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 WLAN network
  • Six computers
  • Three printers
  • Two scanners
  • Exhibition space Galleria Ida
  • Classroom

And of course a large collection of various literature, films, magazines, audiobooks, games and console games.

Accessibility

Route to the entrance

  • From the Koulutie side you can reach the library’s main door directly via the pedestrian and bicycle path.
  • From the Koulutie side you can also access the library parking lot, which has 2 accessible parking spaces. The parking spaces are approximately 40 meters from the library’s main door.

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 desk is located to the left when entering the lobby from the vestibule.
  • The service desk does not have a queue number system.
  • An accessible restroom is located in the corridor on the right side of the lobby opposite the men’s restroom. The accessible restroom door has a request to ask staff to open it. This request is present because there has been vandalism in the space.
  • It is possible to move around indoors with a wheelchair and a rollator.
  • The height of the borrowing and return machines can be adjusted.
  • The service desk has a portable induction loop.

Guide dogs

  • Guide and assistance dogs are welcome in the library.

Library and sports hall solar power plant

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

Follow the production of the library and sports hall solar power plant.

Libraries
Koulutie 2 A, 14200 Turenki

Customer service open

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

Customer service open 1.6.-31.8.2026

  • Mon 12 PM-7 PM
  • Tue-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 2026 »