Kyyjärvi is a municipality in Central Finland.
Understand
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Kyyjärvi is a small rural municipality that is about 120 km northwest of Jyväskylä. The municipality gets its name from the Lake Kyyjärvi, on the southwest shore of which the municipal centre is located.
Get in
[edit | edit source]The main routes in Kyyjärvi are Highway 13 (between Jyväskylä and Kokkola, via Saarijärvi and Kaustinen) and Highway 16 (from Ylistaro between Vaasa and Seinäjoki, via Lapua).
By bus
[edit | edit source]Coaches connect Kyyjärvi to Kokkola, Jyväskylä, Lahti and Helsinki. See Matkahuolto.
Get around
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Map of Kyyjärvi
By taxi
[edit | edit source]See
[edit | edit source]- 1 Kyyjärvi Church (Kyyjärven kirkko), Tuliharjuntie 18.
Do
[edit | edit source]- 1 Kyyjärvi Discgolf Park, Harsunkankaantie 121, [email protected].
Events
[edit | edit source]- Nopola Pop Festival[dead link], held by Kyyjärvi Camping every August
Buy
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- 1 Paletti Shopping Centre (Kauppakeskus Paletti), Vaasantie 2, [email protected]. M-F 10:00-21:00, Sa 10:00-17:00, Su 12:00-18:00.
Eat
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[edit | edit source]- 1 Kyyjärvi Camping, Kalliorannantie 82 (Kyyjärvi), ☏ +358 40-412-2938, [email protected].
- 2 Sahapakka, Sahapakantie 8, ☏ +358 400-697-013.
Connect
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[edit | edit source]The 80-km canoeing route from Kyyjärvi to Saarijärvi has nice landscapes and many reasonably easy rapids. There are several connected lakes providing options for side trips.
| Routes through Kyyjärvi |
| Vaasa ← Lapua ← Alajärvi ← | NW  SE
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→ Viitasaari → Kuopio |
| Kokkola ← Kronoby ← Kaustinen ← | NW  SW
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→ Karstula → Jyväskylä → Lappeenranta |