready candidate posters, that are delivered to the city maintenance base at Koisotie 7 by 3 PM on January 10th 2024. The posters will be installed by the beginning of advanced voting, unless there are any unforeseen circumstances.
The candidate poster is considered ready for installation, when it can be installed to the stand as-is. The poster including its backplate must be exactly 800×1200 millimeters in size, and between 3–8 in thickness. If the poster is the wrong size, it can’t be installed to the stand.
Other outdoor advertising during the elections
Other outdoor advertisements for the elections may be installed on public spaces during the election advertisement period, if they follow the rules set by the city and do not offend any standards of decency.
These advertisements are placed at the advertisers own risk. The city of Vantaa bears no responsibility for any damages to the advertisements caused by traffic, maintenance work or vandalism.
Instructions for other outdoor election advertisements
The advertisement must not resemble a traffic sign in any way, and must not include any lighting or reflective materials.
The width or height of the advertisement must not exceed 1200 millimeters, and the overall surface area must not exceed 1 square meter. The advertisement must be placed at least 1 meter away from any adjacent public road or sidewalk. Installing the advertisement must not cause any harm to the installation surfaces.
Installing election advertisements is forbidden:
- on interchange areas, such as highway junctions, ramps or roundabouts
- on lane separators or pedestrian crossing refuges
- closer than 30 meters to an intersection
- closer than 30 meters to a traffic sign
- on bridges, bus stops or railings
- on trees, bushes or other greenery
- in the vicinity of voting and polling stations
- on street lights with commercial advertisement spots
The city strongly recommends the use of high-visibility vests during installation. The use of vehicles during installation must follow the Road Traffic Act.
Election events in public spaces
Fixed election information points can be set without a separate permit at City appointed spots in Tikkurila (Asematie and Tikkurilantori) and Kivistö (Topaasiaukio). Any other fixed information points require a separate permit from the City.
Short election events and meetings can be held without a separate permit at City appointed spots in Myyrmäki (Liesitori), Keimola (Lincolninaukio), Korso (Metsolantori) and Koivukylä (Koivutori). The availability of electrical outlets in these destinations varies. Other events require a separate permit from the City.
Organizing election events at Paalutori in Myyrmäki must be agreed upon with the Vantaa Market Vendors Association. The use of areas under the Myyrmäkitalo sprocket requires a permit from the City Real Estate Centre.
Election campaigning done on foot or using at most only small furnitures does not require a separate area use permit from the City. The activity must not cause hindrance, harm or danger to the use of public spaces or pathways. Lighting open fires is also strictly forbidden. The organizer of an event is responsible for seeking any other required permits, if necessary.
The permitting team under the City Street and Parks service area will offer help in any questions regarding the use of public spaces.
A spatial dataset for the use of public spaces during the presidential eletion campaigning period is available at: https://arcg.is/1yOv5a
Election advertising on bridges
Advertising on bridges requires a permit. Fees for advertising will be charged according to the valid City Fee Schedule. The City will offer extra spots for certain central bridges during the election advertising period.
The City will take care of installing and removal of any advertising banners delivered to the city maintenance base at Koisotie 7 by 3 PM, January 10th 2024.
Instructions for bridge advertising permits
Apply for a permit via Lupapiste (lupapiste.fi). The service is unavailable in english, but the permitting team under the City Street and Parks service area will offer help in any questions regarding permit applications.
Use one application to seek a permit for all advertising banners for the election advertisement period. List the advertising spots you are interested in on the application.
The advertising banner must not resemble or be interpreted as a traffic sign, and must not include any lighting or reflective materials.
The width of the banner must not exceed 6000 millimeters, and the height 800 millimeters. The banner must include enough anchor points for a secure installation. The City will not install banners that are against these instruction or damaged.
Removal of election advertisements
All advertisements placed in public spaces must be removed by the end of February 18th 2024.
Any advertisements installed and removed by the City must be collected from the city maintenance base at Koisotie 7 by 1 PM, February 23rd 2024.