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Integration Services

The Integration Services helps immigrants in their adjustment to Finnish society and supports the preservation of their own cultural identity. It also seeks to promote the development of our society into a multi-cultural community accepting diversity.

If you have questions about your residence permit application, please contact The Finnish Immigration Service 0295 419 600(Maahanmuuttovirasto)

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kansainvälisyys;maahanmuuttaja;neuvonta;työllistyminen. Image Jyrki Pitkänen

I want to learn Finnish

Studying Finnish is worth it! It is easier to get a job in Finland if you know how to use the language. The better you know Finnish, the larger the number and diversity of job opportunities there are. Language skills also help in other areas of life, such as taking care of things on your own and finding friends.

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Kielten oppikirjoja ja opiskelija.

Elina Brotherus - Movement

27.10.-10.12.2023

"I seek, do, find – and take pictures. I don't interfere with the space, but the human presence awakens it." – Elina Brotherus

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Elina Brotherus, One Minute Sculpture Double Bucket. Image Elina Brotherus

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

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Kaksi naista pöydän ääressä. Image Leila Koskinen

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

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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

Wilho Sjöström – Autumn to Summer

Gallery 14.10.2023–4.2.2024

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of artist Wilho Sjöström (1873–1944). During his lifetime, Sjöström was one of Finland's best-known painters, professor and an influential figure in the Finnish art life. Sjöström was also active in Central Finland. He spent long periods in Viitasaari and painted in Laukaa, Korpilahti, Saarijärvi, Suolahti and Keuruu, as well. 

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Kesäinen maisemamaalaus, etualalla kolme naista istuu ja ompelee, taustalla siintää järvi. Image Timo Kalima

Elina Brotherus – Time

27.10.2023–4.2.2024
 

The exhibition Time presents an extensive selection of internationally acclaimed Finnish photographer Elina Brotherus' works throughout her career.

Elina Brotherus works since more than twenty years in photography and moving image. Her work has been alternating between autobiographical and art-historical approaches. 

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Valokuva kallioiden ympäröimästä purosta, kuvan keskellä tummiin pukeutunut nainen katsoo kohti. Image Elina Brotherus

Annu Vertanen – Cellular Matrix

Annu Vertanen (born 1960) is one of the internationally most renowned Finnish printmakers. The Cellular Matrix exhibition showcases the artist's work spanning her long career, featuring not only prints but also watercolor paintings, videos, and sculptures.

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Taideteos jossa pehmeäreunaisia kirkkaan värisiä palloja valkoisella taustalla. Image Päivi Eronen

In the Current

Gallery 16.2.–28.4.2024

In the Current is the first part of a two-part exhibition series curated by artist and curator Anna Ruth. The artists featured in the exhibition are Erkki Hirvelä (1937–2020) as well as contemporary artists Sasha Huber, Laura Lilja, Kimmo Ojaniemi, and Suvi Sysi.

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sinisen värisistä niiteistä koostuva aaltoileva kuvio. Image Katja Hagelstam

In the Current - Nykyisyys

The second part of a series of exhibitions by curator and artist Anna Ruth features five contemporary artists who reflect on the present moment and its digital influences. Horror films, news feeds and other media are weaved with textures, lines and colours.

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Cécile Bicler. Image Cécile Bicler

Eetu Huhtala – Divided Into Two Equal Parts

A bathtub that, despite our best efforts, cannot be filled, a swing that is impossible to sit on and a ball game that is impossible to play. In the art of Eetu Huhtala everyday objects are stretched into the strange.  

Each of us encounters unexpected things and events. Things that change plans, mess up everyday life or change for forever. Eetu Huhtala's sculptures explore these moments and the emotions they bring. The artist draws on his own life experiences, but the emotions and themes he explores are familiar to us all.

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Alumiininen sisäänpäin käpristynyt runkopatja. Image Eetu Huhtala

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

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Kontrabasisti Joonas Korjus. Image Tuomas Tenkanen

City of Jyväskylä, TGR-WRT, and Toyota Mobility Foundation sign an LOI for future collaboration towards a carbon neutral society

The City of Jyväskylä, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team (TGR-WRT) and Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) towards future collaboration, aiming to achieve a carbon neutral, sustainable and diversified society through community development in harmony with people and nature.

The purpose of the Letter of Intent is for the three parties to identify joint initiatives in the short and medium/long term that will contribute t

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Kuvassa vasemmalta oikealle: Shigeru Hayakawa, Deputy Chairman of Board Directors of TMF, Akio Toyoda, Chairman of Board Directors of TMF, Timo Koivisto, Mayor of Jyväskylä, Yuichiro Haruna, CEO of TGR-WRT. Image Jyväskylän kaupunki

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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Mattilanniemen uimaranta. Image Jyväskylän kaupunki