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Hou s i ng
key (Lärkan, VOAS, Retrodorm etc.).
Lost Keys - Living in a Privately Rented Flat
Always call the caretaker or the caretaker
company. You can find the address and telephone
number of the caretaker (or company) on a notice
board by the entrance of the building. You have to
prove your identity. Charges for opening the door
vary between companies and depending on the
time of the day or night that you are in need of
the spare key.
Laundry - Living in a Student Village Foundation
Accommodation in Åbo
There are washing machines in the Student
Village and in other student accommodations.
Please check the different terms of usage and
instructions for the laundry room that you are
entitled to use.
The usage of the machines in the Student
Village Foundation accommodations is paid by
mobile phone. The price is around 2?/per use.
Please note that prepaid accounts need to have
a certain amount of money stored in order to
pay the laundry service. If the reservation hasn't
been taken to use in 15 minutes after its start, the
machine becomes available for others to use.
All laundry reservations are made online. You can
access the online reservation from TYS's webpage:
. If you are unable
to use your reserved slot, please cancel it from
the same webpage.
Laundry - Living in a Privately Rented Flat
Finland does not have the usual laundr y/
laundromat service that exists in many countries.
Usually apartment buildings have a laundry
room where tenants can do their laundry. These
are reserved only for the use of tenants of the
building or group of buildings. Pretty much all
other laundry services are dry cleaners.
Example of a dry cleaner service
:
Sol Pesupalvelu
Åbo:
Köpmansgatan 11, phone +358 (0)40 779 7243
Gertrudsgatan 3, phone +358 (0)40 779 7242
Kristinegatan 6, phone +358 (0)40 779 7241
Skansgatan 10 (Shopping Centre Skanssi), phone
+358 (0)40 779 7276
Vasa:
Storalånggatan 40, phone +358 (0)40 779 7232
Repairs - Living in a Student Village Foundation Ac-
commodation in Åbo
If you live in a Student Village Foundation flat
and your residence is in need of repair (for
example if the faucets leak or the door locks are
broken), you should fill in a request for repair
form, which is available online:
. Try to
be as precise as possible when identifying the
defect. Please note that replacing light bulbs is
the responsibility of the resident. Special light
bulbs are sold, for example, at the housing office.
In case of emergency repair in the Student
Village Foundation flats in Turku/Åbo, contact the
caretaker company
G4S Oy
, phone +358 (0)204 28
2000.
Repairs - Living in a Privately Rented Flat
You can call the caretaker or the caretaker
company of your building. The contact
information is available on the noticeboard of
your building, usually placed by the building's
main entrance.
7.5 Recycling
Recycling is quite common in Finland. In fact,
especially the paper recycling rate is among the
highest in the world. Recycling is the one of the
easiest ways to protect the environment.
In addition to recycling paper, glass, metal, and
cardboard, normal mixed waste should be sorted
into burnable waste and landfill waste. Sometimes
composting is also available for bio-waste. Please
note that Vasa has a slightly different recycling
system where cardboard is not recycled separately
but sorted with burnable waste (please see
or a more extensive
guide). Note that most bottles and cans can be
returned to grocery stores and you will then
receive some money back in return.
Most residential buildings or groups of buildings
have their own recycling bins in the yard or
the residential area. If your building does not
have recycling bins, you can usually find them
next to bigger supermarkets as well. On the
