The best deal for you depends on what you value. When comparing electricity contracts, in addition to the price, you should think about, for example, your own need for security or financial flexibility.
Exchange electricity seemed expensive, but Paaso expected the price to drop in the summer. The family tried to reduce the electricity bill by scheduling laundry and dishwashing at night. At that time, electricity on the exchange has traditionally been cheap, because the demand is lower.
– In the end, the price didn’t drop much even on some nights. I thought that I had to take a fixed-term fixed-price contract so that I could predict the price a bit.
In the new contract, the family pays the same price for electricity for two years. Paaso is satisfied with his contract, because he noticed that the price of a similar contract doubled the very next day. If the prices drop within two years, the new contract has a clause that allows him to switch to a cheaper contract.
The record high price of electricity has made even more people think about their electricity contract.
Janne Paaso lives with his family in a detached house. …
The annual Lahti International Organ Week has already been organized 50 times. Guy Bovet from Switzerland is one of the most frequently visited soloists at the event.
His playing skills are still top notch, and Bovet regularly gives concerts a few times a month in different parts of Europe.
– The Lahti Stristinkirkko organ is like an old good friend. They do everything required very well.
Guy Bovet’s travels to Finland began in the early 1970s, when he worked as a teacher at the summer organ seminar in Jyväskylä.
Guy Bovet and the organ week’s long-time leader Aimo Känkänen at the reception of the city of Lahti in 2001. …
According to LUT University, Sykkö will have an impact as a working life professor in the future, especially in Lahti, where there are many textile and furniture industries.
Sami Sykkö often appears in public as a fashion and style expert. The archive photo is from 2021.
According to LUT University, Sykkö will have an impact as a working life professor in the future, especially in Lahti, where there are many textile and furniture industries. Sykö’s know-how is intended to be used, for example, in the development of business cooperation and marketing education.
Sykkö says that he plans to start a series of interviews with top managers, where students will get to hear how business is done.
– In order to reach the young generation, I am becoming Finland’s first Tiktok professor, says Sykkö in the LUT University press release.
In the university world, a working life professor differs from a professor in terms of both his duties and his education.
Sykö’s working life professorship is made possible by cooperative banks in Päijäthämä, which support the professorship with a total of 140,000 euros.
The investigation into the apartment building fire in Mukkula, Lahti in July, has ended. The police do not suspect a crime in the case.
An apartment building fire broke out in Lahti on Timonkatu on July 14. Stock photo from the scene of the fire.
A faulty heater did not cause the July apartment building fire in Lahti’s Mukkula. The investigation of the apartment building fire on Timonkatu has been completed.
Previously, the fire was suspected to have originated from the stove. However, in the statement of the forensic laboratory of the Central Criminal Police, it is stated that no traces or faults explaining the ignition of the fire have been found in the electric stove.
The stove is unlikely to cause a fire. The sauna was built in accordance with the regulations, and there are no indications that the residents of the apartment had any part in starting the fire.
In the investigation of the cause of the fire, it was not possible to establish a clear cause of ignition. The investigation also did not reveal anything suggestive of a crime or negligence that would make the police suspect a crime.
Several localities are in trouble with ever-increasing rat populations. There are many reasons for the proliferation of linetails. A responsible person may be looking in the mirror when glancing at it.
Rat sightings have increased in cities and smaller towns as well.
For example, in Lahti, the city has already received fifty notifications from different parts of the city this year. On an annual basis, it is the same as last year and the year before that.
He thinks that because of remote work, people are more alert and contact the authorities more sensitively. Social media may also play a role in increasing attentiveness.
Rats squeal into the daylight
From the number of notifications, you cannot directly draw conclusions about the number of rats, but according to Sami Niemelä, the problem is real. There are more rats, and they have started to be seen during the day as well.
– Many things affect. For example, 2020 had a really mild winter, which has created favorable conditions for rats to reproduce.
In Lahti, information events are planned for the autumn for residents to curb rat problems.
The city carries out prevention measures in its own land areas. In housing stock companies, it is advisable to report rat sightings to the plot owner or property manager. In detached houses, the property owner is responsible for his own living environment.
According to Niemelä, it would be important for residential areas to join forces in eradicating rats. Cooperation makes prevention more effective and costs can be shared. Pest control is not cheap, especially if it has to be done over several years. The price tag may then rise to thousands of euros.
The notification warns of preventive measures. The area is demarcated with attention tape.
Human actions help rats to survive
Rodent poisons were removed from the reach of consumers in 2018, and the city is also commissioning professionals to take stronger control measures. Rats have been repelled in Lahti, both near the market and in residential areas outside the city center.
Currently, poisonings are being carried out, for example, in Etelä Lahti near supermarkets and eateries. Construction works, such as the construction of a storm water system, set rat populations on the move to look for new places to live.
The area also offers favorable conditions for the reproduction of whitetails.
Keep the environment clean
Kare Seppälä has worked in the field for over 30 years. The change in the law related to rodenticides can be seen at work.
– There has been a great rise in the last five years. When private individuals are no longer allowed to use poisons, the only option left for them is to offend.
A rat is omnivorous, it eats almost anything. Seppälä says that humans can influence how often rats search nearby roads to roost.
The most important thing is to keep the living area and yards clean. Put the garbage in its proper place and make sure that the garbage containers are closed and the canopies are in order.
– There is much more to do than poisoning. First we prevent and limit, then we poison, says Seppälä.
The city of Lahti offers users registered by the end of August a 20 euro discount for the remaining usage period of Mankelei.
The popular Mankelei can be worn until the end of November, weather permitting. Stock photo.
There is a discount for the remaining season of Lahti city bike Mankeli. Mankel users who register by the end of August will receive a discount of 20 euros.
The season of use continues, weather permitting, until November 25, so the remaining three months can be used for a price of 30 euros. The discount can be used in the Freebike 2.0 application when purchasing with the code AUGUST2022, says the City of Lahti.
There are a total of 250 electric city bikes in Lahti, and a bike can be used at 31 stations across the city. The city’s goal is to increase the number of both stations and Mankelei next year.
According to the city of Lahti, there are already around 3,200 registered users.
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Drones, which were tried as a means of expulsion, were given up for the end of summer, so that the chicks do not get separated from their mothers.
In Lahti, the use of drones in expelling geese has been abandoned for the time being. In collaboration with Inspis ry, Lahti is experimenting with soft ways to expel white-fronted geese in Ankkurinpuisto and Mukkula manor park.
Drones have been used for evicting since the beginning of summer, and the method seemed to be working well. However, after the chicks hatched, the goose patrols moved to drive the birds away from the shores on foot, because it is easier to guide the mother and the chicks together in the same direction.
During the summer, the city has also opened goose fences in some places at the request of the authority that supervises, i.e., the ely center, so that the chicks would not be separated from their parents. The white-cheeked geese must not be completely prevented from eating.
The so-called goose patrols also clean up goose droppings. The experiment will be summarized and its results will be evaluated in the fall.
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Kinos Property Investment, which previously reserved the plot, is considering whether it should still start implementing the project. The plot reservation for the movie theater expired in the summer.
Along Kartanonkatu on the right in the picture, there is a zoned area where, for example, the construction of spas, hotels and business premises is permitted. Stock photo from April 2022.
The city of Lahti plans to look for new operators who might be interested in the Ranta-Kartano entertainment center lot.
Kinos Property Investment company’s plot reservation expired in the summer, so the future construction of the place is open again. The company is currently considering whether it will, for its part, take the project forward again. So far, construction has been left behind first by the corona pandemic and then by the war in Ukraine and the year of rising construction costs.
According to Alho, the city should also look at the issue from the point of view of building sports facilities. One thing to be considered in the next few years will be whether to renovate the current city ice rink or whether a new multipurpose hall is needed in Lahti. However, the Ranta-Kartano plot does not necessarily lend itself to any use.
– That would also require private financing, which is not an easy equation. Ranta-Kartano is also a cramped place, Alho reflects.
The city is also waiting for a report to be completed soon (https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12194969), which includes information on, among other things, which areas in Lahti are of interest to hoteliers.
Finland’s big high schools are getting bigger and smaller ones are getting smaller. In Lahti, a new high school started its semester on Wednesday, where more than 1,300 high school students study.
One of Finland’s largest high schools has started operations in Lahti. Tiirismaa and Kannas high schools have merged into Lahti high school Gaudia, where 1,310 high school students study. There are almost a hundred employees. On Wednesday morning, all students arrived at the campus in Paavola for the joint opening of the academic year on time and in good order.
– There are so many people. It makes me wonder if anyone will be found here, Nurminen thinks.
– It’s not very nice, but this will work, guesses Liedes.
Liukko is sad that there is no room for a car. There is no parking space in the high school grounds and the nearest parking place is for a fee.
Gaudia high school urges students to appeal to the decision-makers, so that Gaudia students also have the opportunity for cheap or free parking near their own high school.
Mikaela Tikander and Tua Korhonen are studying their last year of high school in the new high school.
– At least there are more teachers and facilities. The course selection is also better.
– Only parking spaces are a problem. We had 60 mopeds parked, while there are 20 spaces. There wasn’t even a parking space for cars and ATVs in the area of \u200b\u200bthe high school, laments Rosti.
All 1,300 students were invited to the opening of Gaudia’s school year. Shoes had to be taken off at the door so the new floor wouldn’t be ruined.
The differentiation of high schools has continued throughout the 21st century
The average number of students in upper secondary schools is currently 280 students. The size of the ten largest upper secondary schools has grown from more than 500 to more than 650 students in 20 years. Meanwhile, the smallest tenth of upper secondary schools now have less than 50 students instead of the previous 90
There are few high schools with more than a thousand students. In addition to Lahti, there are also large high schools in the capital region and Jyväskylä.
In Värri’s opinion, it is unlikely that new high schools will be created in Finland in the next few years. A large high school is often created by merging two educational institutions, and in many localities the possible mergers have already been done.
– If it is possible in terms of facilities, large high schools will be created to a limited extent. But several high schools with 1,300 students will not be born in the next few years, says Värri.
