Kortepohja is a neighbourhood of Jyväskylä

Jyväskylä

Jyväskylä is the capital of Central Finland and the largest city on the Finnish Lakeland, north-east of Tampere and north of Helsinki, on northern coast of lake Päijänne. The city has been continuously one of the most rapidly growing cities in Finland since World War II. The city is surrounded...

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. It is located at around 2.5 km from the city centre between the sports and recreational area of Laajavuori and the parks, beaches and walking tracks of Viitaniemi. A large amount of the neighbourhood is taken up by the Kortepohja student village.

Kortepohja student village

The construction of the student village began in the 1960s to solve the issue of finding apartment

Apartment

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s for student

Student

A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...

s of the Jyväskylä Educational College, the predecessor of the University of Jyväskylä

University of Jyväskylä

The University of Jyväskylä is a university in Jyväskylä, Finland. It has its origins in the first Finnish-speaking teacher training college , founded in 1863. Around 14,000 students are currently enrolled in the degree programs of the university...

. It is owned by the Student Union of the University of Jyväskylä

University of Jyväskylä

The University of Jyväskylä is a university in Jyväskylä, Finland. It has its origins in the first Finnish-speaking teacher training college , founded in 1863. Around 14,000 students are currently enrolled in the degree programs of the university...

. Approximately 1900 students live in the village. All rooms in Kortepohja are rented unfurnished but basic furniture

Furniture

Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...

is available in the storage rooms. Laundry facilities, saunas and meeting rooms are available in the buildings.

External links

• Kortepohja Student village
• Ravintola Rentukka (Restaurant Marsh Marigold)
• City of Jyväskylä