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What inspires you to walk in Jyväskylä? Answer the resident survey from 22 April to 19 May 2024 and you will be involved in developing Jyväskylä's walking opportunities

The city of Jyväskylä wants to hear from residents about their walking experiences and habits in Jyväskylä. What makes you walk and what prevents you from walking? Where do you feel comfortable as a pedestrian and in which places is it difficult to walk? As a resident, you have the best knowledge of how your neighborhood works in terms of walking and how the conditions should be improved. The survey is carried out to support the planning of Jyväskylä's new walking and cycling promotion program. All residents of Jyväskylä can answer the survey, either by themselves or with assistance.

During 2024, we will plan how walking and cycling can best be

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Kaupungissa kävellään ja pyöräillään. Image Laura Korhonen

A student's May Day (Vappu) in Jyväskylä can include rowing, yoga or even theatre - introducing three different May Day events

Photo: producers Camilla Boman and Helka Soini instruct the JyväSpeksi's performers moments before the start of the dress rehearsal.

For many university students, Finnish vappu (May Day) marks the end of the semester and the beginning of summer. During the vappu, students gather to wear their graduation cap on a statue of Uno Cygnaeus. After the ceremony, the students will move on to the Mattilanniemi beach to watch the traditional watering ceremony “Teekkari Dipping” organised by the Teekkari students' association Algo. On May Day, students in overalls will have a picnic on the Harju.
Opiskelijoiden teatteriryhmä harjoittelee lavalla ennen esitystä. Image Lotta Tuominen

Record birdsong with a popular app and help science – one hundred point count stations around the city in Jyväskylä

Kvik kvik, tsirp tsirp and ti-ti-tyy – now you no longer have to guess which bird species it is, as the artificial intelligence of the mobile application recognizes bird species! By making a recording, you can also help science. During the spring, a hundred point counting sites for migratory birds have been set up in the City of Jyväskylä area, where anyone can record birdsong and make their recordings available to researchers. This is the Migratory Bird Spring application developed by the University of Jyväskylä, and this year it will be used to create a point count network together with the City of Helsinki and Metsähallitus National Parks.

In Jyväskylä, point count sites can be found near residential areas 

A blackbird sits on a tree branch. Image Ari Lehtiö

Jyväskylä gets a new May Day tradition, the May Day announcement!

This year, Jyväskylä's May Day will kick off with a bang, when a student-created Vappukuulutus! echoes from the Harju Tower to signal the start of the spring festival week. The song, composed by students and played by Puhkupillit, will be heard from Harju on Wednesday 24 April at 20.00. In addition to the students, Jyväskylä's May Day celebrations offer a wide range of activities for families with children and anyone else interested in the spring festivities.

Students have a programme for the whole week

Jyväskylä is launching a new May Day tradition this year, Vappukuulutus!, which will

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Harjun torni ja Vesilinna iltavalaistuksessa marraskuussa. Image Outi Kaakkuri

FISU network empowers projects

The Finnish Sustainable Communities FISU network actively collaborates on projects enhancing resource wisdom. The member municipalities FISU municipalities planned a joint project and shared experiences during the spring meeting of the network

FISU's network’s members met in Lahti in March to discuss good practices related to resource wisdom management and monitoring indicators, among oth

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People standing on stairs.

"There are plenty of people in overalls!" - Six students tell us why Jyväskylä is a safe choice as a student city

Every year, thousands of students choose Jyväskylä as their city to study in. There are many reasons: one is motivated by the range of courses on offer, another by the leisure opportunities and a third by the ease of everyday life. But how would university students describe Jyväskylä to someone who is still deciding between different cities to study in?

Pinja Jaatinen and Niklas Korhonen: Business Administration, JAMK (in the main photo )

Kaksi opiskelijaa istuu ja keskustelee sohvalla. Image Lotta Tuominen

Events at the Art Museum 2024

At the events, you can discover the new exhibitions at the openings or paint with family or friends in an open workshop.

Ihmisiä katselemassa seinälle ripustettuja tauluja taidemuseossa. Image Sanna Lahti

Jyväskylä's English-language programmes attract applicants

University of Jyväskylä's and Jamk University of Applied Sciences' English-language Master's and degree programmes attracted applicants again.

The popularity of Jyväskylä's English-language programmes continues to be strong.

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Ihmiset kiipeilevät Jyväskylä-kirjaimilla talvella. Image Tero Takalo-Eskola

Linkki ticket prices rise 1.2.2024

Linkki local traffic ticket prices rise in Jyväskylä, Laukaa and Muurame from 1st of February.

The new ticket prices will be valid from 1 February to 2 June.

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Asiakkaat istuvat talvella Linkki-linja-autossa. Image Hanna-Kaisa Hämäläinen

The City of Jyväskylä, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team, Toyota Mobility Foundation established a new Central Finland Mobility Foundation

The City of Jyväskylä, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team, Toyota Mobility Foundation established a new organisation to promote Jyväskylä’s City Planning Projects on January 19, 2024.

January 19, 2024 - The City of Jyväskylä (*1), Toyota GAZOO Racing World Rally Team (“TGR-WRT”), and Toyota Mobility Foundation ("TMF"), has establ

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Vasemmalta oikealle Lauri Perämäki, Timo Koivisto, Haruka Arai ja Tomohiro Nakano.

Conductor Okko Kamu started as Jyväskylä Sinfonia's Principal Guest

Okko Kamu, who has had a long and distinguished career as a conductor, will be Jyväskylä Sinfonia's next Principal Guest for the next 1.5 years. Kamu began his tenure at the Jyväskylä Sinfonia's opening concert 18.1.2024, where the contract was announced. Kamu also launched the Sibelius Cycle, during which Jyväskylä Sinfonia will perform all of Jean Sibelius' symphonies under rotating conductors over the coming years.

The theme of Kamu's Principal Guest season in Jyväskylä is Sibelius's music, which he has focused on during his career, including his time as princ

Kapellimestari Okko Kamu

In Jyväskylä, sixth-graders will register for seventh grade by 30.1.2024

The guardians of sixth-graders have received a Wilma message with instructions on how to register for seventh grade and the admission practices.

Sixth-graders in basic education in Jyväskylä will register for seventh grade 16.-30.1.2024 in the Wilma system.  

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Ryhmä iloisia oppilaita koulun käytävällä istumassa. Image Hanna-Kaisa Hämäläinen

Registration for the first class must be completed by 30.1.2024

During week 3, guardians will receive a letter with more detailed instructions on registration practices.

In August 2024, all children born in 2017 or earlier who have not yet started school will start school. 

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Joukko lapsia kulkee jonossa lumisessa metsässä. Image Anette Aittanen

The website of the city of Jyväskylä received a school grade of 7.54 from users

The city of Jyväskylä's website (www.jyvaskyla.fi) had a user satisfaction survey on 10.10. - 17 December 2023, when a total of 512 respondents participated in the survey.

A similar survey has been carried out annually since 2001, and the city of Jyväskylä has participated in most surveys - but not all.

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Kysely. Image Jyväskylän kaupunki

Some of the Craft Museum of Finland’s collection materials are now also available on Europeana

The Craft Museum of Finland is publishing some of its collection materials on the Europeana platform. The platform is a long-standing collaborative project of the member states of the European Union and the European Commission, with the goal of promoting the accessibility and use of European digital cultural heritage for leisure and benefit since its launch in 2008.

From the digital material provided by the museum, object, photo and drawing materials that can be found in the domestic Finna service (

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Suomen käsityön museon kokoelmanäkymä Europeana-palvelussa. Image Suomen käsityön museo (SKM) (Craftmuseum.fi)

Jyväskylä Sinfonia’s new era begins at Paviljonki’s Encore

Jyväskylä Sinfonia's inaugural season at Paviljonki is designed to be diverse, inviting and artistically ambitious. The programme includes numerous premieres, major works by great composers and unforgettable visits by conductors and soloists. To celebrate the new era, the orchestra's visual identity has also been redesigned down to the last detail. Many things are new, but the most important thing, the high quality of Jyväskylä Sinfonia’s music, remains strongly unchanged.

From the opening concert to megalomania

The opening concert of the spring season kicks off with two commissioned pieces with special guest

Jyväskylä Sinfonia Encore-salissa. Image Jyväskylä Sinfonia

Jyväskylä has maintained its strong position as a student city

Jyväskylä is particularly known as a university and student city. The city has established itself as a popular choice for students. The results are based on a national survey published in the spring, Student Cities 2023 - Image and willingness to recommend, and a local student survey commissioned by the City of Jyväskylä.

National survey shows how the status is evolving

A national survey conducted by Taloustutkimus, which is repeated annually, provides comp

lähikuva haalariasuisten opiskelijoiden jaloista. Image Tero Takalo-Eskola

30-day season ticket offer from Linkki 28.9.–7.10.

You get a 25% discount on Linkki's 30-day season tickets during the Jyväskylä City of Light event. Grab Linkki's Valonvälays offer and download a month's worth of travel time!

Offer prices are valid for the entire City of Light event 28.9.–7.10.2023

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Mies näyttää Waltti-matkakorttia asiakaspalvelijalle. Image Hanna-Kaisa Hämäläinen

International guest conductors and soloist virtuosos charm on Jyväskylä Sinfonia’s autumn season

The opening concert of Jyväskylä Sinfonia's autumn season will take place on Wednesday 6 September under the baton of Spanish conductor Ramón Tebar. The concert will feature Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 and Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto, composed when she was only 15 years old, performed by pianist Laura Mikkola.

A week after the opening concert, Jyväskylä Sinfonia's latest addition, double bassist Joonas Korjus, will bring the rarely soloist double bass int

Kontrabasisti Joonas Korjus. Image Tuomas Tenkanen