A visit to Jyväskylä, Finland

Gisela Redeker, March 2002

On this page, I present photos from my visit to Jyväskylä, Finland, 9-16 March, 2002, and some photos from Jeanine Deen's visit in February 2001. The visits were part of the fruitful "Socrates" collaboration between the Communication Studies Programs at the University of Groningen and the University of Jyväskylä, involving the annual exchange of several students and two teacher/researchers. As you will see below, my visit was not only useful in terms of work, but also had lots of "fringe benefits" in terms of friendly contacts and lovely long walks in beautiful snow and sunshine. 

Click on the thumbnails below to see full size pictures. 

   

1    The University

1.1    The Communication Department, Tourujuki, and Taulumäki

The Communication Department building in Tourula  thm_commdept0001.jpg

Walking along the Tourujoki from near the Department toward Taulumäki:

Tourujoki
view toward
Vanha hautausmaa

   along the Tourujoki
walking back toward
the Kinaki bridge 

   Tourujoki
view from southern bridge
toward Kinaki bridge

Taulumäki Taulumäki         Taulumäki church Taulumäki Kirku

1.2    Seminaarinmäki

Lotta and Mikko

Lotta, Mikko, and Gisela in front of the
Faculty of Sports and Health Sciences building
(designed by Alvar Aalto 1969-70)  

Mikko and Gisela  

revisiting the Sports and Health Sciences building
on a sunny day (photo from Keskussairaalantie)

Sports and Health Sciences building

Gisela at Aalto Park, University of Jyväskylä  view of Aalto Park from Teacher Training School

view from Alvar's Square in front of the University's main building   Lotta and Mikko

1.3    Mattilanniemi with Agora (www.jyu.fi/agora)

Mattilanniemi, Agora   

view of Mattilanniemi (Arto Sipinen 1980-) with the Human Technologies Center Agora (2000) and Nokia buildings, in the background parts of the Natural Sciences buildings at Ylistönrinne (built by Arto Sipinen 1990-), as seen in the evening light from the balcony of the Museum of Central Finland (designed by Alvar Aalto in 1961 and extended in 1990)

Agora from North:
view into main entrance hall
with granite wall and mural   

Agora Human Technologies Center

Agora Human Technologies Center   Agora from lake: outer granite wall and cafetaria  Agora from the lake (from South)

 Inside the Agora building: cafetaria with view of the lake and Ylistönrinne

 thm_Mikko0001.jpg      thm_Mikko0002.jpg      thm_AgoraCafetaria0001.jpg

Corner of the Nokia building in the morning light,
with view of Ylistönrinne   

Nokia building

1.4    Ylistönrinne and the Ylistö Bridge

   photo from Jeanine Deen, 2001  Mattilanniemi and Yliströnrinne with Yliströn silta (photo Jussi Jäppinen)  (see further under 3)

    

2    The City of Jyväskylä

City Church in Church Park  Kirkopuisto

thm_town20010001.jpg  view of the Western part of the city from the lake

views of the city from the ridge:

looking East: Tourula  looking to the South: Downtown, Lutakko, Kuokkala bridge  looking South/South West

view to the North, toward Lake Tuomio  Gisela photographed by Lotta; view from ridge to Lake Tuomio  

walking back down to the city center Gisela on the main steps of the Ridge   Lotta on the main steps of the Ridge

dinner at the Memphis  

at the end of a delicious and "gezellig" dinner at the
Memphis Restaurant (Marit, Lotta,  Gisela, and Maili)

Kuokkala (south of the lake) Kuokkala

Lutakko near Paviljonki Congress Center  Lutakko peninsula  Lutakko with Paviljonki

     

3    The Lake (Jyväsyärvi)

3.1  Morning at the lake

View of the harbor toward Mattilanniemi
and the Ylistö bridge (from the Siltakatu bridge)

 

Harbor

3.2  Evening moods

Walking over the Siltakatu bridge from Lutakko to Ainolanranta

Harbor and Kuokkala bridge at sundown  Kuokkala bridge at sundown   last sunlight on the Kuokkala bridge

views from Ainolanranta  lake from Kuokkala bridge  Jyväsjärvi from Ainolanranta 

Nokia buildings from Jyväsjärvi   Nokia buildings     Agora and Nokia buildings Agora and Nokia buildings from Jyväsjärvi

Ylistön silta from the Western edge of Jyväsjärvi  

beyond the Ylistö bridge, looking back at Mattilanniemi (left) and Ylistönrinne (right), and casting a long shadow on the snowy track that leads across the lake

walking along the lake back to townJyväsjärvi  Jyväsjärvi

Mattilanniemi 

Mattilanniemi highway exit from the pedestrians' bridge leading to the Älylä ('Intellect') district and Seminaarmäki (Seminar hill)