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 circuits to complete! Our main partner is Linkki local transport, whose buses will take the teams around during the ARJ.

The event is part of Minna’s Journey.

As usual, the races 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 5:00 pm on Monday 7 April. The team ticket includes 4 Linkki travel cards, 4 ARJ lapel badges and a performance pass. With a Link travel card you can travel on Saturday 26 April between 6:00 pm and 11:59 pm.

BUY TEAM TICKETS HERE

STARTING AND FINISH AREA
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 pm !

AWARDS
This year, ARJ will offer cultural experiences and gift cards to the three fastest and most spirited teams.

TOP 3

1. 4 tickets to a Jyväskylä Symphony concert of your choice, 4 gift cards of 50 € from Osuuskauppa Keskimaa and 4 pieces of overall badges from the City of Jyväskylä.
2. 4 tickets to a Jyväskylä City Theatre performance of your choice, 4 gift cards of 40 € from Osuuskauppa Keskimaa and 4 overall 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 gift cards of 20 € from Osuuskauppa Keskimaa and 4 pieces of overall badges from the City of Jyväskylä and  from Kino Aurora.

RULES

  • There is a total of 7 checkpoints to be completed 3 of which are so-called “cold checkpoint”, whose tasks are checked at the finish area. The tasks for the cold checkpoints can be found at the checkpoints as A3-sized laminated instruction sheets. Remember to look for them. The cold checkpoints are 4, 6 and 7.
  • The time limit is 6 hours, regardless of the starting time. The checkpoint closes at 6 pm.
  • Once a checkpoint is completed, the team will receive a stamp/mark of the checkpoint on the performance pass. Except for cold checkpoints, which will be checked at the finish area.
  • 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 grid, even if the team only wants to take the time penalty (15 minutes).
  • Once a checkpoint has been completed, the checkpoint organiser will display a clue for the next checkpoint. It is recommended to take a picture of the clue.
  • When all the checkpoints have been marked as completed on the pass, the team heads to the finish place, i.e. the lobby of the Ilokivi Student House.
  • The team can move around by bus, walking or running.
  • The team may not use 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 infringing the rules, with photos, to the organisers on 045 137 1961.

For further clues, please send a message with the team name as a SMS or WhatsApp or Telegram message to 045 137 1961. There will be 2 additional clues per checkpoint. For each additional clue, the team will receive a time penalty of 15 minutes.

TEAM

All team members must be higher education students and of legal age. Institution does not matter.
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.

MAIN PARTNER: Linkki Local Transpotation
AWARD PARTNERS: Jyväskylä Symphony Orchestra, Jyväskylä City Theatre and Kino Aurora

PRINCIPLES FOR A SAFER SPACE IN JYY
The JYY Safer Space Principles will be followed at the event and JYY Trusted Person will be at the event the whole time. You can recognise the Trusted Person by the JYY grey hoodie and the Equality Officer pin. 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 tapahtumatuottaja @ jyy.fi or by calling, texting, sending a WhatsApp or Telegram message to +358451371961. Find out more about the safer space principles here.

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

We reserve the right to make changes.