Restrictions on bar, restaurant soften in Uusimaa region

Restrictions on the activities of restaurants and other food and beverage service businesses in the Uusimaa has been softened from Friday evening as the region moved to acceleration phase restrictions against the backdrop of the coronavirus situation.

The government has amended the decree restricting the activities of food alcoholic beverage service businesses, which entered into force at 6:00pm on Friday, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.

Food and beverage service businesses may serve alcoholic beverages between 7.00 am and 10:00 pm and be open between 5.00 am and 11: 00 pm in Uusimaa, Southwest Finland and Central Ostrobothnia.

Meanwhile, restrictions on food and beverage service businesses are in baseline areas in the regions of Åland, South Ostrobothnia, Kainuu, North Ostrobothnia, North Savo, North Karelia, Central Finland, South Savo, Ostrobothnia, Satakunta, South Karelia, Pirkanmaa, Kymenlaakso and Lapland from 11 June.

Food and beverage service businesses may serve alcoholic beverages between 7:00 am and 1.00 am and be open to customers between 5.00 am and 2.00 am.

Restaurants that primarily serve alcoholic beverages may have in use half the normal number of customer seats in indoor premises. Other restaurants may seat 75 per cent of their normal number of customers inside their establishments.

The restrictions on the number of customer seats, however, do not apply in Åland.

Restaurants in the regions pf acceleration phase that primarily serve alcoholic beverages may have in use half the normal number of customer seats in indoor premises. Other restaurants may seat 75 per cent of their normal number of customers inside their establishments.

On outdoor terraces, each customer must have a seat, and everyone must take care of safe distances. The customer seating restrictions do not apply to outdoor terraces.

Restrictions on food and beverage service businesses are in areas in the community transmission phase in the regions of Päijät-Häme and Kanta-Häme.

Restaurants that primarily serve alcoholic beverages may serve alcohol between 7.00 am and 6.00 pm and be open to customers between 5.00 am and 7.00 pm. They may have in use half the normal number of customer seats in indoor premises.

The restrictions laid down in the decree do not apply to the activities of staff restaurants or to takeaway sales of food to customers.

The restrictions on opening hours do not apply to food and beverage service businesses on vessels and aircraft that operate between Finland and other countries or abroad or to food and beverage service businesses that operate at distribution stations for liquid fuels.