Designed by the architectural firm Saara Juola and completed in 1996, Janakkala Main Library offers a variety of spaces and opportunities for enjoying literature and culture.

  • Periodicals reading room
  • Open Wi-Fi network
  • Six computers
  • Three printers
  • Two scanners
  • Exhibition space Galleria Ida
  • Classroom

And, of course, a wide collection of books, films, magazines, audiobooks, games and console games.

Accessibility

Route to the entrance

  • From the Koulutie side, you can reach the library’s main entrance directly via the pedestrian and cycle path.
  • From the Koulutie side, you can also access the library parking lot, where there are 2 accessible parking spaces. The distance from the parking spaces to the library’s main entrance is approximately 40 meters.

Main entrance

  • The main entrance is covered and lit.
  • The door opens automatically with a motion sensor.
  • The outer door and the vestibule door open in the same direction: one into the vestibule and the other outwards.
  • There is a ramp at the entrance.

Interior

  • The library service point is located to the left when entering the lobby from the vestibule.
  • There is no queue number system at the service point.
  • The accessible toilet is located in the corridor on the right side of the lobby, opposite the men’s toilet. The accessible toilet door has a notice asking visitors to ask staff to open the door. The notice is there because the facility has experienced vandalism.
  • The indoor spaces allow movement with a wheelchair and a rollator.
  • The height of the borrowing and return machines can be adjusted.
  • There is no induction loop at the service point.

Guide and assistance dogs

  • Guide and assistance dogs are welcome in the library.

Library-sports hall solar power plant

  • Commissioning year: 2017
  • Number of panels: 214 panels
  • Peak power: 57.8 kWp
  • Installation area: approx. 350 m2
  • Estimated annual output: 47.5 MWh/a
  • Aims to cover approximately 19.5% of the annual electricity consumption.

Follow the output of the library-sports hall solar power plant.

Events

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Libraries
Koulutie 2 A, 14200 Turenki

Customer service open starting from 1.4.2025

  • Mon-Wed 12 PM-7 PM
  • Thu-Fri 12 PM-4 PM
  • On days before a holiday 12 PM-4 PM

Self-service library open

  • Mon-Sun 8 AM-9 PM

Note the exceptions to library customer service opening hours 2025 »