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Our CEO Timo Jokinen cycles to Paris as part of the Team Rynkeby charity campaign!
Team Rynkeby Tampere team in Helsinki getting ready for the trip. You can find our CEO from the top left corner.
Team Rynkeby is a European charity cycling team. Every summer the teams cycle to Paris to raise money for seriously ill children. Team Rynkeby was founded in 2002, when 11 amateur cyclists associated with Rynkeby Foods A/S decided to cycle to Paris to see the final stage of the Tour de France.
Rynkeby Foods was the main sponsor of their trip, which was also backed by other companies. In fact, the cyclists who joined the world’s first Team Rynkeby team were so accomplished at finding sponsors that, when the team returned to Denmark just over a week later, the team had made € 5,100 profit. Team Rynkeby donated their profits to the children’s cancer unit at Odense University Hospital. A tradition was born.
Throughout most of the year, not only must members be prepared to cycle the 1,200-kilometre trip to Paris, they are also obliged to do what they can to raise money for children with critical illnesses.
All participants in Team Rynkeby cover their own costs for bike, Team Rynkeby bike wear, helmet and hotel, while the project’s main costs are shared between Eckes-Granini, through its brands Rynkeby, God Morgon, Granini, and the collected funds. There will never be more than 12 % of the collected funds spent for administration costs. In 2023, Team Rynkeby donated 9,179 million Euro to organisations that help children with critical illnesses.
POAS donated money for critically ill children
Our CEO Timo Jokinen joined the Team Rynkeby Tampere team cycling to Paris in July 2025. The trip took seven days and covered over 1,200 kilometers. Their trip went well and our CEO could complete the entire journey by bike, without having to ride the maintenance vehicle during the journey.
“I was drawn in by the team spirit, the goal-oriented training, and the opportunity to support a good cause. In addition to getting physical exercise, you get to do important charity work for children. It was a great experience, and I recommend it to everyone!”
Photos: Team Rynkeby Tampere
We supported our CEO in his journey by donating money to the campaign. POAS does not send Christmas cards or gifts to our cooperation partners, since we donate those funds for a better purpose every year. Last Christmas we donated the Christmas money to the Team Rynkeby charity campaign to support critically ill children.
Finland’s Prettiest Student Home has been selected!
Is your student apartment affordable but beautiful? Take part in The Prettiest Student Home in Finland 2025 competition! We’re looking for the prettiest, budget-friendly student home in Finland. The competition is organised by The Finnish Associations of Student Housing Organisations SOA ry and other student housing organisations in Finland.
POAS’ Prettiest Student Home 2025
The winner of POAS’s competition is chosen. This one-bedroom apartment of 53 m² is located in our housing complex of Insinöörinkatu 59 in Hervanta. The apartment is decorated with bright colors that blend well together. The interior is harmonious and cosy. Rent for this home is 708,21 €/month including electricity, water, heating and Internet connection! See more information about the housing complex from our website: Insinöörinkatu 59
The winner of POAS competition is rewarded with a €95,00 Ikea gift card.
Finland’s Prettiest Student Home 2025 is in Lappeenranta
The national winner was decided by a jury of experts on the basis of the beauty, comfort and affordability of the home. The rent of this 40-square meter studio apartment is 498 €/month. The national winner is rewarded with a grand prize of €500 gift voucher to the Finnish Design Shop.
See all photos of the winner from here.
Meet our summer employees
Salli Kähönen joined us in the apartment inspection and cleaning team. She will work as an assistant to our cleaning supervisor until August. Salli is a recent high school graduate. Salli, who will turn 20 in the summer, has already gained experience in the restaurant industry, customer service and refereeing her favorite sport, ringette. In her spare time, she likes to do handicrafts and especially enjoys the outdoors.
Ilona Uusitalo (second photo) is working in our customer service and renting team until the end of August. Ilona is an experienced customer service representative with a broad understanding of student life and the social sector: “I want to help home seekers in different life situation.”
Welcome to the team Ilona & Salli! 🩵
TVA and POAS are organizing a free tenant event in Särkänniemi Amusement Park on Friday 23 May 2025 from 3.00 to 8.00pm. Tampereen Vuokra-asunnot Oy and POAS tenants can redeem a free Särkänniemi Rides Wristband which includes an admission to Särkänniemi Amusement Park and unlimited rides, within ride opening hours and safety limitations. TVA & POAS will have a service point in Särkänniemi during the event, and you can get free tenant products.
Who can get the Särkänniemi Rides Wristband?
- If you live alone or in a shared apartment, you can get one Rides Wristband for yourself and one additional Rides Wristband for an avec. The avec does not have to live in TVA / POAS apartment. We want to make sure no one needs to come alone!
- If you live together with your spouse or family, you can get Särkänniemi Rides Wristbands for all family members living in the same apartment. Please note that the personal information of all family members must be found from TVA / POAS tenant register.
The event is open for everyone, so you can bring other people to the tenant event, such as relatives, your child’s babysitter, godmother, or more friends. Families or couples cannot get free Rides Wristbands for avecs. Purchase more Rides Wristbands for other visitors from Särkänniemi website: sarkanniemi.fi/en/tickets
Registration has ended
Registration for the tenant event has ended. All participants’ information have been verified from the tenant register, and the confirmation emails have been sent to all confirmed participants. The confirmation email has been sent from markkinointi@poas.fi. Please check your spam folder if you cannot find the message.
Photographs will be taken at the event. Please note that by participating in the tenant event, you give permission for the photos to be used for marketing purposes.
Where to get the Rides Wristbands?
You can pick the Särkänniemi Rides Wristbands up at the gate of Särkänniemi amusement park on the day of the event. Participants have received more details about the collection in the registration confirmation email. Welcome to the tenant event! 💙
More information:
TVA’s marketing secretary Janita Arvola
janita.arvola@tampere.fi
POAS’ marketing and tenant activities team
markkinointi@poas.fi
During Christmas time, there are some exceptions to our service hours. See the exceptional opening hours below.
Service exceptions:
- Friday 6 December: closed (Independence Day)
- Friday 20 December: 9.00am–2.00pm
- Monday 23 December: 9.00am–2.00pm
- 24-26 December: closed. Merry Christmas!
- 1 January 2025: closed (New Year Day)
- 6 January 2025: closed (Epiphany)
In non-urgent cases, you can contact our customer service by e-mail or by sending a message in our tenant portal. Please note that visiting our office is currently possible with an appointment only.
Urgent maintenance and repair needs must always be reported to the maintenance company on duty by phone, please see contact information here.
Follow our Instagram channel @poaskoti and participate in Christmas Calendar raffle!
Traditional POAS’s Christmas Calendar will be published on our Instagram channel again on 1 December 2024! Every day from 1st to 24th of December, a new daily competition is posted on our Instagram channel. This year, each post has a question about POAS. Comment your answer to the post, and you’ll participate in the raffle of a daily prize! The Christmas Calendar competition is open for everyone, you don’t need to be a POAS tenant to participate.
The competition is published on our Instagram channel each morning and a small prize is raffled between all participants of the day. In addition, all participants will take part in the raffle of the main prize!
Prizes
Every day of the calendar there’s a chance to win a small prize. Daily prizes include:
- Finnkino movie tickets
- Gift cards
- POAS merchandise
The prizes vary depending on the day. All prizes are delivered to winners either electronically or by mail so redeeming the prize does not require a visit to our office.
Main prize is a 100 euro gift card to Verkkokauppa.com! The main prize is raffled between all Christmas Calendar participants. Gift card is valid for 12 months from the day of purchase, and it cannot be exchanged for money.
Instructions, privacy policy and general terms and conditions
- Competition period: 1st – 24th December 2024
- Christmas Calendar competition is open for everyone, you don’t need to be a POAS tenant to participate.
- You participate the competition by commenting the Instagram post as instructed.
- The daily prize will be raffled between all Instagram users who have commented the post on the same day, latest at 11.59pm. Daily prize of each competition will be raffled on the following weekday. Participation in the raffle does not require a correct answer.
- The main prize will be raffled by 31st of December 2024. Main prize is raffled between all participants of all daily competitions of the Christmas Calendar.
- POAS will inform the correct answer by replying the comment section of each Instagram post. After the daily raffle is conducted, POAS will contact winners personally on Instagram and inform them about the delivery of the prize.
- POAS collects and handles participants’ contact information to conduct the raffle and inform the winners. The contact information will not be used for marketing or forwarded to third parties. The contact information will be deleted after the competition.
- Each participant must exempt Instagram from all responsibility concerning this competition. Instagram does not recommend or manage this campaign in any way.
- Participating the Christmas Calendar competition is free. The prizes can not be returned, refunded or exchanged for money.
- By participating this raffle, you accept these terms and conditions.
More information:
POAS Marketing
markkinointi@poas.fi
Show your recycling solutions and you can win a €50 gift card!
How do you recycle your waste? Bio waste on the balcony, cardboard boxes in the kitchen cupboards or something else? Student apartments are often small, so you may have to be creative to create space for recycling different types of waste. Show us your recycling solution and you participate in a draw for a €50 gift card! We will share the photos in our Instagram to inspire other tenants. Instagram or Meta is not anyhow included in the draw.
The competition has now ended, and the winners have been raffled. The winners will be contacted personally.
The movie night features the long-awaited sequel to the awarded Joker movie: Joker: Folie à Deux. The event will be held in Finnkino Plevna on Wednesday 9 October at 6.00pm. The event is free for our tenants, and we provide popcorn and a soft drink too!
Registration for the movie night has now ended, and the seats are sold out.
NOTE!
– Tickets are limited! We recommend you to register to the event as soon as the registration opens to secure your seat.
– You have to be a POAS tenant to register for the movie night. We’ll verify participants’ information from our tenant system.
– Max. 1 ticket/tenant. If there are several registrations with the same information, only one will be counted.
– NOTE: You will NOT receive an automatic confirmation message about the registration. After we have checked all participants’ information from our tenant system, we will send a confirmation email to everyone who got a seat.
Movie: Joker: Folie à Deux
Date: Wednesday 9 October 2024
Time: 6.00pm (NOTE! Please arrive on time)
Location: Finnkino Plevna, premium auditorium ISENSE (Itäinenkatu 4, 33210 Tampere)
Welcome to the movie night!
More information:
Nelli Jokelainen
POAS Marketing
+358 10 341 6628
markkinointi@poas.fi
Tenant portal has been updated. You can now pay your rent and possible other invoices directly from the tenant portal. In addition to possible unpaid rents, tenant portal shows the upcoming rent payment which is due within the next 30 days.
How to pay rent in the tenant portal:
- Login to the tenant portal here: asukassivusto.poas.fi/
- You can change the language to English from the icon at the bottom right corner of the page.
- In the My Economy section, you can pay rents, see the previous payments you have made and possible other invoices sent by POAS.
My Economy section in our tenant portal
4. Go to the payment section and select Pay now. You have to insert an amount you wish to pay. Proceed to the payment service (Visma Pay), where you can pay using the most common debit and credit cards, MobilePay or Transfer payment apps, or Finnish online bank services.
You need to insert an amount you wish to pay in order to proceed to the payment service. You can order a receipt of the payment to your email address.
5. Once the payment has been made, you will be redirected back to the tenant portal, where the payment you made will be updated in real time!
There are several options for paying rent
Please note that tenant portal is just one option to pay your rent. Tenant portal payment option is beneficial especially to those tenants, who don’t have Finnish online banking IDs. Alternatively, you can order an e-invoice directly to your Finnish online bank or pay as a traditional bank transfer according to the invoice we have provided. Rent paid by other ways than in the tenant portal will appear to the tenant portal with a delay of 1-2 banking days.
We remind you that paying rent every month is a lease agreement oblication, and banking problems is not reason to not to pay your rent. If you are in debt collection, your rent payment details are not available in tenant portal, and paying rent in the portal is not possible. More information of rent supervision.
If you need more information or need to discuss payment arrangements, contact rent supervision by sending a message in the tenant portal.