GUIDANCE TARIFFS IN JYVÄSKYLÄ 2013
TIME / HOURS: Mon-Sat in Finnish/in foreign language (€)
- 1,5: 87,00 € /107,00€
- 2: 105,50 € /130,00 €
- 2,5: 124,00 € / 153,50 €
- 3: 142,50 € /176,50 €
- 3,5: 161,00 € / 200,00 €
- 4: 180,00 € /223,00 €
- 4,5: 198,50 € /246,50 €
- 5: 217,00 € /269,50 €
- 5,5: 235,50 € /293,00 €
- 6: 254,00 € / 316,00 €
- 6,5: 273,00 € / 339,50€
- 7: 291,50 € / 262,50 €
- 7,5: 310,00 € / 386,00 €
- 8: 328,50 € / 330,00 €
- 8,5: 347,00 € /432,50 €
- 9: 366,00 € /455,50 €
- 9,5: 384,50 € / 479,00 €
- 10: 403,00 € /502,00 €
- 12: 477,50 €/ 595,00 €
- Guided tour in museum (max. 1 h): 68,50 € /83,50 €
TIME / HOURS: On Sundays ja national holidays in Finnish/in foreign language (€)
- 1,5: 127,00 € / 157,00 €
- 2: 155,00 € /192,00 €
- 2,5: 183,00 € /227,00 €
- 3: 210,50 € / 261,50 €
- 3,5: 238,50 € / 296,50 €
- 4: 266,50 € / 331,50 €
- 4,5: 294,50 € / 366,50 €
- 5: 322,00 € / 401,00 €
- 5,5: 350,00 € /436,00 €
- 6: 378,00 € / 471,00 €
- 6,5: 405,00 € / 506,00 €
- 7: 434,00 € / 540,50 €
- 7,5: 461,50 € / 575,50 €
- 8: 489,50 € / 492,50 €
- 8,5: 517,50 € / 645,00 €
- 9: 545,50 € / 680,00 €
- 9,5: 573,50 € / 718,00 €
- 10: 601,00 € / 750,00 €
- 12: 713,00 € / 889,50 €
- Guided tour in museum (max. 1 h): 99,00 € /122,50 €
Foreign languages: Finnish, Swedish, English, German, French, Russian, Spanish and Hungarian.
Note! Guidance in two languages + 15 %.
Booking terms: If a guide booking is changed or cancelled 48 hours or less before the start of the tour, full price of the guided tour will be charged.
All cancellations must be made in writing Monday through Friday by 16.00 on the day of cancellation.
Further information on prices:
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Guiding prices include employer’s social security contributions and VAT 24%.
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Transportation is not included in the price.
- Invoicing fee: 5,05 €
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Weekday rates apply Monday – Saturday 06.00 – 23.00
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At night, 23.00-06.00, a surcharge of 100 % is payable.
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Sunday rates apply on Sundays and public holidays 00.00 – 24.00
Public holidays in 2013: Jan 1, March 29, April 1, May 1, May 9, Jun 21-23, Nov 2, Dec 6, Dec 24-26. - Travel expenses: Should guiding start and/or finish outside the centre of Jyväskylä (over 1 km from the city centre) the cost of a local bus fare will be charged as travel expenses depending on the length of the journey.
- For an airport transfer a charge equivalent to max. two (2) hours of guiding will be charged.
- For a city transfer normal guiding charges apply. However, a minimum of 1½ hours will be charged.
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Should the client, or person nominated by him, request a meeting lasting more than 30 minutes with the guide to discuss the upcoming task, then the guide shall be paid a sum equivalent to half the normal guiding fee (1½ h).
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By the same token should the client or person nominated by him request the guide to draft an itinerary or route plan in writing, then the guide shall be paid a sum equivalent to half the normal guiding fee depending on the time taken.
Reservations and inquiries from:
Jyväskylä Region Tourist Office
Asemakatu 6, FI-40100 JYVÄSKYLÄ
Tel. +358 (0)14 266 0113
e-mail: travel@jkl.fi
www.jyvaskylaregion.fi/travel
DISCOVER JYVÄSKYLÄ BY BUS
Examples of theme tours; tours can also be planned according to your group’s requirements:
Jyväskylä’s lakes and Harju ridge
A bus tour offers an excellent opportunity to explore the history of Jyväskylä as well as its present day. On the trip you will see and hear why the city that has arisen between the Harju ridge and Lake Jyväsjärvi, separated from Lake Päijänne, is called a city of education, culture and sport and why many Finns would like to live in Jyväskylä. Seminaarinmäki hill and the university’s newer campus areas on the shore of Lake Jyväsjärvi provide fine examples of architecture from different periods. The Laajavuori and Hippos recreational centres serve both top-flight athletes and ordinary fitness fans throughout the year. The tour lasts 1.5 hours, price from € 87,00. Transport is not included in the price.
Summer excursion to the island suburb of Säynätsalo
Säynätsalo is comprised of eleven islands in Lake Päijänne. It is Jyväskylä’s unique island suburb, the natural beauty of which is highly appealing. During the bus tour we take a comprehensive look at Säynätsalo’s attractions. We visit the church designed by Armas Lindgren and Bertel Liljeqvist as well as Säynätsalo Town Hall, completed in 1952 and designed by world-famous architect Alvar Aalto. We also take in Haikka lighthouse, the lush scenery of Lehtisaari, Satasarvinen hill, and admire the shimmering waters of majestic Lake Päijänne. Visitors will also learn the colourful history of the factory-owning Parviainen family and experience the island community of Säynätsalo as it is today. The tour lasts 2 hours, price from € 107,00. Transport is not included in the price.
Aalto-themed city centre tour
In the central area of Jyväskylä visitors can enjoy the pearls of architect Alvar Aalto’s production from a period spanning six decades. During the tour you will hear how Alvar Aalto had the ability to dumbfound his public and close colleagues. On the bus tour you will see public and private buildings designed by Aalto, for example, the Workers’ Club and the Defence Corps Building dating from the 1920s. Planning of the city’s Administrative and Cultural Centre first began in the 1960s and the most recent building to be completed is the City Theatre (1982). Finland’s first Finnish-language teacher training college evolved into Jyväskylä College of Education, the buildings comprising which were finished for the most part in the 1950s according to designs by Alvar Aalto. The University of Jyväskylä’s park-like campus on Seminaarinmäki hill is explored on foot. The basic tour takes 1.5 hours, price from € 87,00. Transport is not included in the price.
Ecumenical tour of Jyväskylä
The Jyväskylä Region features numerous buildings belonging to different religious denominations and groups. The tour can be planned according to the customer’s wishes, taking in visits to several churches or congregational buildings. Fascinating venues, for example, include Säynätsalo church from the late 1920s designed by Professor Armas Lindgren, the Catholic Saint Olaf’s church and Kuokkala church, a fine example of modern Finnish architecture, completed in 2010.
Uno and Wolmar at 200 – towering figures of Finland’s Athens
As promoters of Finnish-language culture Uno Cygnaeus, rector of the teacher training college, and district physician Wolmar Schildt had a major impact on Jyväskylä’s history and indeed that of the whole country. The tour investigates what traces of these two men can still be seen in addition to street names and official monuments. The tour takes 1.5 hours, price from € 87,00. Transport is not included in the price.
DISCOVER JYVÄSKYLÄ ON FOOT
Examples of theme tours; tours can also be planned according to your group’s requirements:
Jyväskylä new and old – a walking tour of the Lutakko area
This tour takes you into the area once occupied by the Schauman plywood mill, which in recent years has become a fashionable new residential area and home to various high-tech facilities. In Lutakko old and new Jyväskylä literally come face to face. Sights during the tour include the Renaissance-style Schauman Mansion, Innova, the city’s tallest building, Jyväskylä Paviljonki, Jyväskylä’s international congress and trade fair centre, and Travel Centre, a modern rail/coach interchange. The secrets of the smoke stack sauna will also be revealed during the tour. There will be commentary on the area’s history during the days of the plywood mill, Lutakko today, and plans for future development. The tour lasts 1.5 hours, price from € 87,00.
From Aren aukio square to Seminaarinmäki – explore the city centre on foot
The centre of Jyväskylä, bounded by Lake Jyväsjärvi and the Harju ridge, is easy to explore on foot. During the tour you will hear among other things about how a cart track developed into a prize-winning pedestrian street, an old market place became Church Park, and the first Finnish-language teacher training college blossomed into a multidisciplinary university. The tour takes in both old wooden houses and more modern architecture, not forgetting the many buildings designed by world-famous architect Alvar Aalto. The tour lasts 1.5 hours, price from € 87,00.
Following in Alvar Aalto’s footsteps
Jyväskylä offers a marvellous opportunity to discover the works of the renowned Finnish architect Alvar Aalto from a variety of periods. Visitors are treated to tales of Aalto’s colourful personality. During the tour we see the Workers’ Club, the Defence Corps Building and the city’s Administrative and Cultural Centre. We tour the University Park on Seminaarinmäki hill, where, in the 1950s, one of Alvar Aalto’s most significant projects was brought to fruition – the buildings of Jyväskylä College of Education, as it was then. After the guided tour participants can deepen their knowledge of the master architect’s work at the nearby Alvar Aalto Museum. The tour lasts 1.5 hours, price from € 87,00.
As recounted by gravestones – a walking tour of Jyväskylä’s Old Cemetery
What do the mature deciduous trees and old gravestones have to tell us about Jyväskylä’s history? What did the names Kreeta Haapasalo, Elsa Heporauta, Wolmar Schildt or Robert Kiljander mean to Finnish culture? How did the establishment of Finnish-language schools gather pace from the growth of the small town and stimulate its artistic life? The tour lasts 1.5 hours, price from € 87,00.
Walking tour of parks and statues
Explore the green parks in the centre of Jyväskylä and discover the statues and monuments contained in them. In Church Park the young Minna Canth leans on the parapet of a bridge and dreams, perhaps, of her future career as a writer and social trendsetter. The memorials in Cygnaeus Park remind us of the wooden church that once stood on the spot and of Uno Cygnaeus, the father of Finland’s elementary school system. The statues in Lounaispuisto park are linked by music. Join the tour and hear fascinating details of the city’s history, the cityscape, and naturally of the figures that shaped its past. The tour takes 1.5 hours, price from € 87,00.
Walking tour of Rantaraitti – the path that circles Lake Jyväsjärvi
The path for pedestrians and cyclists that follows the shore of Lake Jyväsjärvi not only offers some magnificent scenery but also a number of fascinating works of art, such as Suuri kompassi [Big compass], Hyöky [Surge] and Kiveen kirjoitetut [Written in stone]. The guide will fill in the background to the pieces and the artists that created them as well as the history of the areas along the shore. The tour can also be made at a brisk pace in the form of Nordic walking. The tour lasts 1.5 hours, price from € 87,00.
Walking tour of Seminaarinmäki hill and the ‘Älylä’ area of the city
The tour takes in what has often been described as Finland’s most beautiful campus, the development of which from teacher training college times into a university is illustrated by a rich variety of buildings. What used to go on, and what happens now, in Ryhtilä, Paja and Lyhty? Where did Villa Rana get its name from? The ‘Älylä’ area, which previously housed many academic staff, is full of fine old buildings and tales of cultural personages. The tour departs from outside the university library and takes 1.5 hours, price from € 87,00.
Uno and Wolmar at 200 – towering figures of Finland’s Athens – walking tour of the city centre area
As promoters of Finnish-language culture Uno Cygnaeus, rector of the teacher training college, and district physician Wolmar Schildt had a major impact on Jyväskylä’s history and indeed that of the whole country. The tour of the central area investigates what traces of these two men can still be seen in addition to street names and official monuments. The tour takes 1.5 hours, price from € 87,00.
Mäki-Matti meander walking tour
How did the array of shacks behind the Harju ridge develop into the model Mäki-Matti area? During the tour we remember the past and explore the present: shops and schools, parks and statues. At the same time we also shed some light on the history of Syrjälä and Nisula. Departure from in front of the Provincial Archives of Jyväskylä, address Pitkäkatu 23/Voionmaankatu 12.The walk takes 1½ hours, price from € 87,00.
Secret passages of the Harju ridge city walking tour
In the spots where the action takes place in Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen’s novel we set off on a common search for Jyväskylä’s magic locations, we sense the shower of significance particles, and above all do our best to get rid of a liking for slow continuity. Hang on to your umbrellas! The maximum number of participants is 20.
Olli’s path: Depart from the Kinakuja bridge over the Tourujoki river, tour ends at the top of the Harju ridge. The tour takes 2 hours, price from € 105,50.
Kerttu and Olli’s joint path: Departure from the top of the Harju steps, where the walk also ends. The tour takes 1½ hours, price from € 87,00.
Naissaari through the ages walking tour
The history of Naissaari, an island enclave on the Vaajakoski rapids, can be traced back to the 16th century. We hear about the life and times of industrial tycoon Salvesen, and what changed when the SOK cooperative arrived. And what exactly are ‘Rimahelvetti’ and ‘Lapumylly’? How did they affect the lives of Naissaari’s inhabitants? We take a look at the area’s past and admire the view today from the bank of the Keitele-Päijänne canal. Departure from in front of the information board in the car park. The tour takes 1½ hours, price from € 87,00.
