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Puistola, Jyväskylä — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Puistola is a narrow strip of Jyväskylä between the Tourujoki and Vapaudenkatu, carrying two churches and four museum and gallery addresses.
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Where to stay in Puistola
Where the beds are, and what that means for the visit.
Vapaudenkatu and Puistokatu draw the box. Puistola runs about 800 metres from end to end between those streets and the Tourujoki, and the Jyväskylä city centre presses against it on the southwest, which puts the district and the city's hotel supply inside one short walk. Stay for the museums.
Suomen käsityön museo, Jyväskylän taidemuseo and Kansallispukukeskus all stand on this ground, so a room taken near Yliopistonkatu or Väinönkatu leaves the whole cluster on foot.
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Puistola
Puistola measures about 800 metres end to end, and Vapaudenkatu, Väinönkatu, Yliopistonkatu and Puistokatu box in a strip holding the craft museum, the art museum and the old Jyväskylä graveyard.Find hotels in Puistolavisitors who want the centre's rooms with Jyväskylän Kaupunginkirkko a street awayJyväskylä city centre
The centre of Jyväskylä borders Puistola on the southwest, so its rooms sit within a few hundred metres of Pyhän Olavin kirkko, Galleria Ratamo and the Tourujoki bank.Find hotels in Jyväskylä city centreHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Jyväskylä
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Museums & Galleries
3- Craft Museum of Finland
- Jyväskylä Art Museum
- Kansallispukukeskus
Churches & Religious Sites
2- Jyväskylä City Church Heritage
- Pyhän Olavin kirkko
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About Puistola
What are the main landmarks in Puistola?
Seven names sit inside the strip. Jyväskylän Kaupunginkirkko and Pyhän Olavin kirkko give Puistola its two churches, while Suomen käsityön museo, Jyväskylän taidemuseo, Kansallispukukeskus and Galleria Ratamo put four collections within the same few hundred metres. The memorial is here too.
Sankarihautamuistomerkki Uhriliekki is listed on this ground, and the old Jyväskylä graveyard occupies the northern part of the district, the end furthest from the city centre that borders Puistola on the southwest.
What is the history of Puistola?
The graveyard marks the north end. Puistola holds the old Jyväskylä graveyard at that end, and Jyväskylän Kaupunginkirkko and Pyhän Olavin kirkko stand within the same narrow strip, which puts two churches and a burial ground inside one quarter. Charters are not part of what Jyväskylä set down for Puistola.
What the record fixes instead is a shape, a piece of ground about 800 metres long and 300 metres wide, bounded by Vapaudenkatu, Väinönkatu, Yliopistonkatu, Puistokatu and the Tourujoki.
Where is Puistola?
Puistola forms a strip about 800 metres long between the Tourujoki and the Jyväskylä city centre, which borders the district on the southwest.
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What is the best area to stay in Puistola?
Puistola: days spent between Suomen käsityön museo and Jyväskylän taidemuseo. Jyväskylä city centre: visitors who want the centre's rooms with Jyväskylän Kaupunginkirkko a street away.
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Updated October 2026