Viitatorni
Viitatorni is an apartment building in Jyväskylä, Central Finland which is located on Viitaniementie. Viitatorni is situated nearby to the square Jaroslavlin aukio, as well as near the playground Eilan puisto.Photo: Ilrepo, Public domain.
- Type: Apartment building
- Description: apartment building by Alvar Aalto in Jyväskylä, Finland
- Also known as: “(Aallon) Torahammas”
- Address: Viitaniementie 16, Jyväskylä, 40720
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Harju Stadium is situated 670 metres southeast of Viitatorni.
Viitaniemi School
School
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Viitaniemi School is a lower secondary school in Jyväskylä, Finland. Viitaniemi School has approximately 500 pupils and 50 teachers. Pupils are in the grades 7-9. Viitaniemi School is situated 260 metres northeast of Viitatorni.
Natural History Museum of Central Finland
Museum
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Natural History Museum of Central Finland is situated 1 km southeast of Viitatorni.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nisula and Viitaniemi.
Viitaniemi
Neighborhood
Photo: Yaamboo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Viitatorni
- Categories: tower block, building, and residential building
- Location: Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.2497° or 62° 14′ 59″ northLongitude
25.73283° or 25° 43′ 58″ eastInception
1962Levels
13Height
43 metres (141 feet)Operator
As Oy ViitatorniOpen location code
9GJ76PXM+V4OpenStreetMap ID
way 126737946OpenStreetMap feature
building=apartmentsWikidata ID
Q11901386
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to French—“Viitatorni” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Aallon torahammas”
- Finnish: “Torahammas”
- Finnish: “Viitatorni”
- French: “Viitatorni”
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Highlights include Jaroslavlin aukio and Eilan puisto.
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