Kyyjärvi is a municipality in Central Finland.

Understand

Kyyjärvi Church.

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

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

Coaches connect Kyyjärvi to Kokkola, Jyväskylä, Lahti and Helsinki. See Matkahuolto.

Get around

By taxi

See Central Finland#By_taxi

See

• 1 Kyyjärvi Church (Kyyjärven kirkko), Tuliharjuntie 18. (updated Feb 2022)

Do

• 1 Kyyjärvi Discgolf Park, Harsunkankaantie 121, kyyjarvicamping@gmail.com. (updated Feb 2022)

Buy

Paletti Shopping Centre.

• 1 Paletti Shopping Centre (Kauppakeskus Paletti), Vaasantie 2, paletinkauppiasyhdistys@kyyjarvi.fi. M-F 10:00-21:00, Sa 10:00-17:00, Su 12:00-18:00. (updated Feb 2022)

Sleep

• 1 Kyyjärvi Camping, Kalliorannantie 82 (Kyyjärvi), ☏ +358 40-412-2938, kyyjarvicamping@gmail.com. (updated Aug 2023)
• 2 Sahapakka, Sahapakantie 8, ☏ +358 400-697-013. (updated Feb 2022)

Go next

• Jyväskylä
• Kokkola
• Vaasa

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	→ Viitasaari → Kuopio
Kokkola ← Kronoby ← Kaustinen ←	NW  SW	→ Karstula → Jyväskylä → Lappeenranta