City of Jyväskylä

The name of Yaroslavl Square (Jaroslavlin aukio) in Viitaniemi, Jyväskylä, will change to Viitaniemi Square (Viitaniemenaukio). The reason for the name change is that the city of Jyväskylä suspended cooperation with its twin city Yaroslavl in the spring of 2022.

The youth event team, together with the cultural services and youth services of the city of Jyväskylä, organizes the TAIDFEST festivals for the second time in Lutakonaukio and Tanssisali Lutakko (Lutakonaukio 3, 40100 Jyväskylä) on the 20-21 June. The event area is open on Tuesday, 20 June, from 14:00 to 20:00, and on Wednesday, 21 June, from 14:00 to 22:00.

The structural work on the parking lot P-Paraati has started and the excavation area is expanding along Vapaudenkatu towards Gummeruksenkatu and Kilpisenkatu.

Local transport's green Linkki lines 1–13 and 14–42 will operate on Ascension Day, 18 May 2023, according to Sunday schedules and routes.

The national parade on the Flag Day of the Finnish Defence Forces will be held in Jyväskylä on Sunday, 4 June 2023.

Leiriane Rios, a second-year master’s student at JYU, decided to write a blog post to motivate students in finding a job in Jyväskylä. For that purpose, she interviewed Saeedeh Kholghi, who was working as an intern in the City of Jyväskylä at the time of the interview. Currently, Saeedeh works as a Communication Assistant at the same organisation.

The city of Jyväskylä's sports services organizes versatile activities for all ages during the summer. They offer water, indoor and distance group exercises, nature walks, and free outdoor workouts open to everyone in different areas of the city. Guided exercise summertime activities are running from 2 May to 30 June.

City’s residents can comment on the proposed ways until 25 May 2023.

On Monday 1 May 2023, the celebration of May Day will be held. Check the Linkki timetables before you go!

The federal council of the Finnish Athletics Federation (SUL) has granted the 2026 Athletics Championship, the Kaleva Games (Kalevan Kisat), to Jyväskylä. The City of Jyväskylä and the Jyväskylä Field Athletes (JKU) jointly applied for competitions for 2026, which is the 100th anniversary of Harju Stadium. Harju Stadium will be renovated and expanded by the time of the Kaleva Games.

At the end of 2021, an enormous safety survey was carried out to map the residents' experiences of their residential areas and the city center. The security survey was conducted for the first time for the whole of Jyväskylä. Based on the survey results, Jyväskylä residents feel safe in their hometown, although there is room for improvement.

More than 80 different hobbies and activities are listed on the Lomalokki website.