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| Jump! |
The last few days we have been settling into our apartment (finally!)
and exploring the city. We took a big walk around the lake Saturday and
discovered a little more about the city that we now call home.
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| The train station. |
Where we live (Jyväskylä) in a nutshell:
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| Enjoying a sassy drink on a boat turned into a bar. |
1.) The city was founded in 1837 (by a Russian Czar), thus Jyväskylä will be celebrating 175 years in 2012. Fun for us! By the way, can you believe how young this city is...when compared to other European cities?
2.) There are over 129,998 other people (including 15,000 university students) living in the Jyväskylä area, besides us.
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| This bridge connects campus buildings that are on both sides of the lake. |
3.) We live in the 7th largest city in Finland.
4.) The city is 270 kilometers (170 miles) north of Helsinki, which means it takes about 3:30-4 hours on the train...depending on the train you take (the Pendulum is the fastest).
5.) Jyväskylä is the capital of Central Finland. Whatever that means?
6.) There are over 36 lakes in the city limits and the city nestles up to the beautiful lake Jyväsjärv. Get excited people (because I certainly am...), this lake will turn into an ice skating rink with a 3 kilometer track.
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| Lake Jyväsjärv. |
7.) Here are our coordinates: 62° 14' 0" N
/ 25° 44' 0" E. Do you know yours? For us, this is crazy close to the arctic circle (66° 33′ 44″), so it is worth mentioning. We are 560 kilometers (348 miles) from the arctic circle--crazy cool or shall I say crazy COLD?!
3.) We live in the 7th largest city in Finland.
6.) There are over 36 lakes in the city limits and the city nestles up to the beautiful lake Jyväsjärv. Get excited people (because I certainly am...), this lake will turn into an ice skating rink with a 3 kilometer track.
2 comments:
The city sounds fantastic with lakes and its history. By the time you leave this city I'm sure you will have experienced all that the city offers. It will get COLD, but you will cope with that, just think of Athen's summers. Wow!
I am actually looking forward to the cold. Now that we have our down coats we are ready to take on winter! Woohoo, ice skating, frozen lake swimming, and snow angels with bikini on...
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