100 Sights in Turku, Finland (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Turku, Finland! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Turku. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
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Network is an environmental artwork designed and manufactured by architect Outi Sarjakoski in Turku, Turku, at the intersection of Itäinen Rantakatu and Volter Kilven katu. The size of the "cobweb" is about 12×15 meters. Sarjakoski braided the net himself from polyester rope, which took about one kilometre for the work.
2. Turku Cathedral
Turku Cathedral is the only medieval basilica in Finland and the Mother Church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. It is the central church of the Lutheran Archdiocese of Turku and the seat of the Lutheran Archbishop of Finland, Tapio Luoma. It is also regarded as one of the major records of Finnish architectural history.
3. Porthaninpuisto
Porthaninpuisto Park is located in the centre of Turku between the Old Great Square and Brahenpuisto Park. It is named after Henrik Gabriel Porthan and houses a statue of Porthani. The park covers an area of 7,100 square meters.
4. Aino
Aino is a statue designed by Matti Haupti and completed in 1950. It is located in Turku Station Park. The statue was unveiled on September 6, 1951. It was donated to the city by the Leo and Regina Wainstein Foundation and Turun Verkatehdas Oy.
5. Turku Castle
Turku Castle is a medieval building in the city of Turku in Finland. Together with Turku Cathedral, the castle is one of the oldest buildings still in use and the largest surviving medieval building in Finland. It was founded in the late 13th century and stands on the banks of the Aura River. The castle served as a bastion and administrative centre in Finland, which was a part of Sweden until the early 19th century. Only once did the castle figure in the defence of the realm, when Russian invaders from Novgorod destroyed Turku in 1318. It more frequently played a role in internal struggles for power within Sweden and the Kalmar Union. The castle's heyday was in the mid-16th century during the reign of Duke John of Finland and Catherine Jagellon. That was when the Renaissance Floor and King's and Queen's hall were built, along with other features. It lost its status as an administrative centre in the 17th century after Per Brahe's period as governor-general of Finland came to an end. Turku castle is today Finland's most visited museum, with attendance reaching 200,000 in some years. In addition, many of the larger rooms are used for municipal functions.
6. Suomen Joutsen
Suomen Joutsen is a steel-hulled full-rigged ship with three square rigged masts. Built in 1902 by Chantiers de Penhoët in St. Nazaire, France, as Laënnec, the ship served two French owners before she was sold to German interest in 1922 and renamed Oldenburg. In 1930, she was acquired by the Government of Finland, refitted to serve as a school ship for the Finnish Navy and given her current name. Suomen Joutsen made eight long international voyages before the Second World War and later served in various support and supply roles during the war. From 1961 on she served as a stationary seamen's school for the Finnish Merchant Navy. In 1991, Suomen Joutsen was donated to the city of Turku and became a museum ship moored next to Forum Marinum.
7. Bore
MS Bore is a combination museum and hotel ship docked permanently in Turku, Finland. She was originally built in 1960 by Oskarshamn shipyard, Oskarshamn, Sweden as the car/passenger ferry SS Bore for Steamship Company Bore, Finland, then the last commercial steam ship built in Scandinavia and the first ferry on the route between Finland and Sweden where cars could drive aboard. She was later known as SS Borea, before being rebuilt as a cruise ship in 1988. 1988 to 2010 she was owned by the Finnish shipping company Kristina Cruises and known as MS Kristina Regina until she was retired because she did not comply with new safety regulations.
8. Turku Art Museum
Turku Art Museum is an art museum in Puolalanmäki, Turku. The museum is maintained and its collection is owned by Konstföreningen i Åbo – Turku Art Association, founded in 1891. The museum building was designed by Professor of Architecture Gustaf Nyström (1856–1917) and completed in 1904. The Turku Art Museum, built with private funds donated by the businessman brothers Ernst (1846–1924) and Magnus (1859–1924) and donated to the City of Turku, was the second building in Finland to be designed as an art museum after the Ateneum when it opened.
9. Seamen's Mission
The Finnish Seamen's Mission was established in 1875. It was established to help Finns travelling abroad, particularly seafarers and migrant workers. It is a Christian organisation which provides church services and pastoral care, and also aims to provide cultural and social services to the Finnish community. The Secretary General (Pääsihteeri) as of 2015 is Hannu Suihkonen.
10. Mikaelinkirkko
Michael's Church is a church situated in central Turku. It is named after Archangel Michael and was finished in 1905. It dominates the western skyline of the city of Turku. It was designed by Professor Lars Sonck and is one of the most popular wedding churches in Turku, being able to seat 1,800 people. When Sonck won the competition for the church in 1894, he was only a 23-year-old architectural student. Michael's Church is older than Michael's parish. The parish only dates back to 1921.
11. University Hill
Yliopistonmäki is a hill located in the centre of Turku, in the I district, which is one of the seven hills of Turku. There are buildings of the University of Turku on top of Yliopistonmäki, including the main building and the main library.
12. Church of the Holy Martyr Empress Alexandra
Turku Orthodox Church or the Church of the Holy Martyr Empress Alexandra is the main church of the Turku Orthodox parish located at the northwest corner of the Turku Market Square along the Yliopistonkatu street in Turku, Finland. The church was built under plans drafted by architect Carl Ludvig Engel and was ordered by Nicholas I of Russia on 5 January 1838. Construction, which began in 1839, cost 67,886 rubles and was completed in 1845. The church was consecrated on 2 September 1845. The church was dedicated to Alexandra, the spouse of Diocletian who had publicly become Christianised and suffered a martyr's death on 23 April 303. The choice of patron saint may have been due to Nicholas I's wife's name, Aleksandra Feodorovna.
13. Sigyn
Sigyn, built in Gothenburg 1887, now museum ship in Turku, is the last remaining wooden barque used for trade across the oceans. At the time she was built there were thousands of similar vessels, but she was one of the last ones built. She was quite small even for her time, considering she was built for long-distance trade, but well built and considered fast and beautiful.
14. FNS Keihässalmi
Keihässalmi was a minelayer of the Finnish Navy. She was commissioned in 1957 and remained in service until 1994, after which she was turned into a museum ship in Turku. The vessel was named after the strait of Keihässalmi, which is located in Sipoo. Keihässalmi was the first Finnish minelayer to be constructed after World War II.
15. Urheilupuisto
Turku Sports Park is a sports and recreation area located in the centre of Turku, on the eastern bank of the Aura River. The extensive park area includes several sports facilities, some of which are open all year round. The most significant areas of the park are the Paavo Nurmi Stadium and the upper field, which serves as both a football and American football field. The park also has a disc golf course, outdoor exercise equipment, and several tennis, basketball and volleyball courts. In winter, the park's fields are frozen for ice games. The park is surrounded by the Karikon lenkki fitness track, named after Paavo Karikos, who was Finland's first municipal sports instructor from 1938 to 1969.
16. The Botanical Garden of the University of Turku
The Botanical Garden of the University of Turku is a botanical garden maintained by the University of Turku on the island of Ruissalo, Turku. The garden was originally built in 1924, three years after the university was founded, in Iso-Heikkilä, from where it was moved to its current location in Ruissalo in 1956. The garden covers a collection of about 5,000 different species and varieties, of which more than 2,000 are in six greenhouses. In addition to greenhouses, the botanical garden includes an outdoor garden. Greenhouses include the succulent greenhouse, araukaria room, winter garden, New World tropics, Old World tropics and Mediterranean climate.
Wikipedia: Turun yliopiston kasvitieteellinen puutarha (FI), Website
17. Pietari Brahe
The Per Brahe statue is a monument of Per Brahe the Younger, the Governor-General of Finland and first chancellor of the Academy of Turku, located in Brahenpuisto in Turku, Finland. It was designed by Walter Runeberg and unveiled in 1888.
18. Puolalanpuisto
Puolalanmäki is a hill in the centre of Turku, on the border of the VI and VII districts. It is one of Turku's seven hills and its height is 35.2 metres above sea level. On top of the hill is the Turku Art Museum, which is surrounded by Puolalanpuisto. The hill takes its name from the village of Puolala, which was annexed to Turku from Maaria in the 1600s. Together with the Turku Art Museum, Puolalanmäki is one of the nationally significant built cultural environments defined by the Finnish Heritage Agency.
19. Henrik Gabriel Porthan
The statue of Henrik Gabriel Porthan was unveiled on 9 September 1864 by Carl Eneas Sjöstrand. It is located in Turku's Porthaninpuisto park. The statue of H. G. Porthan is the oldest personal monument in Finland.
20. Pallivahan kirkko
Pallivaha Church is a sacral space located in the Pallivaha Parish Centre in the Kärsämäki district of Turku, in the immediate vicinity of highway 9, at the corner of Paltantie and Kaerlantie. It is one of two churches in Mary's parish. The building was completed in 1968 and designed by architect Pekka Pitkänen.
21. Martinkirkko
Martin's Church in Turku, Finland is the main church of Martin's parish, founded in 1921. The church was consecrated on the 450th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther, on November 12, 1933. The designers of the church were the architects Totti Sora and Gunnar Wahlroos. The church represents architectural functionalism. Martin's church is a long church with three aisles with very narrow side aisles. The church has a functional and singular practicality of its own. The barrel-vaulting of the roof is one of the most outstanding features of the church. The altar, the pulpit, and the roof are notable features of architect Sora's work. On the top of the pulpit, the architect has placed a crown. The same theme is featured as a decoration to the hymn list table. The architects have clearly thought of the church as a royal court chamber and for this reason the basic construction is reminiscent of a basilica. The artist Aarre Aaltonen has made five decorative sculptures for the pulpit.
22. Lönnrotinpuisto
Lönnrotinpuisto is one of Turku's parks. The almost triangular park is located in the city centre between Aninkaistenkatu, Eerikinkatu and Aurajoki. The park is named after Elias Lönnrot and covers an area of 4,300 square metres.
23. Koroisten piispankirkko
Turku Koroinen Church or Koroinen Episcopal Church was a medieval stone church located in Koroistenniemi, Turku. Today, only the foundations of the frame room and the choir remain of the church. The episcopal see was moved from Nousiainen to Koroinen in 1229. Defensive fortifications were built around the peninsula, and in addition to the church building, the bishop's fortified residence was located there. The church remained in operation even after the bishop's see was moved to Turku until 1396, when the peninsula was destroyed by the vital brothers. After this, Mary's Church was built as the parish church.
24. Paavo Nurmi
The Paavo nurmi statue is a whole-body sculpture of runner Paavo Nurmi, the most successful Olympic athlete in Finland, made by sculptor Wäinö Aaltonen. The bronze sculpture was made in 1925 and there have been four additional casts of it. The statue has become a symbol for Finnish sport and the independent Finnish nation as well as an envoy of the image of Finland.
25. When Friendships are Made
Kun ystävyyssuhteet solmitaan (Finnish) or När vänskapsbanden knytes is a sculpture erected by Wäinö Aaltonen, located in the Puutori market square in Turku, Finland. It symbolises the twin town partnership of Turku and Gothenburg. There are two sculptures, the original in Gothenburg and its duplicate at Aninkaistenkatu 12 in Turku.
26. Samppalinnanpuisto
Samppalinnanpuisto, also known as Samppalinnanvuori, is one of the parks in Turku. In the park are located e.g. Samppalinna restaurant, outdoor swimming pool and Luostarivuori school. Its plant range includes more than 60 different woody plant species. The name of the place derives from the ancient castle that was located on the site. In Southwest Finland, the word sampa or thrush has meant a boundary marker or pile.
27. Pyhän Katariinan kirkko
St. Catherine's Church is located in Nummi, a suburb of Turku, Finland, in the same district as Turku Student Village. It represents the old medieval stone church building tradition. Although it was completely destroyed and has undergone several renovations, it has preserved something of its original appearance and retains the basic plan of a medieval Finnish church. The construction was begun in the 1340s; the sacristy was completed first and the church later. Bishop Hemming and Bishop Thomas of Växjö consecrated the church on 22 January 1351.
28. Ystävyyden patsas
The Statue of Friendship Between Leningrad and Turku is a statue located in Puolalanpuisto park in Turku, Finland. It was erected 1967-1968 and revealed on May 19, 1969. The statue was erected in honour of the 15th town twinning anniversary between Turku and Leningrad.
Wikipedia: Leningradin ja Turun ystävyyden patsas (EN), Website
29. Qwenselin talo
The Qwensel House is the oldest wooden house in Turku, Finland. It is bourgeois housing from the autarchic times that has survived in its entirety. The house was built approximately in the year 1700 in an area that was reserved for the nobility in the city plan made up by Per Brahe the Younger in 1652. Today, the Qwensel House operates as the Turku Pharmacy Museum and café.
30. Carro Celeste
Carro Celeste is an environmental artwork by Italian-born Mariella Bettineschi in Turku. It was unveiled in 1994 on Independence Square between the City Theatre and the Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, but has been moved to make way for the construction site of the new Turku Music Centre.
31. Lilja
Lilja is a red granite sculpture by Wäinö Aaltonen, located in Turku, Finland. It is located in Runeberginpuisto near the Aurasilta. It depicts the lily, the flower of the Turku coat of arms. In 1927, the statue was the first public art commission in Turku.
32. Ylösnousemuskappeli
The Resurrection Chapel is a church building located in Turku Cemetery. It was designed by Turku-based functionalist architect Erik Bryggman. The design and implementation of the chapel have features of at least Italian folk construction, Finnish stone church tradition, Nordic classicism of the 1920s and functionalism. The Chapel of the Resurrection is one of Erik Bryggman's main works. The chapel was completed in April 1941.
33. Turun linnan kirkko
Turku Castle Church is a Lutheran church decorated in the banquet hall of the south wing of Turku Castle during the time of John Duke. The church was consecrated in 1706. It is managed by the Turku Museum Centre, which rents it out for church services, concerts and other events. The church has a capacity of 240 people.
34. St. Bridget and Blessed Hemming Church
St. Bridget and Blessed Hemming Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Turku, Finland. The church building, completed in 1966, is located in the center of Turku in Ursininkatu. It was consecrated in honor of St. Bridget of Sweden and bishop Hemming of Turku.
35. Kissa-Kallu
Kissa-Kallu is a sculpture unveiled in 1989 in a small park at the intersection of Hämeentie and Vanha Hämeentie in Turku. The red granite sculpture by Simo Helenius depicts a man with a sack on his back and a milk jug in his hand, bent over a cat squirming at his feet.
36. Suihkukaivo Leijona
G. A. Petrelius Fountain or Fountain Leijona is a fountain located in front of the old main library in Vähätori, Turku. The fountain, designed by Gunnar Finne and Armas Lindgren, was erected and donated to the City of Turku by Gustav Albert Petrelius' donation fund in 1924.
37. Luolavuoren vesitorni
The Luolavuori water tower is the largest water tower in Turku and it is located in the Luolavuori district. The tower was completed in 1968 and has a water volume of 12,500 cubic metres. It was built by the city itself.
38. Maarian kirkko
St. Mary's Church is a medieval stone church located in Maaria, in Turku, Finland. There are no records as to when the present church was built, but the work was probably started in the mid or late 15th century. According to Markus Hiekkanen, the church was probably built in the 1440s, on the basis of the style of the closets; the gables were constructed about 50 years later. There are medieval limestone paintings on the walls, which are not common to other places in Finland. The most valuable artefacts are the wooden altar cabinet and a large altarpiece depicting Christ on the cross.
39. Vesilinna
Vesilinna is a water tower completed in 1941 on Yliopistonmäki in Turku. The grey façade of the box-shaped, rectangular building is made of sandstone limestone and punctuated by pilasters. The monumental building was designed by architects Erik Bryggman and Albert Richardtson. Engineer Emil Holmberg was responsible for structural design. Vesilinna has two concrete pools with a total volume of 6,000 m³.
40. Temppeli
The temple is a sculpture by Kim Simonsson in Turku's Kupittaanpuisto park. It is a multi-part relief on the outer walls of a small transformer substation building. The transformer substation is located on the corner of Uudenmaankatu and Kupittaankatu. The work was unveiled in Turku's Capital of Culture year 2011.
41. Tuomiokirkonpuisto
Tuomiokirkonpuisto is one of Turku's parks. It is located in the city centre between the Cathedral and the Aura River. The size of the park is 7,100 m2 and it belongs to the city's representative parks.
42. Suomen Marsalkka C. G. E. Mannerheim
The Mannerheim statue in Turku is a bronze bust sculpture designed by sculptor Veikko Leppänen and architect Aarne Ehojoki, depicting C. G. E. Mannerheim. It is located in Mannerheiminpuisto, VII district. The official title of the work is Memorial to Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim.
43. Parolanpuiston vesitorni
The Parolanpuisto water tower is a water tower built in 1981 in the Runosmäki district of Turku. In shape, the water tower is spongy. The water tower has a height of 43 metres and a water volume of 6,550 cubic metres. It was built by the city itself. The stem of the tower has been cast using a special slip moulding method, which has only been used to build three other water towers in Finland, in Pargas, Kaarina and Nakkila. The stem of the tower, which reaches twenty meters above the treetops, widens upwards, as does the wall thickness of the foot. The tank in the tower is non-insulated. When designing the water tower, it was also in mind to have an observation tower in the water tower, but Turku Airport is too close.
44. Onnenhevonen
The Lucky Horse is a sculpture designed by Rafael Saifulin and completed in 2005 and located on Yliopistonkatu in the centre of Turku. The surface of the bronze sculpture is decorated with coins, medals and decorations of different countries.
45. Leikkiviä lapsia
Children Playing is a wall relief made by Into Saxelin, donated to the City of Turku by Turku Kansallis-Osake-Pankki. It was originally located on the wall of a commercial and residential building owned by Turun Kansallis-Osake-Pankki at Linnankatu 13. The work was moved to its current location in Kuuvuori in 1968.
46. Pansion lentomajakka
Pansio Flight Lighthouse is an airlighthouse located in the Pansio district of Turku. The lighthouse is located near the former Artukainen Airport. The height of the flight beacon above sea level is 59 meters.
47. Kasvimuseo TUR
The Museum of Plant at the University of Turku, together with the Zoological Museum, forms a Museum of Natural History, which is part of the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku, together with the Aerobiology Laboratory of the Aerobiology, Ruissalo Botanical Garden, Lapland Research Institute Kevo, the Archipelago Research Institute Tuorla and the LuMA Center for Southwest Finland.
48. G. A. Petrelius, Äiti ja lapsi
The monument to G. A. Petrelius Mother and Child is a sculpture located in Samppalinnanpuisto Park in Turku. It was completed in 1914 and erected in memory of municipal councillor Gustav Albert Petrelius in 1915. The sculpture was designed by Felix Nylund.
49. Myrsky
The storm is the sculpture of Wäinö Aaltonen, whose location is located on the outdoor terrace of her title museum in Turku, at Itäinen Rantakatu 38. The storm is the sculpture of Wäinö Aaltonen, whose location is located on the outdoor terrace of his title museum in Turku, at Itäinen Rantakatu 38.
50. Turun baptistiseurakunta
Turku Baptist Church is a Baptist church founded in Turku in 1887. Its activities were initially in Swedish, but later the congregation became Finnish-speaking. The parish prayer room is located at Vähä-Hämeenkatu 16. In 1996 there were about 150 members and about 200 people in operation. The current number of members is also about 150.
51. Runeberg, Lönnrot, Snellman
Runeberg, Lönnrot, Snellman is a monument designed by Harry Kivijärvi. It is located in front of the main building of the University of Turku on Turku University Hill. The monument depicts three great national men who began their studies at the Academy of Turku in 1822.
52. Victor Westerholm
V. Westerholm's portrait hermi is a portrait sculpture made by Wäinö Aaltonen between 1924 and 1926. The sculpture depicts the first curator of the Turku Art Museum, painter and professor Victor Westerholm. It is located in the centre of Turku, in front of the city's art museum.
53. Turku City Theatre
Turku City Theatre is a theatre in the City of Turku. It was founded in 1946, when "Turun Teatteri" and "Turun Työväen Teatteri" merged. It was the oldest fully municipality owned theatre in Finland, until 2014, when it became a joint-stock company owned by the City of Turku.
54. Ylös pyhään pyörryttävään korkeuteen
Up to the sacred dizzying height is a sculpture designed by Jussi Mäntynen and located in Turku Cathedral Park. Its subject is a pair of swans soaring up. The sculpture is made of bronze, has a height of 1.25 meters, has a red granite pedestal height of 1.3 meters and was unveiled in August 1970. A total of three lights have been made of the sculpture.
Wikipedia: Ylös pyhään pyörryttävään korkeuteen (FI), Website
55. Koppi ja kova luu
The Booth and the Hard Bone is sculptor Sakari Peltola's humorous work of art, located next to the Turku Student Village along a popular fitness route. As its name suggests, the sculpture consists of a doghouse and a bone. The booth and hard bone were completed already in 2003, but it has sought its place before Turku in Loimaa, Karkkila and Alppila Park in Helsinki.
56. R. W. Ekman
R.W. Ekman's portrait is a sculpture of Robert Wilhelm Ekman by Wäinö Aaltonen. The sculpture was completed between 1924 and 1926 and was unveiled on January 4, 1927. It is located in the centre of Turku, in front of the Turku Art Museum.
57. Turun vesilaitosmuseo
The Turku Waterworks Museum is a special museum located next to the Halistenkoski rapids in Turku that stores artefacts, literature and visual material related to modern water supply. The museum was founded in 1998 in the old part of the Turku water works, which was built in the 1920s. The museum's exhibitions are located in the former chemistry hall and laboratory premises, the original functions of which have been moved to the current main building, completed in 1954. The museum's exhibitions tell about the importance of clean water to people and how water has been acquired and purified in Turku since the late 1800s. The Turku Waterworks Museum is unique in Finland as a recorder and presenter of modern water supply.
58. Rumpalit
Drummers is a sculpture by Niilo Savia (1903–1976) unveiled in 1966 in Tuomaanpuisto, Turku, at Kasarminkatu 6. The two-metre sculpture is bronze and its 3.50-metre-high pedestal is made of red granite. The statue was erected in memory of the Pori Regiment.
59. Pearls
Helmet is Merja Pitkänen's sculpture group at Itäinen Rantakatu 72 in Turku, in front of the so-called White House. Unveiled in 2011, the work consists of four elements in the shape of an enlarged water droplet, whose polished steel surface reflects a wide-angle mirror image of city views in different directions.
60. Turun Linnantontun ja Valpuri Innamaan kohtaaminen Teatterisillalla
Encountering Turku Linnantontu and Valpuri Innamaa The Theater Bridge is a three-part environmental artwork created by Turku sculptor Jan-Erik Andersson in Turku Theater Bridge. The work was completed in 1998, the bridge the previous year. The work is part of the Pro Cultura Foundation's environmental art project.
Wikipedia: Turun Linnantontun ja Valpuri Innamaan kohtaaminen Teatterisillalla (FI), Website
61. MAP-kirkko
LDS Church is the Mormon activity center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mäntymäki, Turku. It is located on the mound of Mäntymäenaukio at the end of Betaniankatu. The building, commissioned in 1966 and inaugurated in 1967, was designed by architects Mirja and Heikki Castrén.
62. Liên Tâm -luostari
Liên Tâm Monastery is a Buddhist monastery located in Moisio, Turku. It is the first Buddhist monastery inaugurated in Finland. The monastery is administered by the Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Finland. The association is one of the biggest Buddhist associations in Finland and follows Mahayana. Moreover, Pure Land Buddhism and Zen are practiced in the monastery.
63. Kirjastosilta
The Library Bridge is a pedestrian and cycling bridge in Turku designed by Pontek Oy. Located at the city centre, the bridge crosses the Aura River connecting the streets Kauppiaskatu and Rettiginrinne. The bridge was opened for traffic in 2013, and it was named as the result of a public naming contest. The Turku Main Library is located near the bridge.
64. Kertosäe
The chorus is a 14-metre artwork made of weatherproof corten steel by Saara Ekström on the edge of Vähätori Square in Turku. The art fence was commissioned to demarcate Vähätori from the busy Linnankatu street, and the fence runs parallel to Linnankatu, flanking the seating area created in front of the old main library. The work features symmetrically positioned rose ornamentation. Plant and flower motifs are recurring themes in Ekström's works. The chorus represents some kind of continuation of the vine theme of the G. A. Petrelius fountain next door.
65. Lotta Svärd
The Lotta Svärd statue is a bronze sculpture made by Finnish sculptor Nina Sailo in Lappeenranta. The sculpture is of natural size and depicts a lotta waiting to be transported in a thick mantle and other winter gear. At Lotta's feet is her scroll of equipment. The sculpture was unveiled in 1985. It was later made into two other castings, which are in Turku and Tuusula.
66. Fibonacci Sequence 1-55
Fibonacci Sequence 1–55 is a light installation by Italian artist Mario Merz hung on the chimney of Turku Energia Oy's power plant, unveiled at Linnankatu 65 in Turku in May 1994. The 35-metre-high work, consisting of neon tubes, consists of the first ten chapters 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 and 55 of the Fibonacci sequence. In the Fibonacci sequence, each number in the series is the sum of the two previous numbers.
67. Hirsipuumäen teloituspaikan muistomerkki
The memorial to the execution site of Hirsipuumäki was designed by Esko Hillilä in 1991. This is a project of the City of Turku by the museum's archaeologist Heljä Brusila and then city architect Jorma Aho. The memorial is located in Turku on Kerttulinmäki, next to Kerttul Upper Secondary School, on one of Turku's seven hills. Previously, the hill was known as Hirttomäki or Gallows Hill. A plaque on the monument bears inscription stating that the place was the place of execution of the city from the Middle Ages to the end of the 1700s.
68. Turun vapaaseurakunta
Hope Church is a free church operating in Turku. The parish operates in the centre of Turku, on Tuureporinkatu and was founded in 1889. The leading pastor of the church is Jopi Pietiläinen. The congregation has about 500 members.
69. Päivänkakkara
Daisy is a sculpture erected in the courtyard of Forum Marinum in Turku in 2011, depicting with hyper-realistic precision a huge daisy flower and its stems. The sculpture, made by Jani Rättyä and Antti Stöckell, is 25 metres long and made of wood, metal and reinforced plastic.
70. Dominikaaniluostarin muistomerkki
Dominicans in Turku is a sculpture in front of the head office of Veritas pension insurance company in Kaskenmäki, Turku. The sculpture, made by Kimmo Ojaniemi, was unveiled in 2005, the centenary year of the Veritas company.
71. Merikotkat
Sea Eagles or Eagles is a bronze sculpture by Jussi Mäntynen in front of the Turku School of Economics at Rehtorinpellontie 5. The sculpture was completed in 1954 and unveiled in 1968 by the City of Turku.
72. Jäinen meri
The Icy Sea is a bronze sculpture by Raimo Utriainen in Turku's Borenpuisto park between Linnankatu and Aurajoki, on the corner of Koulukatu and near Myllysilta. The sculpture, unveiled in 1961, was erected by the City of Turku as a memorial to winter navigation in Turku. The name August Uppman is engraved on the pedestal of the sculpture. He was a sea captain who founded the Steamship Company Bore. Boren Park, where the sculpture is located, and the nearby Bore House across School Street are also named after the company.
73. Elephant Square
Norsuaukio is sculptor Hanna Vihriälä's solid granite sculpture standing in front of the Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Art Museum in Turku. The work was commissioned by the Matti Koivurinta Foundation to celebrate the year of Turku's Capital of Culture and the 80th birthday of the museum's founder, Matti Koivurinna, and it was unveiled in September 2011.
74. Life on a Leaf
Life on a Leaf is an art house designed by visual artist Jan-Erik Andersson in Hirvensalo, Turku. When viewed from above, the house looks like a tree leaf. The house serves as the Andersson family's residence and was completed in 2009 as part of the Academy of Fine Arts' doctoral work. The design was carried out together with architect Erkki Pitkäranta.
75. Symbiosis
Symbiosis is a sculpture designed by Stefan Lindfors in Turku, Aurajokiranna near Forum Marinum maritime museum and Suomen Joutsen. The sculpture, unveiled in 2014 and placed in its current location in 2015, is part of the campaign to protect the Archipelago Sea: more and more steel plates are constantly being welded to its surface, engraved with the names of donors.
76. Veil of Ice
The Ice Veil (1999) is an environmental artwork by Leena Valkeapää on Helsinginkatu near Tuomaansilta bridge in Turku. The work is made on site. Its main materials are natural rock, stainless steel mesh built as an extension and spotlights emphasised in the dark.
77. Lapset
Children is a bronze sculpture by artist Anja Aho on Yliopistonkatu in Turku. The work is located in the Kasinonkulma square next to the fountain. The sculpture is historic in itself, as it is the first outdoor sculpture created by a female artist from the City of Turku. It was unveiled in 1959.
78. The Swans
Joutsenet is a bronze shower sculpture designed by Finnish sculptor Jussi Mäntunen in Puolalanmäki, Turku. It depicts three flights of flight and was revealed in 1959. The swan has also been made another light that was revealed in 1961 at the Lahti Fellman Park. The sculpture of Lahti is known as the glory.
79. Muusa/Muistijälki
The Memory Trace is a work of art designed by Juhani Pallasmaa. It consists of Wäinö Aaltonen's sculpture Muusa and a steel frame with memorial tablets. The work, made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Aaltonen's birth, was unveiled on 30 May 1994.
80. Gaian silmä
Gaia's Eye (1998) is a light installation by Kimmo Ojaniemi embedded in the wall of Turku's Myllytunnel using glass, acrylic, stainless steel and fluorescent tubes. The work is based on James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis, conceived in the 1960s, according to which the Earth is a self-directed entity capable of keeping our planet suitable for habitation. In Greek mythology, Gaia is a goddess whose mission is to protect life and the Earth.
81. Jalkaväenkenraali Adolf Ehrnroothin muistomerkki
Infantry General Adolf Ehrnrooth's Monument is a work by sculptor Herman Joutsenen. This is a bronze relief attached to the red granite stone. Relief's topic is Ehrnrooth to review his regiment JR 7 on June 4, 1944. The work depicts a real event, and only a few days later, a major attack on the Karelian Isthmus took place.
Wikipedia: Jalkaväenkenraali Adolf Ehrnroothin muistomerkki (FI), Website
82. Kurjet kaivolla
Cranes at the Well is a bronze sculpture by Jussi Mäntynen in front of Turku Municipal Hospital. The city commissioned a bronze sculpture of birds at the Lapinlahti Art Foundry and decided to locate it in front of the Municipal Hospital. The work was originally cast in plaster and as such the artist donated it to the City of Turku. The work was unveiled in 1973.
83. Remains
Remains is a work by Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto aka Vhils in Telakkaranta, Turku. The bow of the ship, which is over six metres high and five metres wide, features portraits of Turku-based shipbuilders. The work was unveiled in 2011 by Seppo Lehtinen, Chairman of the City Council, in front of Forum Marinum. The current location is Telakkaranta. The work was commissioned by the Turku 2011 Foundation.
84. Itsenäisyyden kivi
The Stone of Independence (1977) is a sculpture by sculptor Antti Louhisto, located on the slope of Samppalinna on Itäinen Rantakatu in Turku. The work is a quadrangular obelisk tapering upwards, the material of which Louhisto has used granite. At the top of the obelisk is the emblem of the State of Finland, the lion. The work was unveiled in connection with the 60th anniversary of Finland's independence on 6 December 1977.
85. Summan taistelun muistomerkki
The memorial to the Battle of Summa is a sculpture by Jussi Vikainen in Turku between Kupittaankatu and Itäinen Pitkäkatu in Kupittaankenttä. The work is made of red granite, i.e. stone for which Vikainen's birthplace Vehmaa is famous. The monument was unveiled in 1965 and erected by the Tradition Committee of Southwest Finland Summa to commemorate the battles of the Winter War (1939–40).
86. Turun punavankileirin muistomerkki 535
The memorial "535" of the Turku Red Prison Camp was designed by artist Ismo Kajander and executed by Reijo Möttönen, a metal teacher at the Turku Adult Education Centre, on the slope of Kurjenkaivonkenttä field in Turku. The artwork was unveiled in 1994 on the site where the Turku prison camp had been located after the Civil War. At its peak, there were 3300 Red prisoners in the camp, 175 of whom perished.
Wikipedia: Turun punavankileirin muistomerkki ”535” (FI), Website
87. Joitakin teknokukkasia
Some technoflowers are Eero Merimaa's light artwork in Raunistula, Turku, by the Aurajokiranta outdoor path. It consists of motion-sensing, stylised flower-shaped colour light poles that curve over the path. The flowers, which rise to a height of less than a couple of metres, turn on lights of different colours at dusk when someone passes by.
88. Mater Marium
Mater Marium from 2012 is a media artwork by lighting designer and artist Tarja Ervasti at the mouth of the Aura River in Turku. The work pays homage to the long-term history of the shipping industry in the port area and at the same time reminds us of the city's industrial past.
89. Suojattu kasvu
Protected Growth is a granite sculpture located on the west bank of the Aura River in Turku, created by sculptor Jarkko Roth from Vehmaa. The work, completed in 1983, was donated to the city by Rakennusliike Kivikartio in connection with its 40th anniversary celebration in 1985. Pauli Lappalainen, the founder of Kivikartio, said that the work depicts the sheltered growth environment that the steadily developing Turku offers to a company striving forward.
90. Sateenkaaren salaisuus
The Secret of the Rainbow is Jan-Erik Andersson's environmental artwork in Turku's Biovalley. The work consists of 24 rainbow-coloured lampposts with silhouettes of researchers and two pedestrian and bicycle bridges crossing Jaaninoja. The materials used include steel, concrete, impregnated wood, wire and metal pipe. The work was inaugurated in 2007.
91. Puhuri
Puhuri is a bronze sculpture by Kauko Räsänen, whose pedestal includes not only bronze but also concrete. The work was completed already in 1954, but was not unveiled until 1987 in Varissuo, Turku, in Marjavuori Park.
92. Kustaa II Aadolf
The statue of Gustav II Adolf is a statue of Gustav II Adolf located in front of the Academy House in Turku. The statue was erected in 1992 on the initiative of the Turku Court of Appeal, founded by Gustav II Adolf and operating in the Academy House. The statue was modelled on a statue of Gustav II Adolf by Swedish sculptor Bengt Erland Fogelberg in Gothenburg. The statue in Gothenburg was unveiled in 1854.
93. Pohjoinen
North is an environmental artwork by Israeli artist Micha Ullman, which is part of the Art Project of the Pro Cultura Foundation of the City of Turku. The work consists of 13 granite stones arranged in the shape of the ship's hull. The unveiling took place in 1996 at Varvintori Square in Turku.
94. Kimono
Kimono is Karin Widnäs' ceramic artwork by the Aura River in Turku. The tower of the wastewater pumping station is clad with ceramic tiles, the shape of which gives the work the name Kimono. It changes its color slowly according to the rhythm of the day, from blue through purple to dawn pink. Kimono was unveiled on the opening day of Turku's Capital of Culture year on 15.1.2011.
95. Kurjet pesällä
Cranes in the Nest is a very typical sculpture by Jussi Mäntynen, the subject being nature and the animal living in it. The artist's interest in nature was evident in his hunting hobby and the need to move in nature. Mäntynen worked as a conservator at the University of Helsinki Zoological Museum for more than 20 years, so he had a good knowledge of animal anatomy.
96. Matkan varrelta
Along the Way (1985) is Maarit Nissilä's cubist bronze sculpture in Vähäheikkilä. Two characters sit on a bench: it's hard for them to know if they've just met, or maybe they're already going their separate ways. The work is located at Kupittaankatu 146 in front of the Osuuspankki service point and was commissioned by Osuuspankki on the initiative of the Mäkitupalaisyhdistys.
97. Ahkerat lukutoukat
Diligent Reading Caterpillars (1975) is a sculpture by Simo Helenius and one of the few public sculptures depicting children in Turku. The work is located in front of Samppalinna School, and it was commissioned from appropriations reserved for decorating the school at the proposal of the Art Committee.
98. Elämän puu
The Tree of Life (1960) is a 15-metre light artwork designed for the wall of the Maariankatu branch of Turun Seudun Osuuspankki. Artist Kalevi Manninen's artwork is also known among Turku residents as a light pine tree and a money tree. Its second official name is From seed the tree grows. The work was updated to be more ecological during the façade renovation of the property, now it is illuminated by LED lights.
99. Ikaros
Ikaros is Laila Pullinen's first sculpture placed in a public space in Turku. The work was completed already in 2003 and was first exhibited at the Wäinö Aaltonen Museum. It was moved to its current location in front of Turku City Hall in 2012 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of City Hall.
100. Life Cycle
Life Cycle is an installation by Alice Baillaud in front of Kaskenlinna Hospital in Turku. The work was commissioned from the artist in cooperation between the City of Turku and Art dans la Cité. The year of disclosure was 2013.
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