Frequently asked questions
about CoWork

Coworking, as the name suggests, means a communal space that serves companies and employees in the transformation of working life. Project work is increasing, employees are more mobile, and working days are expected to provide variation and inspiration.

For a start-up or a small entrepreneur, the coworking space provides a state-of-the-art environment to meet customers and partners. Commuters, remote workers and international employees appreciate comprehensive services and ease of access.

For large companies, coworking spaces provide flexibility when the number of staff varies according to projects or space is needed for team days or events. Offering versatile workspaces is also part of today’s business culture, where workers appreciate the opportunity to also work outside of a brick-and-mortar office.

CoWork is Novapolis’ proprietary communal service concept. In our versatile CoWork facilities, you can work peacefully alone or together with others. It is an addition to your office when you need space and peace and quit or want to be inspired by your environment.

Our large CoWork space has tranquil workstations, space for quiet working, soundproof meeting boxes for small or large meetings, and communal and vibrant meeting places. In addition

To make your working easier, we have paid attention to ergonomics and technology. For example, in our space for quiet working, every workstation is provided with electric desk and some of the workstations has screens, mice and keyboards.

Work is rapidly changing, and hybrid work is the order of the day. More and more people want to choose their working environment according to their life situation, work tasks or the mood of the day. It can be an office, a remote workstation, or a cosy, communal and collaborative CoWork working environment.

We want to contribute to enabling flexible hybrid work in Kuopio. To this end, our CoWork environment offers an exclusive setting where we have paid special attention to versatility, comfort, visuality and atmosphere. Do you know that feeling of excitement when you enter a fascinating space? Think what it would be like to work in such a place.

Workspaces must be functional, but above all comfortable. In the 2020s, work is expected to also involve vibrance and aesthetics. In addition to natural light, cleanliness and good acoustics, workspaces stimulate creativity and bring people together. Above all, they work in different situations – alone, together and privately. We have wanted to bring light, plants, warmth and elements close to nature, such as wood, to the interior design of our CoWork environment.

In the same environment, you can conveniently work in peace and meet others, whichever suits you best. CoWork creates a more versatile working day experience for you in the midst of a vibrant community. Our community driven CoWork brings a stimulating change to a home office, commuter and self-employed entrepreneur, or to anyone who wants a change of routine.

The space and interior design of our large CoWork environment are provided by Kuopio-based Partanen & Lamusuo Oy and Hiili & Timantti Oy.

Yes! You can do a quick spin in the space and we are happy to introduce it! If you want to work all day, the price of a day pass is €19 + VAT.

If you want to come and get acquainted, send a message to asiakaspalvelu@novapolis.fi!

Come to the CoWork Crew in the reception service to tell them that you have the right to use the CoWork space, we will give a small guide to the area and the Novapolis application.

You don’t need a separate access key for Microkatu or Viestikatu 3! Our Novapolis app works as a key to the space and Meeting Boxes, so please download the app from the app store.

When you come to Viestikatu 7, ask the CoWork Crew in the reception service for a key to get to the CoWork area.

If you are a Viestikatu customer, the CoWork right will be programmed into your existing key.

Our CoWorks are open on weekdays from 7:45 A.M. to 9:30 P.M. The external doors of our buildings are open Mon-Fri 7:45 A.M. to 4.15 P.M.

The CoWork Crew is on site on Mondays from 8:00 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. and on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

You can use the space as it best suits to you. Many divide their working days between home/office/CoWork, according to work tasks.

Come to CoWork for a couple of days a week, get a delicious lunch and refresh yourself by changing places.

Come as you like, make one presentation or hold one Teams meeting in CoWork for a change and return to the office or wherever your way takes you.

No it doesn’t, the space and its equipment are part of the right to use the CoWork space.

Yes it’s possible on Microkatu, there is a kitchen on the 3rd floor of M-part with a coffee maker, microwave and refrigerator. You can store your snacks, coffees and filter bags there.

There are a few lockers, where you can leave your things for a while free of charge.

From August 1, 2023, our communal CoWork spaces are free of charge for our tenant customers.

However, the use of the premises requires registration on themNovapolis platform, and you can do it at this link:  Open registration or by contacting our Community Coordinator Karoliina Ahonen: karoliina.ahonen@novapolis.fi or our Service Expert Saija Kankkunen: saija.kankkunen@novapolis.fi.

• Day pass
• Day pass + parking
• Monthly pass
• Monthly pass + parking
• Fixed Desk weekly membership
• Fixed Desk monthly membership

Easily! Read more and buy a pass here: www.novapolis.fi/cowork/cowork-en/

For our tenants, CoWork is part of the service package free of charge, for others it is most convenient to buy it with a bank/credit card from the Novapolis app.

The easiest way to buy a pass is through the Novapolis app! We recommend this. The Service Experts of our reception service will help with challenges.

You can choose a pass that includes parking in the parking house, convenient!

The price is €109 + VAT.

Not included, but the lunch is tasty, we recommend using the restaurant’s services. Special coffees and snacks are also available 24/7.

Parking in the yard areas and in the parking houses is €2 / hour (+ operator’s service fee) with the mobile application (EasyPark and Parkman).

Day parking in the parking house is a maximum of €9 / day / parking time (+ operator’s service charge).

You can also buy a monthly pass + parking package, which includes parking in the parking house.

Check out our parking price list: www.novapolis.fi/en/parking-prices/

If you need parking for a longer period, contact our CoWork Crew!

EasyPark and Parkman mobile applications are used as a means of payment in yards and parking houses.

Not for now. In the summer Vilkku city bikes and electric scooters are handy, remember to wear a helmet!

Yes, parking in yard areas and parking houses is paid for with the EasyPark and Parkman mobile applications.

Yes, the Easypark and ParkMan apps work with payments. Check out our parking price list:
www.novapolis.fi/en/parking-prices/.

If you have a parking permit in the Viestikatu parking house, you can drive your car directly to the Microkatu parking house.

After this, please go and inform the reception service of CoWork / M-part that you also have a parking right on Viestikatu.

If you have a parking permit in the Microkatu parking house, you can drive your car directly to the Viestikatu parking house.

After that, please kindly inform the reception service service of CoWork / Viestikatu 3 or Viestikatu 7 that you also have a parking right on Microkatu.

Numerous buses stop at or near Novapolis, and the new underpass tunnel provides convenient access to the campus.

The Vilkku -application helps with bus research.

Cycling is the best! Our basic bike park (BikeZone) is free and close to the entrances.

On Viestikatu, there is an opportunity to rent a place for a longer period in the warm and access-controlled BikeZone Premium. You can get more information about this from our service experts at the Viestikatu 7 reception service service.

Unfortunately, our basic bike parks, i.e. BikeZones, are not monitored by cameras.

Viestikatu’s BikeZone Premium has access control and a surveillance camera.

Yes, Meeting Boxes with sofas for 2-4 people are €8 per hour + VAT. Larger Meeting Boxes with chairs for 4 people are €12 per hour + VAT.

Meeting Boxes in Viestikatu are for 2-4 people and they cost €6 per hour + VAT.

The “Novapolis” app is the most convenient of all for booking, canceling and paying.

You don’t have to have access to the CoWork space to book a Meeting Box. You can also request a reservation from the reception service, but there will be a €5 service fee, so the App is recommended!

Absolutely, great idea! Meeting Boxes bring the calmness required by the meeting to the discussions!

You have to make a reservation for the Meeting Boxes, which is easiest through the Novapolis app. Apply and pay for your lunch at the restaurant counter, and enjoy the meeting.

Everyone has the same price.

No there isn’t.

Microkatu’s Meeting Boxes are equipped with a screen, camera, speaker and microphone, as well as sockets.

Viestikatu’s Meeting Boxes are more intimate, where you can best have a meeting with your own laptop.

The lighting and air conditioning of the Meeting Boxes can be adjusted.

Through the app with a bank or credit card, as a tenant customer the payment goes to invoicing or you can pay at reception service with a card, in which case there will be an additional €5 service fee.

They don’t. One booking fee and you can invite them without a pass and additional fees to the meeting as your guest for the duration of the meeting.

A day pass costs €4,90 if you want to buy it for your customer. If they want to buy a day pass themselves, it costs €19 + VAT.

Events are welcome! We will be happy to help with them, contact us at tapahtumat@novapolis.fi.

Yes, Microkatu’s CoWork Gastro works perfectly for this! It can be conveniently closed by glass walls and it works as part of the CoWork space.

Please contact us at ravintolaorigo@tastory.fi or tapahtumat@novapolis.fi.

Yes, there are tapes on the windows of the Meeting Boxes (only Microkatu) and Gastro cabinet to bring safety.

Yes, excluding Phone Boxes. You can ask our CoWork Crew about locking the Meeting Boxes.

Absolutely, we will be happy to serve you:

• On Microkatu Restaurant Tastory Origo: ravintolaorigo@tastory.fi
• On Viestikatu Restaurant Highway (Viestikatu 7): antell.highway@antell.fi or Restaurant Caari (Viestikatu 3): caari@compass-group.fi

Definitely, sign up! You can view events in Novapolis:
www.novapolis.fi/tapahtumat.

Welcome, sign up, these are made just for you! You can view events in Novapolis: www.novapolis.fi/tapahtumat.

Contact us at tapahtumat@novapolis.fi and we will plan your event together. The implementation depends a lot on what is being sought and how many participants there are.

Contact us at tapahtumat@novapolis.fi and we will plan your event together. Let’s discuss what you are aiming for and how many participants you are looking for.