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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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asukaskysely
Kaupungissa kävellään ja pyöräillään. Image Laura Korhonen

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

Vapari –Services of voluntary work, city of Jyväskylä

Vapari offers advice and guidance to people seeking volunteering opportunities in Jyväskylä. We work to raise the profile and standards of volunteering in our local area.

What we do:

  • We run our own volunteering activities in collaboration with other organisations
  • We offer advice and guidance to volunteers
  • We develop networks that allow us to work more effectively

Vapari´s volunteering activities

One time support (Kerta-apu)

Appointments and errands

Kaksi naista pöydän ääressä. Image Leila Koskinen

Swimming Ban Lifted: Mattlanniemi Beach Welcomes Back Swimmers

The result of the Mattilanniemi beach swimming water samples taken on Tuesday, 20 June 2023, showed that the microbiological quality of the water now meets the requirements. The swimming ban issued to Mattilanniemi beach on Monday, 19 June 2023, is lifted. Now the beach is in normal use again.

The water quality of the swimming beach is monitored with samples. Feeding the birds in the beach area is prohibited.

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environmental health
beach
exercise
Mattilanniemen uimaranta. Image Jyväskylän kaupunki

The Kaleva Games in Jyväskylä in the 100th anniversary of Harju in 2026

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.

Jyväskylä competed for the 2026 Kaleva Games with Oulu and Pori. SUL's federal council decided on awarding competitions to Jyväskylä.

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sports
Elmo Lakka juoksee Kalevan kisoissa 2018

Sports Facilities

In Jyväskylä the importance of sport is also reflected in the number of facilities on offer. The City of Jyväskylä maintains altogether 360 sports venues from multipurpose halls to nature trails.

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Nainen ja poika sataman liikuntapuistossa. Image Hanna-Kaisa Hämäläinen

Secto Rally Finland brought over EUR 17 million to the Jyväskylä region

The Finnish round of the World Rally Championship, or Secto Rally Finland, returned this year to its full four-day glory after the difficult coronavirus period. A total of 230,000 spectators were recorded in Jyväskylä and Central Finland, the visitor record was broken in Harju, and the Finnish World Cup Rally left a jackpot of income behind for the Jyväskylä region and Central Finland.

In the general competition, there was no opportunity to celebrate a victory for Finland, but a great sports weekend was crowned by the second-place

Auto ajaa Harjulla Secto Rally Finland 2022. Image AKK Sports Oy

Cultural plan

City of Jyväskylä cultural plan 2022—2025 is completed. It was approved by the City of Jyväskylä’s Culture and Sports Committee on 13.4.2022.

Jyväskylä’s cultural plan 2022-2025 lays out the priorities for development in future years: children and young people, issues linked to facilities, as well as cultural vitality. The key themes of the cultural plan are exactly the same as in the city strategy. 

City of Jyväskylä - Cultural plan 2022-2025

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city of education and culture
Ihmisiä Lounaispuistossa seuraamassa esitystä. Image Jaakko Hänninen

Museum shops

The museum shop of the Craft Museum of Finland, the museum shop of Jyväskylä Art Museum, Museum Shop Sparvin at the Toivola Old Courtyard and Aalto2 Museum Shop are full of charming products that you can buy for yourself or as a gift. Discover unique handicrafts, jewellery, art products and products and toys made in the spirit of 19th century Jyväskylä!

Museokauppa Sparvinin tuotevalikoimaa.

Jyrki Markkanen – Collections/ Areas

Gallery 11.2.−19.3.2023

The solo exhibition of Jyrki Markkanen (b. 1956 Uurainen, central Finland) presents the work of a long-standing printmaker. Markkanen worked at the Ratamo Printmaking Centre in Jyväskylä from the early 1980s until the last few years, when he moved to Imatra in 2016, where he currently lives and works. Since the early years, the focus of the artist's work has shifted from traditional printmaking techniques to photography and old printmaking methods, as well as three-dimensional works.

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print art

Deniz Satır –Something Is Bugging Me

Gallery 25.3.–7.5.2023

Known for her flamboyant rug works, Deniz Satır's solo exhibition combines traditional tufting techniques with contemporary themes. The Jyväskylä-based artist's exhibition includes a large, 140-piece installation Ommetaphobia among her latest works.

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art museum
print art
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