Cultural Centre Valve
Summer Opening Hours (May 26–June 18 and June 23–29):
Mon–Fri: 8 AM–8 PM
Sat–Sun: 10 AM–8 PM
Midsummer 2025:
Thu, June 19: Valve is open from 8 AM to 4 PM
Fri–Sun, June 20–22: Valve is closed. Happy Midsummer!
Mon, June 30 – Sun, July 27 Cultural Centre Valve is closed for the summer break.
Restaurant Valveen Paljetti
Mon-Fri 9–19
Sat 10–18
Check restaurant’s website (only in Finnish) for the weekly lunch menu as well as any current exceptions in opening hours.
Valve Gallery, Northern Photographic Centre and Comics Gallery
Mon to Sun 10–20
Free entry!
Valve Ticket Office
Summer Schedule 2025:
- Thu, June 19 – Tue, June 24: Closed
- Wed, June 25: Open from 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM
- Thu, June 26 – Thu, July 31: Closed
- After the summer break, the ticket office will reopen on Fri, August 1 at 2:00 PM
Regular opening hours:
Wed–Thu 14–19
Fri–Sun 12–19
On Tuesdays 30 min before screenings
During opening hours Valve Ticket Office can be contacted by phone +358 8 5584 7575 or by email valve.lippumyymala(a)ouka.fi. Tickets can also be bought at Ticketmaster website.
Turku Comic Store Oulu
Wed to Fri 12–18
Sat 12–16
Oulu Film Centre’s Cinema Library
Mon to Fri 10–17
Exceptions to the opening hours are possible.
Exceptions to the opening hours in 2025
1.1.2025 closed (New Year’s Day)
6.1. closed (Epiphany)
18.-21.4. closed (Easter)
30.4. open with shortened hours: 8 AM–9 PM
1.5. closed (May Day)
29.5. closed (Ascension Day)
26.5.–29.6. open according to summer hours: Mon–Fri 8 AM–8 PM, Sat–Sun 10 AM–8 PM
19.6. open with shortened hours: 8 AM–6 PM
20.6.–22.6. closed (Midsummer)
30.6. – 27.7. summer break, closed
6.12. closed (Independence Day)
15.12.–19.12. open Mon–Fri 8 AM–8 PM
20.12.2025 – 1.1.2026 Christmas break, closed