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Jyvaskyla

Country:
Finland
State:
Lansi-Suomen Laani
City:
Jyvaskyla
Type of Location:
Multiple
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Places to Visit
How to Reach

By plane

Jyvaskyla has a small airport which is mostly served by the FinnComm and Finnair. There are also some direct charter flights to popular holiday destinations.
From the airport you can travel to city with airport bus. The cost is 5 euro. The bus will leave the airport when all passengers have picked up their luggage. Reaching the airport for an outgoing flight is also possible by bus, the bus will leave from the city one hour before the departure time of the flight.
You can also reach the city by taxi in 15-20 minutes. Catching or calling a taxi from the airport it will cost approx. 35 euros to get to the city center. If you are traveling alone, it's cheaper to order the taxi as a special "Airport-Taxi". Ordering Airport-Taxi two hours in advance will lower the cost for one person down to 20 euros, and a designated taxi driver with a name sign will be waiting at the airport for you. The service number for taxis in Jyvaskyla area is (also for Airport-Taxi).

By train

Jyvaskyla is quite well connected with railroads to the other Finnish cities, and getting in by train is rather effortless. The journey takes from 2 hours 45 minutes to 3 1/2 hours depending on the train. A bit depending of the train type, one way Helsinki - Jyvaskyla train ticket costs a bit over or under 50 euros for adults .

By bus

Buses travel between Jyvaskyla and other Finnish cities, as well as smaller destinations. When traveling between cities, using trains is typically faster. Express Bus ticket for adults from Jyvaskyla to Helsinki or Helsinki-Vantaa Airport costs a bit less than 50 euros .

Key places to visit
The Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyvaskyla Art Museum, Central Finland Aviation Museum, The National Costume Centre, Water Castle, Viherlandia

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Places to Visit

The Alvar Aalto Museum

The Alvar Aalto Museum is architecture and design museum in Jyvaskyla . It was founded in 1966 to uphold the Alvar Aalto's architecture. The museum is currently planning a wave in 1973 , completed the building. Since 1994 the museum's management has also been designed by Alvar Aalto's Experimental House Saynatsalo .
Aalto Museum is a center of information, organizing exhibitions both at home and abroad, and by producing publications related to Alvar Aalto. The museum has a permanent display of Alvar Aalto's life's work a variety of exhibition. The current exhibition was opened by Alvar Aalto, one hundred year anniversary of the birth in 1998 .

Jyvaskyla Art Museum

Jyvaskyla Art Museum, the Central Finland Regional Museum of Art. It focuses on contemporary art, visual art medium Finnish, Finnish and international graphic arts and photographic art. Art Museum has its roots in the Alvar Aalto Museum, an art section, which was removed 22 March 1998 as an independent taidemuseokseen.
Art Museum, administered by the city's art collections and the Association of Finnish Printmakers: The collection, which was transferred in 1981 by Alvar Aalto Museum in 1998 and continues to treat the Jyvaskyla Art Museum. City's collection of accumulate continuously, and it includes about 4 000 works. Finnish Printmakers collection includes more than 5 000 270 prints from the artist, about 600 tiles as well as sketches and tools.

Central Finland Aviation Museum

Central Finland Aviation Museum is Tikkakoski Jyvaskyla, located in the aviation themed museum . The majority of the collections of the Museum of the machines is the Finnish Air Force used by military aircraft . The museum is an independent Central Finland Aviation Museum Foundation maintained.
Aviation Museum began operations on 1 June 1979 Luonetjarvi Airport Hangar in 1. Today the museum is located in the center of Tikkakosken former industrial hall. Annual visitors is about 25 000
The museum employs a staff of nine, which is part of the museum aircraft restoration specialist training. The abbreviation D-SIM-known museum is a permanent staff, and publication activities of the strongest Finnish Aviation Museum

The National Costume Centre

Finnish National Costume Centre presents and save the Finnish national costumes and other traditional clothing. Acts as a central Finnish Craft Museum in connection with Jyvaskyla .
The National Costume Centre organizes exhibitions, demonstrations, workshops and events. The center is also the national costumes of information services and advice.

Water Castle

Water Castle is a tower of Jyvaskyla ridge crest. It is connected to the water - and the observation tower . Water There is also a restaurant Water Castle and the Central Museum of Finnish nature. Water Castle was designed by Olavi Kivimaa , and it was completed in 1953. Ridge had previously been a stone water tank and a wooden observation tower. The tower height is 34 meters

Viherlandia

Viherlandia has a garden and tourist center in Jyvaskyla . It has worked in Jyvaskyla from 1984 onwards. Viherlandiassa hosts over 400 000 visitors.
Viherlandia Tahvosten is part of the family room, and now works there in the fifth generation.

Right Time to Visit

August - December

Temperature

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