What should you know about healthcare and emergencies in Levi?
Emergency number
112
Updated July 2026 · Sources cited: pihlajalinna.fi, tunturinlaakarikeskus.fi
Good to know
Good to Know
- Finland has only one emergency number for everything — 112 — covering police, fire, ambulance, and social services; there's no separate non-emergency police line to memorize for genuine emergencies.
- Installing the free 112 Suomi app before you need it is worthwhile in a spread-out resort area like Levi, since it auto-sends your GPS coordinates to responders, which matters given how remote parts of the region are.
- For ski slope accidents specifically, Levi's own ski patrol is the first point of contact rather than calling 112 directly, though 112 remains the number for anything more serious.
- 112 works with no area code from any phone, including foreign mobile numbers, and calls are free.
- Don't call 112 for non-urgent matters (like routine illness or permit questions) — misuse can even lead to penalties, and it risks delaying help for real emergencies.
- Levi itself has no full hospital — the closest thing is the small Kittilä health center a short drive away, which handles minor injuries and illness during limited hours.
- For serious ski/snowmobile accidents or major trauma, expect transfer to Lapland Central Hospital in Rovaniemi, which is about 2 hours away by road — factor this into any risk assessment for winter sports activities.
- Always dial 112 for genuine emergencies in Finland; the operator can dispatch ambulance, mountain rescue, or air ambulance as needed.
Recommended Safety App
- Cost
- Free
- Name
- 112 Suomi
- Publisher
- Emergency Response Centre Agency (Finland)
- Notes
- The 112 Suomi mobile app is already one of the channels for communicating emergency warnings, and Finland became the first country to enable cross-border PEMEA location-sharing in January 2021.
Platforms
- iOS
- Android
- App Gallery
Key Features
- Automatically relays the caller's exact GPS location to the Emergency Response Centre when you call 112 through the app, speeding up dispatch
- Works even in other EU/PEMEA countries — you can call the local 112 via the app and your location is sent to that country's emergency centre
- Shows the nearest defibrillator location
- Delivers regional public safety and traffic alerts based on your phone's location
- Can transmit coordinates manually to a 112 operator even without automatic transmission
- Includes a travel registration feature to notify Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs that you are travelling
Universal Emergency Number
- Number
- 112
- Details
- In Finland we use only one emergency number, 112. The same emergency number 112 works in all EU countries. Calls to the emergency number are free from all telephones and no area code is needed, including from foreign mobile phones.
Covers
- police
- fire
- ambulance
- social services
- maritime rescue
Hospitals
Kittilä Health Center (Kittilän Terveysasema)
- Hours
- Weekday daytime outpatient/urgent care hours; not a 24/7 emergency department
- Address
- Valtatie 79, 99100 Kittilä, Finland
- Trauma Level
- Basic primary-care health station only — no trauma center designation, no on-site surgical/ICU capability
- Distance From Levi
- Approx. 15-20 km / roughly 15-20 minutes by car from Levi resort center
- Notes
- Functions as the local municipal health station for Kittilä (the municipality that includes Levi). Serious trauma, major injuries (common with ski/snowmobile accidents), and after-hours emergencies are stabilized here or by ambulance and then transferred onward to the regional hospital in Rovaniemi, sometimes by air ambulance in severe cases.
Lapland Central Hospital (Lapin Keskussairaala)
- Hours
- 24/7 emergency department
- Address
- Ounasrinteentie 22, 96400 Rovaniemi, Finland
- Trauma Level
- Regional central hospital — the main hospital serving Finnish Lapland with full emergency department, surgical, and intensive care capability; this is where serious trauma cases from the Levi/Kittilä area are transferred
- Distance From Levi
- Approx. 170 km / roughly 2 to 2.5 hours by road from Levi
- Notes
- This is the nearest hospital with genuine trauma and surgical capability. It is not walkable from Levi and is reached by road ambulance or, for critical cases, helicopter.
Healthcare
- Emergency Access
- In Finland, call 112 for ambulance, police, or fire service
- Healthcare Overview
- Healthcare providers in Lapland operate with extended hours throughout the winter season, ensuring access to a doctor without delay, due to long distances and challenging weather making nearby healthcare essential
Providers
Pihlajalinna Levi
- Type
- Private medical clinic
- Contact
- +358 10 312141
- Location
- Levintie 1590, Levi Hotel Spa building
- Services
- General practitioner and specialist services, occupational healthcare, physiotherapy, laboratory and imaging services
- Operating Season
- Open daily during the winter season
- Access Notes
- Step-free access from street level
Tunturi Medical Center (Levi Station)
- Type
- Private medical clinic
- Contact
- +358 40 0808 804
- Location
- Leviraitti 6, opposite LeviMarket
- Services
- General medical consultations, urgent assessments and on-site diagnostics, including laboratory testing and digital X-ray imaging
- Walk In Policy
- Walk-in patients always welcome
- Access Notes
- Entrance at street level, clearly marked with Tunturi Medical Center signage
Kittilä Health Center
- Type
- Public health center
- Location
- Sairaalatie 2, Kittilä (17 km from Levi)
- Contact Emergency
- +358 400 356 498 (after 16:00 and weekends +358 40 180 7371)
Pharmacies
- Regulations
- Only pharmacies are entitled to sell medicines in Finland, and activities of pharmacies are supervised by the Finnish Medicines Agency (Fimea)
- Product Range
- In addition to medication, also vitamins, bandages, cosmetics and skin care products, joint supports and similar items are available
- Pharmacy Hours
- Pharmacies are usually open from morning until evening. In larger cities there may be pharmacies that are open later at night
- Medication Availability
- In Finland, you can buy medication only in pharmacies. Over-the-counter medicine such as painkillers can be bought without a prescription, but many medicines can only be bought with a prescription
- Note On 24hr
- There may not be 24-hour pharmacies, so it is better to have necessary specific medications with you
Providers
Kittilä and Levi Pharmacy (Kittilän Ja Levin Apteekki)
- Contact
- +358 20 773 8871
- Hours Levi
- Mon - Fri 10.00 - 17.00 and Sat 9.00 – 14.00
- Location Levi
- Leviraitti 1
- Location Kittila
- Valtatie 41
Emergency Number
112 (national emergency number for ambulance, police, and fire in Finland)
Language Support
ERC operators in Finland have a legal obligation to answer calls in Finnish and Swedish; if an operator does not speak English, the call can be transferred, and an interpreter can be brought in if the caller speaks neither Finnish nor Swedish.
Poison Information Centre
- Number
- 09 471 977
- Details
- 24-hour poison information helpline for Finland; the phone number is (09) 471 977 and its telephone service is available 24 hours a day.
Levi Ski Resort Ski Patrol
- Number
- +358 44 367 4278
- Details
- Accidents on the Levi ski resort are dealt with in the first instance by the on-site ski patrol; first aid is available at the resort and there is a local nurse stationed in Levi, with the nearest hospital located in Kittilä.
Visit Levi General Contact
- Number
- +358 16 639 3300
- Details
- General contact number listed by Visit Levi alongside the 112 emergency number on the official Levi tourism site's police/safety information page.
Non Emergency Medical Line
116117 (national non-emergency medical helpline, staffed 24/7, for urgent-but-not-life-threatening issues)
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