Experience the cultural attractions of this unique city culture trail

Järvenpää’s Culture Trail connects the Tuusulanjärvi artistic community’s various locations. The trail includes as destinations Jean Sibelius’s Ainola, the nationally renowned author Juhani Aho’s Ahola, the Järnefelts’ Suviranta, and the Sibelius Academy’s Kallio-Kuninkala college. The approximately two-kilometre long walking tour familiarises visitors with the daily routines and leisure activities experienced by artists one hundred years ago.

Ainola

It is in this home, named for his wife Aino, that Jean Sibelius composed some of his most significant masterpieces. The house, built of logs from central Finland, was designed by architect Lars Sonck. Ainola’s unique atmosphere impresses all its visitors, regardless of their age. The building, owned by the Ainola Foundation, resembles a home more than a museum, and the master’s effects have been left exactly as they were at the time of the composer’s death on 20 September 1957.

Address: Ainolantie
Opening hours 2010:
2 May - 3 Oct,  Tue - Sun  10 - 17 (closed 25 June)
Tel: +358-9-287 322
www.ainola.fi

Ahola

Located by Lake Tuusulanjärvi, Ahola was the idyllic villa residence for the nationally renowned author Juhani Aho and his wife, painter Venny Soldan-Brofeldt. The unique Tuusulanjärvi artists’ community had its heart at the Ahos’, in Venny Soldan-Brofeldt’s atelier. Ahola, opened to the public in 1997, is not a home museum; instead of personal belongings, the residents’ artistic production is exhibited. Displayed items include books, scripts, and translated works.

Address: Sibeliuksenväylä 57
Opening hours 2010:
2 May - 31 Aug, Tue - Sun 11 - 18 (closed 25 - 28 June)
Tel: +358-9-291 6685

Järvenpää Art Museum

The Järvenpää  Art Museum was opened to public in 1992. Besides themed exhibitions, the museum’s collection displays works created at the turn of the century by Eero Järnefelt (1863-1937) and Venny Soldan-Brofeldt (1863-1945).

Address: Kirjastokatu 8
Opening hours 2010:
2 May - 30 Sep, Tue-Sun 11-18
1 Oct - 19 Dec, Wed 14-20, Thu-Sun 11-18
Tel: +358-9-2719 2827

Villa Kokkonen

On the other side of Lake Tuusulanjärvi lies Villa Kokkonen, the home of composer and academician Joonas Kokkonen. Villa Kokkonen is one of the few private homes designed by the academician Alvar Aalto.
It was completed in 1969, and it has been called a preliminary sketch of Finlandia Hall in Helsinki. The heart of the artist’s home is the large study, which was designed around a grand piano. This musical-archictectural cultural destination from the second half of the 20th century beautifully complements the Lake Tuusula artistic community.

Address: Tuulimyllyntie 5
Opening hours 2010:
1.6.-31.7 Tue - Sun 12-21, 1.8.-31.8. Tue - Sun 12-18,
1.9.-19.9. Thu - Sun 12-18, 20.9-31.10. Sun 12-18
Tel: +358-442918424
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