page_title: Hyvinkää
section_title: Festivals
hierarchical_section_title: Hyvinkää / Festivals
caption_attribution_description: English: Hyvinkää Church in Hyvinkää, Finland. Suomi: Hyvinkään kirkko 10.2.2011
context_page_description: Hyvinkää is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region, approximately 50 kilometres north of the capital Helsinki. The town was chartered in 1960. The population of Hyvinkää is 46,537.
  Highways and rail connections make it one of the suburban commuter centers of Greater Helsinki. The city planning has had an emphasis on recreational facilities.
  Some of the more well-known buildings in Hyvinkää are, among others, the Church of Hyvinkää and the manor house of Kytäjä. The Finnish Railway Museum is located in Hyvinkää.
  Hyvinkää is also home to Konecranes, which specializes in the manufacture and service of cranes, and KONE Elevators, the world's third-largest elevator company who manufacture, install and service elevators and escalators.
  The workshop of Ruokangas Guitars, the leading Finnish electric guitar maker, was located at Wanha Villatehdas, Hyvinkää until 2011.
  Hyvinkää is known among Scandinavian golf enthusiasts due to Kytäjä golf, located at the countryside of Hyvinkää. It offers two courses designed by Tom McBroom: South East Course opened in August 2003, and North West Course in August 2004.
context_section_description: In the Summer, there is an annual beer festival which attracts rock bands from Scandinavia and about 10,000 visitors.
caption: The modern church of Hyvinkää, Aarno Ruusuvuori 1961.
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