Jorma Härkönen writes to
'Beyond the Pale'
For those who are planning to get to Central Finland from abroad for
the Procol Harum concert on 22 July, I would suggest to find a hotel
(or whichever accommodation you wish) in the city of Jyväskylä,
which is less than 1 hour drive from the small town of Äänekoski,
where the venue of the concert is. Jyväskylä is a modern city with
beautiful sceneries and lots of good restaurants and bars open till
late.
By far the best way to get
to the concert is a special train which they decided to put in
traffic for this special day. You can take a train ride from
Jyväskylä railway station up to Äänekoski by old-style local train.
The train on the concert day leaves at 16.40 and it takes one hour
along the rail track where there is no passenger traffic nowadays at
all. The return train leaves at 00.30 and is back in Jyväskylä at
01.30. Tickets are available when boarding the train, according to
the organiser’s information.
Here is a good link for all
travel planning in the area:
http://jyvaskylanseutu.fi/travel
I hope that this information
is useful for you and look forward to see many foreign Procol fans
in Finland !
Paula Autio adds,
For more information, see the Festival website:
http://www.keitelejazz.fi ,
and get information about
ticket booking in English.
Travelling and overnight: you can take a flight or any bus or train
to Jyväskylä. It lies in the middle of the country. Then take a bus
to Äänekoski, about 40 kilometers north of Jyväskylä, 20 kilometers
north of the airport. The hotels may be sold out very soon.
Here are some most popular hotels about 20–40 kilometers from KeiteleJazz. Try availability and do booking/paying by your net
account. I could also advise you to get cheap travels and
accommodation in good nethotels, if you like. You are welcome, hope
to see you there!
One more hint for the last day's booking: there are
available twin rooms at 75 Euros, twin rooms with sauna at 100 Euros
or a family room with sauna at 150 Euros in a convenient student
campus in Suolahti. The little town lies ten minutes from Äänekoski
[say: a:nekoski]. The local train takes you to the Keitele Jazz
Festival Area and back on Wednesday 21 July and Thursday 22 July.
Timetable: Wednesday 21 July: Jyvaskyla 18.30–Suolahti
19.15–Aanekoski 19.25; at night: Aanekoski 00.30–Suolahti
00.40–Jyvaskyla 01.30
Thursday 22 July: Jyvaskyla 16.40–Suolahti 17.25–Aanekoski
17.40; at night: Aanekoski 00.30–Suolahti 00.40–Jyvaskyla 01.30
The weather will be sunshine, raining and thundering. Five-day
forecast
here
