Amazing Race Jyväskylä (ARJ) will be held again this year on Saturday 26.4.2025! Once again, higher education students will be able to compete to see who can best navigate in Jyväskylä. There are seven checkpoints to complete! Our main partner is Linkki – locan transpotation, whose buses will take the teams around during the ARJ.

The event is part of Minna’s Journey.

As usual, the race will be run in teams of four. There are places for 150 teams! The price of a team ticket is 25 € and tickets will be on sale on the Kide.app from 5 p.m. on Monday 7 April. The team ticket includes 4 Linkki travel cards, 4 ARJ overall badges and a performance pass. With a Link travel card you can travel on Saturday 26 April between 6 p.m. and 11:59 p.m.

BUY A TEAM TICKET HERE

STARTING AND FINISHING PLACES
The starting point is located in the Seremonia Square behind the C-Building on Seminaarinmäki. The finish is in the lobby of Ilokivi Venue. The prizes will be awarded in front of the Student House Ilokivi at 6:30 p.m.!

AWARDS
This year, ARJ will offer cultural experiences and gift vouchers to the three fastest and best spirit teams.

TOP 3

1. 4 tickets to a Jyväskylä Symphony concert of your choice and 4 gift cards of 50 € from Osuuskauppa Keskimaa and 4 overall badges from the City of Jyväskylä.
2. 4 tickets to a Jyväskylä City Theatre performance of your choice and 4 gift cards of 40 € from Osuuskauppa Keskimaa and 4 overalls badges from the City of Jyväskylä.
3. 4 tickets to the movie of your choice at Kino Aurora, 4 pieces of Kino Aurora overall badges and 4 gift cards of 30 € from Osuuskauppa Keskimaa.

The best spirit

4 pieces of 20 € gift cards from Osuuskauppa Keskimaa and 4 pieces of overalls badges from the City of Jyväskylä and from Kino Aurora.

RULES

  • There is a total of 7 checkpoints to be completed.
  • The time limit is 6 hours, regardless of the starting time. The checkpoints close at 6 p.m.
  • Once a checkpoint is completed, the team will receive a stamp/mark of the checkpoint on the performance pass.
  • A team will receive a time penalty of 15 minutes for failing to complete a checkpoint.
  • There must be a 5 minute time limit on the checkpoint even if the team only wants to take the time penalty (15 minutes).
  • When a checkpoint has been completed, the checkpoint organiser will show a hint for the next tick. You should take a picture of the clue.
  • When all the checkpoints are marked as completed on the pass, the team heads to the finish place, the lobby of the Ilokivi Student House.
  • The team can move around by bus, walking or running.
  • The team may not use any other motorised vehicles such as cars, taxis, electric scooters, electric bicycles or basic bicycles.
  • If a team is proven to be using any of the above means of transport, the team will receive a 30-minute time penalty. Other teams can report any team breaking the rules, with photos, to the organisers on 045 137 196.

    For extra clues, please send a message or WhatsApp or Telegram message with the team name to 045 137 196. There will be 2 additional clues per checkpoint. For each additional clue, the team will receive a time penalty of 15 minutes.

    TEAMS

  • All team members must be higher education students and of legal age. It does not matter which institution you are studying at.
  • Teams must have 4 members, as the checkpoints are designed for 4 people. If one of the team members falls ill on the morning of the race, we can grant an exemption to participate. This must be reported at the time of registration.

JYY’S SAFER SPACE PRINCIPLES
The event will follow JYY’s safer space principles and there will always be a JYY’s Trusted Person present. You can recognise the Trusted Person by the JYY grey hoodie and the Trusted Person badge. You can contact the Trusted Person with a low threshold if you feel that the principles of a safer space have been violated. The Trusted Person is Suvi Liukkonen, JYY’s Event Producer, and you can contact her by emailing event producer @ jyy.fi or by calling, sending an SMS, WhatsApp or Telegram message to +358451371961. Check out the safer space principles here.

QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK?
If you have any questions or want to give feedback, you can contact JYY’s Event Producer Suvi Liukkonen (tapahtumatuottaja @ jyy.fi / +358451371961). The best way to reach the event producer is via email, WhatsApp or Telegram.

We reserve the right to make changes.