Check your boat’s equipment and seaworthiness. Also include extra fuel. Make sure your communication equipment is working.

Be sure to dispose of the expired distress signs you use in boating properly. The easiest method of disposal is to return them to a store.

Valitse kieli Suomi Välj språket Svenska Select language English Technical sector The Technical Division of the Headquarters of the Finnish Border Guard is responsible for ensuring that the Finnish Border Guard has access to up-to-date and efficie...

The whole eastern border is closed between 15 December 2023 20:00 and 14 January 2024.

Border Surveillance The purpose of border surveillance is to maintain order and security at our borders and prevent and investigate unauthorised border crossings. There is a particular focus on the external border of the Schengen area to prevent u...

Services and instructions This section contains instructions for our customers. For example, you can find advice about travelling and boating. Guidelines for travellers Guidelines for border crossing. Guidelines for transport providers Carrier's s...

The Finnish Border Guard is the leading maritime search and rescue authority in Finland. We are responsible for organising maritime search and rescue operations.

Valitse kieli Suomi Välj språket Svenska Select language English Responsible consumption In its operations, the Border Guard complies with environmental protection legislation and international treaties. A regulation on the Finnish Border Guard’s ...

Sustainability and responsibility report 2024 of the Finnish Border Guard

The Coast Guard Museum The unique Coast Guard Museum provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the Coast Guard and the Finnish Border Guard's maritime operations and equipment, from the prohibition era to present day. The Coast Guard Mus...

Border checks of pleasure craft in the Saimaa Canal All leisure boating through the Saimaa Canal is regarded as traffic across the EU’s external borders in respect of border inspections. Finnish entry/exit checks on all pleasure craft passing thro...

Valitse kieli Suomi Välj språket Svenska Select language English Capability – strategical projects carry us to the future The Border Guard’s strategical projects have proceeded well. The future capacity of the Border Guard is guaranteed on land, a...

Valitse kieli Suomi Välj språket Svenska Select language English Capability – Strategic projects proceed The Border Guard develops strategic capabilities in its projects. Furthermore, the aim is also to provide functional and safe facilities both ...

Valitse kieli Suomi Välj språket Svenska Select language English Maritime security and search & rescue at sea As the leading maritime rescue authority in Finland, the Finnish Border Guard is responsible for organising maritime search and rescue (S...

Learn about the 30-year history of the Finnish Border Guard’s special intervention units in the online exhibition of the Border Guard Museum.

Valitse kieli Suomi Välj språket Svenska Select language English Border surveillance The purpose of border surveillance is to maintain security and public order at land and sea borders. Situational awareness obtained through surveillance facilitat...

Working for the Finnish Border Guard We provide work for border and coast guards, officers, civilians and special officers. Our employees have the opportunity to work on land, at sea and in the air. When working for the Finnish Border Guard, you a...

The Finnish Border Guard has been responsible for the marine pollution response in the open sea since 2019.

All recreational craft that can with justified cause be assumed to have crossed the external Schengen border may always be subjected to a border check.

Marine pollution response requires effective response equipment and preventative procedures.