Pride House 2026

Hobo Helsinki is the Pride House for 2026

This year, Pride House will be hosted at Hobo Helsinki, Kluuvikatu 4. Hobo Helsinki is part of the Strawberry Hotel chain, one of Helsinki Pride's Main Partners.

Pride House is the event center and meeting place for Pride Week, where all members of our community and allies are warmly welcome. The Helsinki Pride Info and Shop, offering all official Helsinki Pride merchandise, will also be available at Pride House.

What is Pride House?

Pride House is the heart of Pride Week, serving as a rainbow-colored meeting place and event venue. Pride House is a well-known concept worldwide – regardless of location or time, it is a meeting place for LGBTQIA+ people. Again, We are proud to offer all LGBTQIA+ people and allies in Helsinki a centrally located Pride House.

Helsinki Pride Info & Shop Opening hours

Pride House is open throughout Pride Week from June 22th to June 28th, 2025. Our volunteers will be happy to assist you at the Info Point and the Shop. At the Shop, you'll find Helsinki Pride merchandise and, for example, flags in all the colors of the rainbow.

Events in Pride House

Pride House brings together people, performances, workshops, and other events throughout Helsinki Pride Week. The Helsinki Pride Community and its partners organize the amazing program. All Pride House events can be viewed in the Helsinki Pride Programme calendar.
Programme Calendar

Safer Space and Harrasment Contact Persons

All Helsinki Pride events follow the principles of safer spaces. In any cases of harassment or discrimination, you can turn to the harassment contact persons for support. You can recognize them by their pink safety vests, and you can find them at the Helsinki Pride Info point.
Safer Space Principles

Experiences at Pride House

Eat, drink and have fun at Hobo

At Hobo, you eat, drink, sleep, have fun, and take part. And when the day winds down, you slip between plush hotel sheets, recharge, and wake up ready for another vibrant day of Pride!

Opening hours at kitchen & bar of Pride House:
  • Mon–Thu: 16–23 (kitchen until 21.30)
  • Fri–Sat: 16-01 (kitchen until 22)
  • Sun: closed
Breakfast is open for walk-ins:
  • Mon–Fri: 7–10
  • Sat–Sun: 8–11
Kitchen has the juiciest pizzas, salads, falafels, loaded sandwiches, soft serve aka pehmis, fries and a Finnish speciality: muikut.
Book your table

Fully immerse yourself by staying at Hobo Helsinki with Pridecation hotel package

Pride House is packed with free events all week long, and now you can fully immerse yourself by staying at Hobo Helsinki with the Pridecation hotel package!

Pridecation includes:
  • Accommodation & breakfast for 1-5 people in spacious and delicious Hobo rooms
  • Pridecation glam-up kit (worth €60)
  • Hobo Helsinki donates €10 from every Pridecation booking to the Youth work at Pride community.
Now, picture this: You wake up in the morning and enjoy a hearty breakfast at Hobo. Then, you head upstairs to your room to get ready for another day of Pride Week, using the goodies from your Pridecation glam-up kit. Once you’re all set, you stroll back downstairs—maybe even in your Hobo slippers—straight to the first event of the day.

At Hobo, you eat, drink, sleep, have fun, and take part. And when the day winds down, you slip between plush hotel sheets, recharge, and wake up ready for another vibrant day of Pride!

Pridecation available now starting from 153 € / night.
Book your Pridecation

Pride House accessibility information

Arrival and entrance

There are no accessible parking spaces at the HOBO Hotel. However, taxis may temporarily drive up to and stop near the main entrance on Kluuvikatu for dropping off or picking up passengers.

The main entrance of the hotel opens directly onto the street, and in front of the entrance is a public pedestrian walkway with a hard, flat surface. There is a small incline at the entrance and a threshold approximately 2 cm high. The door is equipped with an automatic opening mechanism.

Indoors and getting around

On the entrance level, you’ll find the hotel reception and Helsinki Pride Info Point. Helsinki Pride Shop and the event spaces are located on the second floor.

The elevators can be accessed by walking past the reception area and turning left. There are a total of three elevators. They provide access to all floors of the hotel, including the second-floor space called Playground, Nest, and Lounge event spaces located on the 2nd floor, which are used for Pride events.

Entry to the event spaces Harmony and Library is via the Helsinki Pride Info Point on the first floor.

There are no induction loops available in the hotel facilities.

Accessible toilets

The sensory accessibility information will be updated closer to the Helsinki Pride Week. There is one accessible toilet, located on the ground floor. It can be found along the hallway to the left when facing the elevators. The door is lightweight and easy to open.

If you are attending events held in Harmony and Library, there is an accessible toilet available near these areas.

Sensory Environment Information and Autism-Friendly Arrival Instructions

The sensory accessibility information will be updated closer to the Helsinki Pride Week.

Calming Area

The Greenhouse at Pride House has been reserved as a recovery space for people who experience sensory sensitivities.
The space is open during Helsinki Pride Week:
  • Mon: from 4 PM to 11 PM
  • Tue-Fri: from 10 AM to 21 PM
  • Sat: from 10 AM to 3 PM
You can retreat to the calm area in the Greenhouse room anytime if you need a break. The space is located on the yard side, so street noise does not carry in.

The sound of the ventilation system is audible. Otherwise, the room is a reasonably sensory-friendly, quiet space, especially for those with sensory sensitivities. One wall has a small greenhouse with brighter lighting directed at the plants. Please do not engage with others who may be using the space at the same time. Quiet stimming is welcome in the space. Please note that the calming area is not for phone calls.

Helsinki Pride volunteers can help you find and access the space if needed.

Read more about Helsinki Pride 2026

Helsinki Pride 2026

Finland’s largest and most impactful human rights and cultural event brings people together and creates space for all the colors of the rainbow.
Helsinki Pride 2026