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[[File:Jyväskylä-Finland_panorama1.JPG{{Infobox Location|leftcountry = Finland|thumb|View to the [[Jyväskylä]] Centrum from sight-tower of Harju.]]map = <map lat='62.23399603631972' lng='25.73864501953125' zoom='1210' view='03' float/> <!-- To find out coordinates, try osm.org?q=City and click on 'Share'(the square with an arrow on the right' height) -->|state ='350' width|pop ='400'<!-- see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City -->|plate = |motorways = }}[[File:Jyväskylä-Finland_panorama1.JPG|right|thumb|View of [[Jyväskylä]] from the harju observation tower.]]'''Jyväskylä''' is a city located in Central [[Finland]], 147 km from [[Tampere]] and 270 km from [[Helsinki]]. There are so many students living in Jyväskylä (a third of the total population), leading to some people call calling Jyväskylä the "[[Athens]] of Finland". The city is easy to hitch in or out.

=== South-west towards [[Tampere]], [[Turku]] {{HVfi|9}} {{E|63}} or west towards [[Keuruu]] {{H|23}} ===There's a pretty [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4&sll=61.498023,23.764859&sspn=1.10885,3.534851&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4,+Finland&ll=62.232295,25.735946&spn=0.008457,0.027616&z=16&layer=c&cbll=62.232233,25.73425&panoid=780NvKt-r4IwSf2DBzGK8w&cbp=12,307.61,,0,-3.46 good hh-spot] just next to the university's campus called Mattilanniemi. '''Coming from the center:''' follow the street called '''Kauppakatu''' (the name changes into '''Seminaarinkatu''' and then to '''Alvar Aallon katu'''). Turn left to '''Kramsunkatu'''. There's a bridge for pedestrians over '''Rantaväylä''' to the university campus. Don't cross the bridge but go down the small hill to the "shoulder", the side of the road, of Rantaväylä. Walk a bit closer to the traffic lights.

=== East toward There's a [[Varkaus]]https://www.google.com/maps/@62.2322331,25.7342647,3a,75y,307.61h, [[Kuopio93.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s780NvKt-r4IwSf2DBzGK8w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 pretty good hitch-hiking spot]] {{E|63}}just next to the university's campus called Mattilanniemi. '''Coming from the centre:''' follow the street called '''Kauppakatu''' (the name changes into '''Seminaarinkatu''' and then to '''Alvar Aallon katu'''). Turn left to '''Kramsunkatu'''. There's a bridge for pedestrians over '''Rantaväylä''' to the university campus. Don't cross the bridge but go down the small hill to the "shoulder", South towards [[Heinola]]the side of the road, [[Lahti]] {{E|75}} ===of Rantaväylä. Walk a bit closer to the traffic lights.

This Another option for south is a bit tricky but not impossible. '''Coming from the center:''' Cross the bridge that goes over the train station. There's an exhibition center (Messuhalli) on the other side of the train tracks and the road. Walk to the left after the bridge towards the road. Go over a small knee-height fence take bus 14 or 21 to Muurame; the shoulder of the road. Walk on the side of the road a bit more to find a good hitchhiking spotticket costs 4, where the cars have enough space to stop. 70€ ''(bus information accurate as of August 2015)'If this doesn't work out''', walk down the road some more until you reach a pedestrian path on your right hand side. Follow it until it goes up in a bridge to cross the motorway. Hitchhike before the bridge, because that's where Take the cars start speeding up.08/09/11 : Another solution is ramp to reach the ABC station of Vaajakoskimain road (9, to the east of the city. You can hitchhike your way there by thumbs or writing "ABC" on a panel, or you can take a bus (around 2€E63), for exemple the bus n°3 from Matkakeskus walk less than 1 km in the city center. Once there, theredirection Jyväskylä until you's ll see a gas station where you can ask people, or you can hitchhike with a panel, in front of it there's is a nice bus stop if you're going with a huge space to Kuopiopull over, and a small platform if you're going to Lahticars go slow because of speed limit.__TOC__

== Free hotspots ==* West towards [[http://vakiopaine.net/ Baari VakiopaineKeuruu]] Kauppakatu 6* , [[http://www.sohwi.fi/ Bar/Restaurant SohwiParkano]] Vaasankatu 21 ''(password: vodka)''{{Vfi|23}} ===* [http://wwwFor west towards Keuruu it might be smarter to follow the train tracks west to Keuruuntie.vihreahaltijatar.fi/ Vihreä haltijatar] Kauppakatu 13 ''(sid: haltsu)'Soon after Länsi-Päijänteentie road there'* [http://wwws a bus stop.jazz-barHowever, there are many bus stops along the road with easy access to hitch west or north west.com/ Poppari] Puistokatu 2-4 (Ask for password from bartender)

== Chargeable hotspots = East towards [[Pieksämäki]], [[Varkaus]], North-east towards [[Kuopio]], [[Kajaani]], South-east towards [[Mikkeli]], [[Lappeeranta]] {{E|63}}, South towards [[Heinola]], [[Lahti]], [[Helsinki]] {{E|75}} ==* [http://www.wippies.fi/map.phtml?l=en_US_WIPPIES Wippies Hotspots] (zoom out to find Jyväskylä) (Unofficial: http://www.ihminen.org/wippies/ )

== External links ==* Take bus number 1, 2 or 3 to Vaajakoski. From Vaajakoski you need to walk along Vaajakoskentie (road E75) for roughly 2km - there is a pavement! There is an [httphttps://www.jklgoogle.fi/lang/ City of Jyväskylä] - Official International version of the site* [http:/maps/www.jyvasvillage.net@62.ms Jyväskylä Forum] - forum in English for foreigners in Jyväskylä* [http://www2319537,25.jyvaskyla8989653,3a,75y,219.fi/tiedotus/human_tech_city/index11h,76.php86t/2005-02 Jyväskylä Human technology city data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFLwpG2WgevTmlCk1Boks5g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 excellent hitch- magazinehiking spot]* [http://kartta.jkl.fi/ Map of Jyväskylä]* [http:/where cars will be able to see you from a long distance, plus they will be slowing down for a roundabout/entraffic circle.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyväskylä Wikipedia: Jyväskylä]

__NOTOC__Also by this roundabout/traffic circle is a large ABC gas and service station where you can also ask for rides. It is open 24 hours and also has a small supermarket. If you are going to take E63 towards Kuopio or Mikkeli, another good option is to get a bus direction to Hankasalmi (I took bus 43) and get off at [https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/62.23651/25.96574 the bus stop near Leppälahti village]. From there cars go a bit fast but they have enough time to see you and enough space to stop. A lot of traffic going in the right direction. I got a ride going to Kuopio in 5 min, but if you are going direction to Mikkeli (as I was), you can just ask the driver to drop you off [https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/62.24818/26.17365 at the crossroad to Mikkeli and hitchhike from the bus stop there] (another just 5 min wait). Also there's a Shell gas station just at that cross. === North towards [[Oulu]] {{E|75}} ===Take the bus 22 or 25 to the Palokka shopping centre (buses 26, 27, 31 36, 37 also go nearby in Palokka). The bus ticket costs 3€ ''(bus information accurate as of August 2015)''. There are large supermarkets, furniture and DIY shops as well as an ABC gas station. There is a [https://www.google.fi/maps/@62.2899546,25.7227613,3a,75y,206.37h,72.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spkUofB8DuEOBD_4isNVeaA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 bus stop on the ramp to the highway] which you can safely walk to and cars can safely stop. == Trashwiki & Nomadwiki == [[nomad:Jyväskylä]] [[trash:Jyväskylä]]   {{Cities Finland}}