Vaajakoski
Vaajakoski is a district of Jyväskylä, Finland and the centre of Vaajakoski-Jyskä ward. It is located seven kilometres from the city centre on the Northern end of lake Päijänne, where it is bordered by Jyskä to the west, Sulunperä and Kaunisharju to the north, Tölskä to the west and Haapaniemi to the south.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town
- Description: city district in Jyväskylä, Finland
- Also known as: “Haapakoski (Jyväskylän maalaiskunta)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vaajakoski railway station and Varassaari.
Vaajakoski railway station
Railway station
Photo: Vesahjr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Vaajakoski railway station is a station located in the district of Vaajakoski in the city of Jyväskylä, Finland. It is located along the Jyväskylä–Pieksämäki railway, and has since 1992 only served freight traffic, as well as a passing loop; the nearest station with passenger services is Jyväskylä in the west.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jyskä and Tölskä.
Vaajakoski
- Categories: district of Jyväskylä and locality
- Location: Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.24798° or 62° 14′ 53″ northLongitude
25.8627° or 25° 51′ 46″ eastElevation
91 metres (299 feet)United Nations Location Code
FI VAJOpen location code
9GJ76VX7+53OpenStreetMap ID
node 676469556OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
633116Wikidata ID
Q7907801
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Vaajakoski” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “瓦亚科斯基”
- Dutch: “Vaajakoski”
- Esperanto: “Vaajakoski”
- Finnish: “Haapakoski (Jyväskylän maalaiskunta)”
- Finnish: “Vaajakoski”
- French: “Vaajakoski”
- German: “Haapakoski (Jyväskylän maalaiskunta)”
- German: “Vaajakoski”
- Persian: “وایاکسکی”
- Russian: “Ваякоски”
- Swedish: “Haapakoski (Jyväskylän maalaiskunta)”
- Swedish: “Vaajakoski”
- Ukrainian: “Вааякоскі”
- “Haapakoski”
- “Haapakoski (Jyväskylän maalaiskunta)”
- “Vaajakoski”
- “Vaajakoski (Jyväskylä)”
- “Vaajakoski (Jyväskylän maalaiskunta)”
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