Introduction

Koskela Youth Centre offers meaningful and high-quality recreational activities for children and young people aged 9 to 17. At the youth centre, young people can meet their friends in a safe and supervised environment and also get to know other young people around the same age who visit the building.

At the youth centre, young people participate in decision-making, and we try to encourage them to become active influencers. Of course, you can also simply come to hang out!

The facilities allow for a wide range of activities. You can come and play basketball, football, floorball, pool, ping pong, pinball or board games, for example! The sports hall can also be converted into a dance room. As for gaming consoles, the youth centre has several PS4 and Nintendo Switch consoles and computers. The youth centre also has a charging station for mobile phones.

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Remember your membership card

In order to visit the youth centre, you need to get a free-of-charge Youth Services membership card, also known as jässäri. You can get the form for the card from the youth centre.

Open and small group activities

Our activities are for the most part open, i.e. young people can plan and implement activities together with youth workers. The youth centre also has small instructor-led groups that we set up as requested. Our active assistant instructors also plan activities for other young people.

Interested in influencing?

If you are interested in opportunities for young people to influence things, our instructors would be happy to tell you about the young people’s influence system Youth Budget as well as other channels for influencing things.

Welcome!

We are also happy to cooperate with parents. Guardians are welcome to come and familiarise themselves with the youth centre’s activities together with their children. On Tuesdays and at weekends, the building is used by organisations.

Season booking

Organisations, associations and other groups and individuals can apply for a regular, weekly booking from the Youth Services’ facilities for activities lasting at least three months. Youth space facilities for the autumn-spring season must be applied for by the last working day of April.

The youth spaces’ season booking application period for activities in autumn 2024 and spring 2025 will open on Thursday 4 April 2024 and close on Tuesday 30 April 2024 at 16:00. The application is submitted via Varaamo service at tilavaraus.hel.fi (the temporary address of the renewed Varaamo)

Single booking

You can make a single booking by using the forms of Youth Services. The form must be submitted to the youth space from which the reservation is applied. The contact information for the youth spaces is available on the Nuorten.Hel.fi website.

For selected locations, single bookings can be made via the Varaamo service throughout the year.

Visiting address
Antti Korpin tie 3 a
00600 Helsinki
Postal address
P.O. Box 24401, 00099 City of Helsinki

Youth workers

  • Pirjo Huuhtiainen, Head of the youth work unit
    pirjo.huuhtiainen@hel.fi
    09 310 64876 / 040 334 2099
  • Ami Nygård, Youth worker / Team manager
    ami.nygard@hel.fi
    040 590 3677
  • Maarit Ehrnrooth, Youth worker / Cooperation manager
    maarit.ehrnroot@hel.fi
    040 193 0028
  • Jani Rytkönen, Youth worker
    jani.rytkonen@hel.fi
    040 577 3785
  • Dan Manninen, Youth worker
    dan.manninen@hel.fi
    040 526 8309
  • Aymane Saouri, Youth worker
    aymane.saouri@hel.fi
    040 831 0560
  • Risto Kurho, Media producer
    risto.kurho@hel.fi
    041 512 1714

Youth center phone number: 09 310 71570 / 040 334 8005

Reach us on social media:

Activities and events: tapahtumat.hel.fi
Find a new hobby: Harrastushaku.fi

Opening hours Spring 2024

Koskela Youth Center opening times:

Mon, Wed, Thu and Fri:

14:00 – 16:00: 9 – 12 yrs (Grades 3 – 6)

16:15 – 20:45: 13 – 17 yrs (Grades 7 – 9)

Tue and Weekends: In organisational use only

Upcoming events and hobbies

  • dance (performing arts)
08.1.2024 - 20.5.2024

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Koskela Youth Centre, Antti Korpin tie 3 a, Helsinki
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