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Keltinmäki, Jyväskylä — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Keltinmäki is a district on the south-western side of Jyväskylä, a lakeland city in central Finland.
About Keltinmäki
Where to stay in Keltinmäki
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Stay here for quiet ground. Keltinmäki suits visitors who want a calm hillside footing in Jyväskylä with the centre a short drive off, away from the busier inner streets. Expect a settled residential feel near Keltinmäen kirkko.
If you would rather be by the lake, the shops and the station, the central quarters or a closer district like Köhniö will serve you better than this south-western hill.
About Keltinmäki
What are the main landmarks in Keltinmäki?
The district's waymark is its church. Keltinmäen kirkko stands among the housing as the local landmark of Keltinmäki, the building that fixes this hillside quarter on the south-western side of Jyväskylä. Around it the streets stay residential.
For the city's museums and lake shore you head down toward the centre, a short way north-east past districts like Kortepohja in central Finland.
What is the history of Keltinmäki?
Jyväskylä reached out across its hills as the city grew, and the south-western ground filled with housing in its turn. Keltinmäki took shape there as a residential quarter on the rising land, joining the south-western districts beside Kortepohja and Köhniö. A parish church came to mark it.
Keltinmäen kirkko gave the hillside district a centre of its own among the streets.
Where is Keltinmäki?
It rises on the city's south-western flank. Keltinmäki occupies the south-western side of Jyväskylä in central Finland, a hillside quarter set out from the lakeside centre, with Kortepohja to its north and Köhniö along the way back toward the middle of the city. The wider land is lakeland.
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Updated July 2026