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Multilingual library

Library services for foreigners living in Finland

You are able to loan books from Multilingual library Pasila, Helsinki via Lukki Libraries. You can leave a request for a long-distance loan to the staff. The staff will be able to help what kind of literature and in which language you wish to have it.

Long distance loans from Multilingual Library are free of charge for customers at Lukki Libraries. Please notice, you’ll have to pay a fee if you don’t collect your loan in time.

Multilingual Library offers non-Finnish speaking people a possibility to read in their native languages. It is open to all people. The collection has books for children, young people and adults in more than 80 languages. A large part of the collection is books but the collection has also music, movies, magazines, audiobooks and e-books.

You can also visit Multilingual Library in Pasila, Kellosilta 9, if you are in Helsinki.

You can search the collection via helmet.fi. It is advisable to narrow your search by language because the collection hasn’t been differentiated from the Helmet collections.

Children's Library website

The Children's Library website offers a free access to children’s literature in multiple languages and topics. You will be able to find reading with simple search to kids of all ages. You can choose from Arabic, Hindi, Persian / Farsi or Swahili to name a few.