Step inside the Blue House by clicking on the picture. You can visit different rooms inside the 360-panorama presentation by clicking on the hearts.
When your own child becomes severely ill, everything changes in that moment. The Finnish RMHC House has been there to support families of severely sick children already for 24 years!
The care of small patients in need of demanding specialist medical treatment is concentrated at the HUS New Children’s Hospital in Helsinki. Each child receives the best possible care in the hospital, but having family close-by is also necessary for recovery.
The Ronald McDonald House offers a home-like environment for families coming to Helsinki from all over Finland, when their own home is far away. In the House, families can live and build up strength to pass on to their child. Some families stay with us for a few days or weeks, some even for months. We know that the presence of the whole family, including siblings, contributes to the child’s recovery.
As close to a home as one can get, as close to a hospital as one has to be.
Coming to stay in the House
The HUS New Children’s Hospital directs families to live in the Ronald McDonald House. If your family wishes to stay at the House, please contact the department of the New Children’s Hospital where your child will be treated. Here you can find more information about practical matters.
RMHC Finland celebrates 30 years on July 1, 2026
The principles and values of the McDonald’s have always included giving back part of the profit to the common good and society. In accordance with this principle, McDonald’s Finland established a foundation in 1996 – at a time when corporate responsibility was not talked about nearly as much as it is today, if at all. As a result of numerous fundraising events and the work of many different donors, the Ronald McDonald House was opened in Vähä-Meilahti on March 14, 2002.
During all these years (2002-2025), more than 10,000 families with seriously ill children have lived in our House and almost 32,000 people have stayed overnight. All families have always been directed to the House by HUS Children’s Hospital. Ronald McDonald House is located near the HUS New Children’s Hospital, but still in complete peace and quiet in the middle of a beautiful and cozy courtyard near the sea.
We warmly thank everyone for their support over these 30 years – without you our journey would not have been possible and thousands of families around Finland would not have been able to be close to their seriously ill child when the child needs their family the most.
Supporting families with corporate partners
Our biggest charity events in 2026 will bring together closer to 400 company directors for a good cause. We invite our international friends to support our work. Please see more details about upcoming events!
Volunteering
Volunteering is an important part of the Ronald McDonald House’s activities. We are striving to take the well-being of the whole family even more into account by developing our volunteer activities, among other things. As a volunteer, your participation in the daily life of the House is dependent on your own situation – you can come and help for an hour or two when it suits you best.
Contact information
Oksakoskenpolku 6, 00250 Helsinki
Tel. +358 (0)9 47801600 (Monday-Friday 9-16)
Business ID 1088685-3
Online invoices: Electronic Data Interchange 003710886853, operator PostNord Strålfors
Johanna Huhtariihi
Ronald McDonald House charities - Executive Director
johanna.huhtariihi(at)rml.fi
Leena Lehtovaara
Ronald McDonald House - House Manager
leena.lehtovaara(at)rml.fi