Turku tourism - Culture Highlights
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Turku (or "Åbo" in Swedish) was the principal town in Finland when the country was a province of Sweden, losing its status in 1812, along with most of its buildings in a ferocious fire soon after – occurrences that clearly improved the place. Turku is an important cultural and historical center and always pleasant and highly sociable with it's exciting history and culture.
Explore top tourist destinations in Turku.
CULTURE HIGHLIGHTS IN TURKU
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The Cathedral of Turku is the mother church of the Lutheran Church of Finland. It is also regarded as one of the major records of Finnish architectural history.
The Turku Castle, (Finnish: Turun linna, Swedish: Åbo slott) is a monument of Finnish history situated in the city of Turku in Finland.
The Turku historical Old Great Square. The historical and cosy surroundings of the Old Great Square.
Åbo Svenska Teater is a Finland-Swedish theatre in the city of Turku in Finland and the oldest theatre in the country, founded in 1839. The building is also the oldest still functioning theatre house in Finland. Åbo in the name "The Swedish theatre of Åbo" is the Swedish name of the city of Turku. (website in Swedish). Read more...
Sibelius museum is the only museum totally devoted to music in Finland. The museum building, designed by Woldemar Baeckman, is one of the most original Finnish creations of the 1960s.
The Turku Art Museum, a central part of the art life in Turku since 1904, has been re-opened to the general public in 2005.
The Tuku Market Hall - Turun Kauppahalli -We have a handful of restaurants, wonderful scents, a pleasant atmosphere
Forum Marinum is the result of the systematic development of the maritime museum functions in the Turku area.
Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, the museum of history and contemporary art, is an unique cultural attraction in Turku
"Ett Hem". In their will Alfred and Hélène Jacobsson donated their 19th century house to Åbo Akademi as a museum. The idea was to preserve the atmosphere of upper class life in Åbo/Turku.
The Biological Museum of Turku is a museum of natural history established in 1907. The museum has 13 different nature sceneries with animals on display. Destination for study excursions of nature and cultural history.
Kuusisto Castle was a medieval episcopal castle on an island of Kuusisto in Kaarina, Finland, Turku archipelago. The castle was built in the early 14th century, although the site seems to have been bishop's residence already in the 1290s.
