Welcome to Jyväskylä!
Jyväskylä is a lively university city and the capital of Central Finland. About a third of the city's 143,000 inhabitants are students. Beautifully set between lakes and ridges, many motorsports fans are familiar with the city as the Neste Oil Rally of the World Rally Championships series takes place around the city each July.
Jyväskylä is a city and municipality in Finland in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. It is located about 150 km northeast of Tampere, the third largest city in Finland, and about 270 km north of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The Jyväskylä sub-region includes Jyväskylä, Hankasalmi, Laukaa, Muurame, Petäjävesi, Toivakka, and Uurainen. Other border municipalities of Jyväskylä are Joutsa, Jämsä, and Luhanka.
Jyväskylä is the largest city in the region of Central Finland and in the Finnish Lakeland, as of 31 December 2021, Jyväskylä had a population of 144,477. The city has been one of the fastest-growing cities in Finland during the 20th century,
when in 1940, there were only 8,000 inhabitants in Jyväskylä.
Elias Lönnrot, the compiler of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, gave the city the nickname "Athens of Finland". This nickname refers to the major role of Jyväskylä as an educational center. The works of the most famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto can be seen throughout the city. The city hosts the Neste Oil Rally Finland, which is part of the World Rally Championship. It is also home to the annual Jyväskylä Arts Festival.