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City culture in the heart of the archipelago
The River Aura is the heart and soul of the city, at the estuary of which Finland's oldest city began to grow in the early 13th century. Over 800 years of urban history has not reduced the significanve of the river to the image of Turku – quite the opposite.
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15.1.2019 20.30
Well, well, what do we have here? A summery stamp of Nagu, which is a part of the Turku archipelago. This stamp is not only pretty as a picture, but it was also awarded as the Best Stamp of the World at the International Nexofil 2018 Awards. Go Finland!
Finnish stamp awarded as world's best
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14.1.2019 22.20
Last Friday, we here at Visit Turku hosted once again our traditional Matkailun Oskari ceremony ("the Tourism Oskari") where we celebrated the best actors within tourism here in Turku. The award winners are innovative minds who bravely reshape our local tourism. The prizes have been handed out since 1987 and this year marked the 22nd anniversary of Oskari awards.
The Tourism Oskari of 2018 went to Antti Sippola, who just finished his time as the CEO of Turun Osuuskauppa, the regional branch of S-ryhmä, which is one of Finland's biggest grocery and hotel business chains. Sippola was awarded on the basis of his bold investments and improvements in Turun Osuuskauppa's business.
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New route starting 2 July!
17.12.2018
New direct routes from Turku to London, Krakow and Kaunas - Wizz Air extends its network
Wizz Air will launch a route from Turku Airport to Luton Airport, London, next summer. The route will be the first direct route from Turku to London and it is operated three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The event will be broadcast on television on Christmas Eve
20.11.2018
Ecumenical Christmas is celebrated at the Turku Cathedral in the spirit of harmony and sharing
The theme of Ecumenical Christmas this year is ”Living in harmony makes room”. The event will especially highlight the prevention of exclusion and inequality. The humanitarian message will be delivered by rap artist and author Karri Miettinen, alias Paleface, in the event which is organized already for the 25th time at the Turku Cathedral on 12 December, 2018.
10.09.2018
Finnish Defence Forces train in Turku and neighbouring regions this week
The Finnish Defence Forces organise a local defence exercise in Turku and the neighbouring regions between 10–14 September 2018. Titled Syystammi18, the exercise brings troops to the city centre area.
7.-9.6.2018
30.05.2018
Olohuone 306,4 km² festival explores challenges of communication
The Theme for this year´s Art Festival is Missing language, characteristic for encounters and expression in our time of change, movement and globalization.
New route starting 2 July!
17.12.2018
New direct routes from Turku to London, Krakow and Kaunas - Wizz Air extends its network
Wizz Air will launch a route from Turku Airport to Luton Airport, London, next summer. The route will be the first direct route from Turku to London and it is operated three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The event will be broadcast on television on Christmas Eve
20.11.2018
Ecumenical Christmas is celebrated at the Turku Cathedral in the spirit of harmony and sharing
The theme of Ecumenical Christmas this year is ”Living in harmony makes room”. The event will especially highlight the prevention of exclusion and inequality. The humanitarian message will be delivered by rap artist and author Karri Miettinen, alias Paleface, in the event which is organized already for the 25th time at the Turku Cathedral on 12 December, 2018.
10.09.2018
Finnish Defence Forces train in Turku and neighbouring regions this week
The Finnish Defence Forces organise a local defence exercise in Turku and the neighbouring regions between 10–14 September 2018. Titled Syystammi18, the exercise brings troops to the city centre area.
7.-9.6.2018
30.05.2018
Olohuone 306,4 km² festival explores challenges of communication
The Theme for this year´s Art Festival is Missing language, characteristic for encounters and expression in our time of change, movement and globalization.
23.10.2017
Makoto Chiba feels at home in the forests of Turku
Makoto Chiba, 24, has now been in Finland for nine months and has recently started international business studies at Turku University of Applied Sciences. Chiba is very fond of Finnish nature and warmly recommends everyone to spend more time in nature.
Movie Day 9 September
08.09.2017
Turku turns into a movie theatre on Saturday
Elokuvapäivä, Movie Day, turns the city of Turku into a movie theatre when businesses around the city offer movie screenings free of charge. The culmination of the day will be the outdoor screening of the film Tom of Finland that takes place on the bank of the River Aura.
23.08.2017
Stories of shipbuilders take centre stage in Turku
There’s much more to modern shipbuilding than just welding sparks and the rustle of work overalls. It’s also about high tech, innovations, cutting edge engineering and pioneering solutions. Together, the Turku City Theatre musical, the Forum Marinum exhibition and the shipyard tours organised by Meyer Turku and Visit Turku weave a fascinating tale of the Turku of shipbuilders – its history and its future.
01.08.2017
Turku is on display in Stockholm during the grand event of Finland’s centenary celebration
Turku will present itself in Stockholm during the STHLM/SUOMI street party in Stockholm at the end of August. It is the largest public event of Finland’s centenary celebration organised outside Finland.
New route starting 2 July!
17.12.2018
New direct routes from Turku to London, Krakow and Kaunas - Wizz Air extends its network
Wizz Air will launch a route from Turku Airport to Luton Airport, London, next summer. The route will be the first direct route from Turku to London and it is operated three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The event will be broadcast on television on Christmas Eve
20.11.2018
Ecumenical Christmas is celebrated at the Turku Cathedral in the spirit of harmony and sharing
The theme of Ecumenical Christmas this year is ”Living in harmony makes room”. The event will especially highlight the prevention of exclusion and inequality. The humanitarian message will be delivered by rap artist and author Karri Miettinen, alias Paleface, in the event which is organized already for the 25th time at the Turku Cathedral on 12 December, 2018.
10.09.2018
Finnish Defence Forces train in Turku and neighbouring regions this week
The Finnish Defence Forces organise a local defence exercise in Turku and the neighbouring regions between 10–14 September 2018. Titled Syystammi18, the exercise brings troops to the city centre area.
7.-9.6.2018
30.05.2018
Olohuone 306,4 km² festival explores challenges of communication
The Theme for this year´s Art Festival is Missing language, characteristic for encounters and expression in our time of change, movement and globalization.
23.10.2017
Makoto Chiba feels at home in the forests of Turku
Makoto Chiba, 24, has now been in Finland for nine months and has recently started international business studies at Turku University of Applied Sciences. Chiba is very fond of Finnish nature and warmly recommends everyone to spend more time in nature.
Movie Day 9 September
08.09.2017
Turku turns into a movie theatre on Saturday
Elokuvapäivä, Movie Day, turns the city of Turku into a movie theatre when businesses around the city offer movie screenings free of charge. The culmination of the day will be the outdoor screening of the film Tom of Finland that takes place on the bank of the River Aura.
23.08.2017
Stories of shipbuilders take centre stage in Turku
There’s much more to modern shipbuilding than just welding sparks and the rustle of work overalls. It’s also about high tech, innovations, cutting edge engineering and pioneering solutions. Together, the Turku City Theatre musical, the Forum Marinum exhibition and the shipyard tours organised by Meyer Turku and Visit Turku weave a fascinating tale of the Turku of shipbuilders – its history and its future.
01.08.2017
Turku is on display in Stockholm during the grand event of Finland’s centenary celebration
Turku will present itself in Stockholm during the STHLM/SUOMI street party in Stockholm at the end of August. It is the largest public event of Finland’s centenary celebration organised outside Finland.1569499163288090_2242140919357241
15.1.2019 20.30
Well, well, what do we have here? A summery stamp of Nagu, which is a part of the Turku archipelago. This stamp is not only pretty as a picture, but it was also awarded as the Best Stamp of the World at the International Nexofil 2018 Awards. Go Finland!
Finnish stamp awarded as world's best
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14.1.2019 22.20
Last Friday, we here at Visit Turku hosted once again our traditional Matkailun Oskari ceremony ("the Tourism Oskari") where we celebrated the best actors within tourism here in Turku. The award winners are innovative minds who bravely reshape our local tourism. The prizes have been handed out since 1987 and this year marked the 22nd anniversary of Oskari awards.
The Tourism Oskari of 2018 went to Antti Sippola, who just finished his time as the CEO of Turun Osuuskauppa, the regional branch of S-ryhmä, which is one of Finland's biggest grocery and hotel business chains. Sippola was awarded on the basis of his bold investments and improvements in Turun Osuuskauppa's business.
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13.1.2019 21.20
Skating is a wonderful winter activity that you can do also here in Turku. Popular ice rinks near the city centre are Kupittaa skating rink and Parkki field. Read this article www.turku.fi/en/culture-and-sports/sports/sports-facilities/ice-skating-... to find out more about ice rinks in Turku area!
Photo: City of Turku / Jaska Poikonen
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12.1.2019 18.03
Im letzten September besuchten ein Reporter und eine Fotografin des Onlinemagazins „Kulinariker“ Turku, Finnland. Sie haben die lokale Ess- und Trinkkultur kennengelernt und einen Artikel darüber geschrieben. Lies im Artikel, was sie in Turku gegessen und getrunken haben!
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Last September, a journalist and a photographer from the online publication DER KULINARIKER visited us here in Turku and explored the local food and drink culture. The article is in German.
Kulinariker is a German online magazine that focuses on gourmet experiences around the world.
Turku 2019: Finnlands heimliche Kapitale am Aura-Fluss (Teil 2)
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11.1.2019 20.17
Snowy Turku and beautiful wooden houses This is pure Turku idyll!
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10.1.2019 19.30
How to best appreciate all the goodness of Finland? This article nicely summarises eight tips that make Finland worth loving.
8 ways to appreciate Finland — VisitFinland.com
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9.1.2019 22.00
The city brochure of 2019 has been published today! The paper versions are in distribution on Friday, but we have also uploaded an online version to our site www.visitturku.fi/en/visit-turku-en/tourists/brochures. You can find the new brochure in five different languages: Finnish, Swedish, English, Russian and German. So, go ahead and check it out and remember that you can also order the brochure to your home.
Enjoy exploring what our lovely city of Turku has to offer in 2019!
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8.1.2019 21.50
Last August, a reporter and a cameraman from the German TV programme Grenzenlos - Die Welt entdecken, which airs on channel SAT.1, visited Finland. Their trip in Turku, its archipelago and the Åland islands was packed into a 45-minute-long episode called "The Finnish archipelago". The episode presents destinations with the help of interesting characters and it first aired in Germany on Saturday last weekend on January 5th. Now, the episode can also be viewed on YouTube! So, save the link and remember to check it out
The show is in German but if your Deutsch has gotten rusty, feel free to just take in the atmosphere and scenery of Turku and the archipelago.
"Grenzenlos - Die Welt entdecken" im finnischem Schärenmeer
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7.1.2019 20.35
Does the word "Ruisrock" ring any bells? It's the oldest music festival in the Nordic countries and the second oldest European rock festival. Notoriously, Ruisrock weekend in the beginning of July has always been sunny in Turku – and we sure hope this will never change!
Accommodation packages for Ruisrock can be purchased via our online shop. And guess what? As from today, the packages are on sale! If you have your eyes on spending the summer in Finland and rocking it out at Ruisrock, remember to book your accommodation in good time. You can find the accommodation packages here: www.visitturku.fi/en/ruisrock_en-3.
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6.1.2019 10.30
At Epiphany, we here in Turku put on our skates and head out to the ice rink for some traditional Epiphany skating! The event is an annual tradition at Parkki field and it welcomes people of all ages. Come join us on the ice for some fun programme and different sports. Do you have any traditions for celebrating Epiphany?
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5.1.2019 12.26
Knight Days are here! This annual event suited for the whole family takes place at Turku Castle on the weekend after New Year's Eve. Come and travel back in time and learn about a knight's life in the medieval era. Here's a great tip if you happen to be in Turku in... let's say a year. ;)
Photo: Joonas Mäkivirta / Museum Centre of Turku
