The police will have a visible presence in the city centre to ensure the smooth flow of events and and maintain public order.<\/p>\n
The police have been notified of several different demonstrations and events.<\/p>\n
Preliminary route information for demonstrations and other event processions notified to the police in advance, as well as the times of departure reported by the organizers:<\/p>\n
March for Finland starting at 12:00 a.m.:\u00a0the Parliament Building \u2013 Arkadiankatu (along sidewalks) \u2013 Hietaniemi Cemetery.
\n Catholic procession starting at 12:00 a.m.:\u00a0from St Mary\u2019s Church to St Henry\u2019s Cathedral
\n Fixit movement demonstration starting at 13:30 p.m.:\u00a0Senate Square \u2013 Aleksanterinkatu \u2013 Mannerheimintie – the Parliament Building
\n Finland Awakens demonstration starting at 4:00 p.m.:\u00a0Railway Square \u2013 Mikonkatu \u2013 Aleksanterinkatu \u2013 Mannerheimintie \u2013 the Parliament Building\u00a0
\n Traditional torchlight procession by university students starting at 4:30 p.m., route from Hietaniemi Cemetery \u2013 Arkadiankatu \u2013 Pohjoisesplanadi \u2013 Presidentinlinna \u2013 Mariankatu \u2013 Aleksanterinkatu \u2013 Senate Square
\n Demonstration against the government\u2019s austerity policy starting at 5:15 p.m Narinkkatori \u2013 Mannerheimintie \u2013 Esplanadinpuisto \u2013 The Market Square
\n 612 torchlight procession starting at 6:30 p.m.:\u00a0T\u00f6\u00f6l\u00f6 Square \u2013 Runeberginkatu \u2013 Pohjoinen Rautatienkatu \u2013 Mechelininkatu \u2013 Hietaniemi Cemetery <\/p>\n
Changes to routes are possible. The latest updated information will be published on Poliisi.fi in a news item updated on Independence Day. The news item will be published on Saturday morning and updated in real time as the day progresses.<\/p>\n
Police to monitor an expanded no-fly zone in Helsinki <\/p>\n
Aviation in central Helsinki will be restricted between 8:00 a.m. on 6 December and 2:00 a.m. on 7 December. The restriction applies to both manned and unmanned aviation (drones). The temporary aviation restriction area has been established to ensure the safety of official aviation activities and public events.<\/p>\n
The police remind all operators that they are required to comply with the flight restrictions in force. Further information and up-to-date no-fly zones are available at Droneinfo.fi and Flyk.com.<\/p>\n
The restrictions do not apply to flights conducted by military, border guard, police, customs, maritime and aviation authorities, nor to rescue services, emergency medical services (EMS) or patient transport, or flights ordered by these authorities if their statutory duties require aviation in the area. The restrictions also do not apply to urgent medical helicopter flights or to flights required under international obligations binding on Finland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The police will have a visible presence in the city centre to ensure the smooth flow of events…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[158,7499,113,7500,7498,7497,7496,7501,38,7502,7494,7503,7495],"class_list":{"0":"post-9327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-helsinki","8":"tag-finland","9":"tag-helsingin-poliisilaitos-p14126","10":"tag-helsinki","11":"tag-helsinki-police-department","12":"tag-itsenaisyyspaivat-yso-p3676","13":"tag-juhlapaivat-yso-p2571","14":"tag-juhlat-yso-p1574","15":"tag-law-enforcement-and-response","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-news-item","18":"tag-poliisilaitokset-yso-p13271","19":"tag-uusimaa","20":"tag-vuotuisjuhlat-yso-p1080"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}