"Bits and pieces of Turku" Top 5 Page for this destination Turku by sabsi


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I recently went to Turku on a day trip from Helsinki. On our way there there was heavy rain and we thought there would be a real museum day ahead of us.

As soon as we had parked our car the sun came out though and it was a beautiful sunny day. So we went straight into the tourist information to find out if we still had the chance on a boat trip through the archipelago. And we had. Before our boat left we even had some time left to see a bit of Turku and to visit the castle!

The highlight of our day in Turku was the trip through the beautiful archipelago though.

Unfortunately because of the beautiful boat trip we missed quite a few great sights of the town itself and also we haven't seen much of the beautiful architecture in the city centre. But I am sure that this wasn't my last visit to Turku so some day I'll add some more here.

I hope you enjoy to read about our wonderful day "Turussa".

PS @ Gil: Was this fast enough? ;)

Pros and Cons
  • Pros:Beautiful archipelago, great old buildings,
  • Cons:None found really.
  • In a nutshell:A nice place for a day trip it was!
  • Last visit to Turku: Jun 2004
  • Intro Updated Jul 4, 2004
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    Kuznetsov_Sergey Jul 27, 2006 at 6:09 AM Report Abuse

    Thanks Sabine for your informative Turku-page. I'll try to use your tips during my visit to Turku on my way to Stockholm. Privet from Moscow!

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    trotador May 28, 2006 at 1:04 PM Report Abuse

    Thanks for the tips. I try to make some of them.

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    wcph Aug 24, 2005 at 3:43 PM Report Abuse

    Very nice page and photos. When I visited Turku it was cloudy and rainy.

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    Maria_75 Nov 26, 2004 at 3:45 PM Report Abuse

    A great page with lots of good info & pics! My greatgrandmother came from Turku, but still I have not visited the place. Looks like a wonderful place, so I might have to go there soon... :)

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    roamer61 Nov 3, 2004 at 5:21 PM Report Abuse

    Very nice pages. Good pics and plenty of good tips too.

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    bugulma Sep 29, 2004 at 6:33 AM Report Abuse

    nice town with interesting architecture. I'd like to sit in the cafe near of the port and look at the ships.

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    matcrazy1 Jul 23, 2004 at 3:30 PM Report Abuse

    Amazing castle, great idea with a boat trip and very usuful tip on parking.

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    Sjalen Jul 23, 2004 at 6:25 AM Report Abuse

    the steamship should be S/s...:-) You could write that this was for a long time Sweden's second largest city :-))) I'm off here tonight.

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    sandysmith Jul 18, 2004 at 1:42 AM Report Abuse

    looks like a great trip, love that train cafe too

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    kimmo_v Jul 9, 2004 at 6:56 AM Report Abuse

    Excellent page, Sabs! You make it look like that Turku is worth visiting. Maybe...

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