Päijänne-Risteilyt Hilden

Satamakatu, 40100 Jyväskylä

Finnish Air Force Museum

Tikkakoskentie 125, 41160 Tikkakoski

The Finnish Air Force Museum is a family destination where you can discover the fascinating history of Finnish military aviation! The permanent exhibition consists mainly of aircraft, engines and air equipment used by the Finnish Air Force. On display are 27 aircraft ranging from biplanes with fabric wings to wartime fighters and jets made from metal. Temporary exhibits are located in different parts of the exhibition hall. The exhibition also includes four aircraft cockpits which visitors can enter.

Jyväskylä City Theatre (1964–82)

Vapaudenkatu 36, 40100 Jyväskylä

Administrative and Cultural Center 1964-

Central police station (1970) (Tietotalo)

Kilpisenkatu 1, 40100 Jyväskylä

Administrative and cultural centre, from 1964

Construction office 1975-78

Hannikaisenkatu 17, 40100 Jyväskylä

Administrative and cultural centre, from 1964

Viitatorni (1957–62)

Viitaniementie 16, 40720 Jyväskylä

Viitatorni is a high-rise building designed by Alvar Aalto that dominates and unites the garden suburb of Viitaniemi.

University of Jyväskylä

Seminaarinkatu 15, 40100 Jyväskylä

In 1951, Alvar Aalto was the winner of an invitational competition to design the expansion of the Jyväskylä College of Education. The competition included not only several new buildings, but a comprehensive plan for the layout of the campus. Aalto’s plan, called URBS, received credit for integrating the proposed buildings in the environment, as well as preserving more of the existing campus structures than competing proposals. In several stages over the 1950s, the campus saw the completion of a new main building, a library, cafeteria and conference buildings, a residential hall, two gyms, a swimming pool, a staff residence, and a heating plant. Apart from these buildings, all clad in red brick, the plan included a sports field, greeneries and pathways, as well as several ceremonial courtyards including the so-called Alvar Plaza.

Muuratsalo experimental house (1952–54)

Melalammentie, 40900 Säynätsalo

Alvar Aalto’s summer residence – also known as Muuratsalo Experimental House – is located on an island five kilometres from Säynätsalo Town Hall.

Defence corps building (1926–29) (Valtiontalo)

Kilpisenkatu 8, 40100 Jyväskylä

Alvar Aalto was awarded the design project for the Jyväskylä Civil Guard House through a competition. The building originally housed a market hall, cinema, large ballroom with a stage, a restaurant, and the offices of the civil guard organisations. The design work for this “transitional period-based multi-purpose building” was completed during the period when Aalto was transitioning from classicism to functionalism. The departure from classicism is reflected in, for example, the functionally structured spaces and the rational, contemporary interior design solutions. 

Muurame Church (1926–29)

Sanantie 7, 40950 Muurame

Running north-south on Muurame Hill, Muurame Church is a long, single-nave church with plastered brick walls.