Kaikukortti
Culture belongs to everyone. However, not everyone can afford to buy tickets to, for example, the museum, theatre or concerts. Kaikukortti has been developed as a solution to this problem.
The aim of Kaikukortti is to improve the opportunities of people who are financially hard pressed to enjoy art and culture.
Read more about Kaikukortti on the national website(external link, opens in a new window)
The Kaikukortti card can be used to get free tickets to, for example, festivals, concerts, dance performances or the theatre. You can also pay for courses provided by the Espoo Adult Education Centre or Esbo Arbis with a Kaikukortti. Kaikukortti is personal and free of charge. Kaikukortti is valid for a year at a time.
You are eligible for Kaikukortti, if:
- you are a client of a social welfare, healthcare and wellbeing actor issuing Kaikukortti cards in Espoo
- you are a client of a community or service issuing Kaikukortti cards in Espoo
- you cannot afford entrance tickets or courses due to financial constraints, and
- you are 16 years or older.
- You can get Kaikukortti, if you are a client of one of the actors listed on the distributors webpage.
- Ask the staff for a Kaikukortti card.
- You do not have to present proof of your income to obtain the card.
You can use Kaikukortti to get a ticket for many cultural venues in Espoo, such as museums, theatres, festivals and concerts. Espoo’s Kaikukortti network includes a total of some 30 cultural venues. You can also use Kaikukortti to participate in many of the adult education courses offered in Espoo.
You can find Kaikukortti cultural events on CultureEspoo's event search by keyword Kaikukortti.
The cultural venues give information about which events, shows or courses Kaikukortti can be used for on their own websites. You can also call the venue and ask about their Kaikukortti events.
Most of the cultural venues are wheelchair accessible. For accessibility information, please contact the operator.
With Kaikukortti, you can get a ticket through a cultural venue’s own ticket sales channel. Be prepared to show your Kaikukortti and its code (number and/or letter combination) when getting the ticket. You cannot use Kaikukortti to get tickets from an online shop.
If you get a ticket through Lippupiste or another commercial ticket broker, you have to pay a service charge even though the ticket itself is free of charge. It is possible to get tickets directly from most Kaikukortti accepting venues without having to pay a service charge.
If you want to take a course at the Espoo Adult Education Centre or Esbo Arbis, enrol for the course as usual in advance and then contact the office of the given centre to give them your Kaikukortti code.
There may be a limited number of Kaikukortti tickets and course places available.
If your family includes children or grandchildren under the age of 16, you can also use your Kaikukortti to get tickets for them when you attend the event together. You can take one child with you to family courses organised by the Espoo Adult Education Centre or Esbo Arbis.
If you are interested in going to an event with a small group or an employee, you can ask if an employee of a community distributing Kaikukortti would like to attend the cultural event with you.
The actors that distribute Kaikukortti also have Kaikukortti cards for communities. Employees, volunteers and other representatives of communities can use Kaikukortti for communities to get a free entrance ticket for themselves and their clients who are under 16 years old when organising a small group
visit for one or more clients. Clients aged 16 or over must bring along their own Kaikukortti cards when attending the event. A small group can consist of, for example, 2–5 people.
Kaikukortti for communities cannot be used to attend courses offered by the Espoo Adult Education Centre or Esbo Arbis.
Assistants and interpreters accompanying persons using the Kaikukortti card are always entitled to free admission. The assistant may be, for example, an assistant of a person with physical disabilities, a guide of a visually impaired person or an instructor of a person with intellectual disabilities.
An interpreter may be a sign language interpreter, a speechto-text interpreter or a communication assistant.
The holder of the Kaikukortti card has to get a separate ticket for the assistant or interpreter.
You can use your Kaikukortti card to attend cultural events in other Kaikukortti municipalities.
In addition to Espoo’s Kaikukortti offering, you can also use Kaikukortti to get tickets to cultural events organised by other localities. Kaikukortti events organised at various localities can be viewed in more detail at Kaikukortti pages(external link, opens in a new window).
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Tickets to the three museums of the Finnish National Gallery in Helsinki (Ateneum Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma and Sinebrychoff Art Museum) are also available with Kaikukortti as well as Amos Rex museum in Helsinki (2023).