The Turku Student Village Foundation (TYS) was established by the Student Union of the University of Turku on 1st December 1966, to meet the need for affordable housing for the growing number of students in Turku. For six decades, TYS has rented high-quality and reasonably priced homes to students, providing housing where everyday student life runs smoothly.
Over the decades, TYS has offered, and continues to offer, its tenants much more than just an apartment. Our customer service and diverse additional housing services support students in building their everyday lives. We want every tenant to have a safe and functional home where they can focus on their studies, managing daily life, and building their future.
However, TYS is not just about walls and square meters. Over the past sixty years, students have studied and graduated in TYS apartments, but they have also lived their student lives there. Laundry has been washed in the laundries, meals cooked in shared kitchens, and evenings spent together. There have been pre-parties and after-parties, relaxing sauna shifts, and participation in tenant committees. For many, a lifelong friend, or perhaps even a life partner, has been found among the neighbors.
Without tenants, there would be no TYS. That is why enabling a good, smooth, and communal everyday life is extremely important to us. During the anniversary year, we want to share what everyday life in TYS homes is like today and what it has been like in the past. We are collecting TYS memories from both our former and current tenants.
Your TYS memory is part of the 60-year story
What moment, event, or situation has particularly stayed in your mind from living at TYS? What does or did living at TYS mean to you?
You can submit your story in writing or as an image. TYS has opened an anonymous form through which you can send your story. If you wish, you may also leave your contact details at the end of the form.
You can submit your story here: https://www.survio.com/survey/d/tys60v
You can send images to us by email at office@tys.fi with the subject line TYS 60.
Anniversary events will create new memories
We will create new memories together with our current tenants at anniversary events organized throughout the year. We will share more information about the program during the spring.
Welcome to celebrate 60 years of TYS together with us!
Front page image: Kuvatoimisto Kuvio Oy/Anders Portman
