The most wonderful time of the year is here again with its many bright fairy lights.

The lights of the Christmas tree have been lit in Turku, Finland! 718 fairy lights will light up the city until mid-January. The festive season is here!

This week’s colour is definitely white. We got first snow! This magnificent photo is captured by @olgahenriksson.

We have shared quite a many pictures of dark and grey November. But November can occasionally be also sunny and bright as you can see from this photo taken last Saturday.

The traditional chritmas at Iso-Puolala is here again. This year the cafe is open every week from Thursday till Sunday from 11 am until 5 pm. On Saturdays and Sundays also the chritmas shop is open till 4 pm.
In addition to this there is the christmas market at the Great Old Square too.
You’ll have well time to visit them both!
Wishing everybody a lovely Sunday.

What do you think, could this be one of the most beautiful walls in Turku? Thank you @millahstag that we got to share this amazing photo!

There are already some fairy light decorations to be spotted in the streetscape of the centre of the city. Surely more to come as we get closer to December. What could better suit this season of darkness than bright and beautiful light bulbs.

Yliopistonkatu is one of the streets of the grid plan area, parallel to river Aura and 1,5 km long. It begins at Kutomonkatu and ends by Koulukatu.
Since 2001 the part between Aurakatu and Humalistonkatu has been a 400 meters long zone for pedestrians.
Moreover it has been the Christmas Street of Turku since 1948.

The Turku Main Library 2,900 m² old building is a Dutch late Renaissance style building, constructed in 1903, built and delivered by Turku commercial counsellor Fredric von Rettig and designed by Karl August Wrede. The designe was based on a Swedish House of Nobility in Stockholm. The first floor was a national library for the working class and the second was the city library for academics. These two libraries merged in 1912 to become Turku City Library.

You can sense the history of Turku when walking through this Monastery Avenue, the medieval street in the city. This beautiful photo is captured by @johannasilvennoinen.

Dark is the word to describe this period of the year. Fortunately there is some light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks so much for all the city lights.
Let us all remember to wear reflectors.

Today is Father’s Day which is a day of celebration honoring fathers, fatherhood, paternal bonds and the influence of fathers in society.
In Finland this day is the second Sunday in November. In the rest of the world it varies. Father’s Day is in Finland an official flag day since 1987.
We want to wish all fathers and their families a memorable Father’s Day.