Viitaniemi

Viitaniemi is a neighborhood in the Nisula district of Jyväskylä, Finland. It was built during 1959–1964. In 1962, the landmark of the suburb, Viitatorni designed by Alvar Aalto, was built. Viitaniemi is considered to be an architecturally significant area.

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Photo: Yaamboo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Harju Stadium and Viitaniemi School.

Harju Stadium

Stadium

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Harjun stadion is an athletics and football stadium in Jyväskylä, Finland. It is the home stadium of a local football club JJK that currently plays in Ykkönen. The stadium holds 5,000 spectators and was opened in 1926.

Viitaniemi School

School

Viitaniemi School

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Viitatorni

Apartment building

Photo: Ilrepo, Public domain.

Viitatorni is an apartment building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nisula and Kortesuo.

Nisula

Suburb

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nisula is a suburb.

Kortesuo

Neighborhood

Photo: FinCorleone, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kortesuo is a neighborhood.

Harju

Suburb

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Harju is a suburb.

Viitaniemi

Type: Neighborhood
Description: suburb of Jyväskylä in Central Finland, Western Finland, Finland
Categories: residential area and locality
Location: Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

62.25369° or 62° 15′ 13″ north

Longitude

25.73055° or 25° 43′ 50″ east

Elevation

117 metres (384 feet)

Open location code

9GJ77P3J+F6

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

Discover Viitaniemi from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Russian—“Viitaniemi” goes by many names.

Finnish: “Viitaniemen asuntoalue”
Finnish: “Viitaniemi”
French: “Viitaniemi”
Persian: “ویتانیمی”
Russian: “Виитаниеми”

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