The Car Stays, the Competition Begins – ParkMan and Kotka-Jukola in collaboration

The Finnish-developed parking app ParkMan manages event parking at Kotka-Jukola. What does that mean for visitors and organizers?

This article was produced in commercial collaboration with ParkMan.

In June 2026, there will be more cars at Kymin Airfield than during the rest of the year combined. In just over 24 hours, nearly 20,000 orienteers and an equal number of spectators will arrive at the area, many from across Finland and some also from Sweden and Norway. All those vehicles need to get in without congestion — and leave just as smoothly once the weekend is over. The responsibility belongs to ParkMan, which the Jukola Relay organizers are partnering with for the fourth consecutive summer.

A Finnish-Developed App with Over One Million Users

ParkMan is a Finnish company founded in Helsinki in 2010. In addition to Finland, the ParkMan parking app operates in Denmark, Lithuania, and Estonia. Its user base has grown to more than one million people, and the company has over 10,000 business customers in Finland. In Finland, the app covers 100 percent of on-street parking and more than 95 percent of parking garages. Its customers include more than one hundred municipalities and parking operators.

Clear Pricing, Simple Payment

At Kotka-Jukola, parking is handled through the ParkMan parking app. Users open the app upon arriving at the parking area, select the Jukola event parking zone, and confirm their choice. The fee is fixed for the entire event weekend, so visitors do not need to keep track of time or calculate hours. The same price applies whether parking for one hour or the full weekend.

What the System Means for the Organizer

Event parking is ParkMan’s fastest-growing product category. In the case of Kotka-Jukola, the benefits are especially visible in reduced congestion and improved safety. Access routes for emergency and maintenance vehicles remain open, and traffic flows continuously into the area because cars are guided systematically instead of being frequently stopped.

Easy to Use for Visitors

For many Finnish users, ParkMan is already an everyday tool. The parking app has received 9,400 reviews in Apple’s App Store and 14,400 reviews in Google Play. The company’s own customer service satisfaction metric shows a 94 percent happiness score. Customer support operates in Finland and in Finnish. The app works without separate parking meters or paper tickets.

“Event parking is one of our fastest-growing use cases. The fixed weekend price makes the experience straightforward for visitors — and for organizers it means parking changes from a cost item into a revenue source, while safety planning can be based on known figures in advance.” – Lauri Miettinen, ParkMan

Scale and Load Capacity

Kotka-Jukola provides ParkMan with a demanding large-scale test: hundreds of cars arrive and depart from the same area within short periods of time. The cooperation with the organizer has been designed specifically to withstand this level of traffic volume, and similar solutions can also be used for other major public events where parking demand is concentrated into a short time window.

In Practice for Visitors

• Download the ParkMan app in advance via this link or find it in your app store.
• Create an account before arrival — registration takes about 60 seconds. The app supports Google Pay and Apple Pay.
• Drive to the event center following the organizer’s instructions.
• Open the app, select the Jukola event parking area, and confirm. Your parking session is now active.
• When the weekend ends, stop the parking session in the app. The fee is fixed for the entire weekend, so the price does not depend on when you end the session.

Parking is only a small part of the overall Kotka-Jukola experience. It has been carefully designed precisely so visitors do not have to think about it.