Housing instructions
Why should you fill in an apartment card when moving in? Can I paint the walls of my apartment? Where should I advise my friend to park their car?
On the Instructions page, we have compiled information, instructions and tips for applying for and living in Soihtu’s housing location. See also our FAQ page for frequently asked questions.
Common areas
Lost & Found
If you find lost & found items from Soihtu's housing locations, we kindly ask you to deliver them to the police station in Jyväskylä, as it is stated in the law. We do not take in any lost & found items, but if we end up receiving them,...
Map of Kortepohja Student Village
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Map of Vehkakuja 2
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Online reservation system
In the housing locations of Soihtu you can find different spaces that you can reserve for studying and meeting purposes as well as for free time activities. Most of the common rooms are included in the tenants’ rent and a part can be reserved with...
Other facilities to reserve
In Rentukka you can find all kinds of common rooms, which you can reserve with an extra fee for studying and meeting purposes as well as for free time activities. If you need a bigger space for meetings, a sauna evening or a graduation party, these...
Piano Room
The Piano Room is located in The Student Village - downstairs of building N. Get your key from the Kortepohja Village office. If you play a lot, it is easiest to have your own semester key for the room. For an occasional musician, it's OK to...
Public sauna turns in Kortepohja Student Village
Public sauna turns are available in all parts of the Student Village. There is a public sauna in buildings A, F, N and P. As a tenant you can use the public sauna turns for free. You can find the locations of the saunas and other information from...
Public sauna turns in Soihtu Korttelikylä
The tenants of Soihtu Korttelikylä have an opportunity to bath both in public turns and book their own sauna turns. The sauna for private sauna shifts is located in the ground floor of building D. In building B, there is a sauna for public shifts....
Public sauna turns in Soihtu Vehkakuja
These sauna turns can be used freely by anyone living in Vehkakuja 2. If you want to book a private sauna turn, you can do it in Soihtu tenants' online booking system (opens in a new tab). Note! The Sauna 1 in building C is out of use for the...
Rentukka
In Kortepohja Student Village there are variety of services near-by and most of them included to your rent. Restaurant, gym, studying spaces and rooms for freetime can be found from Rentukka. From Rentukka you can find following spaces and...
Restaurants
When living in any of our housing locations, you always have restaurant with student-friendly prices around the corner. The students in Jyväskylä have enjoyed the services of Ilokivi and Rentukka for decades already. Both of them are not only...
Saunas
There are public sauna turns for all our tenants in all our housing locations. The sauna in building A is also available to the users of Rentukka gym. If you want to have a sauna by yourself, you can reserve your own weekly sauna turn. On this page...