Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Turku, Finland

The Hopeseurko is a free society in Turkey. The congregation is operating in the centre of Turu, the Turkre Portal Street and was established in 1889. The leading pastor of the congregation is Jopi Piethite. The congregation has about 500 members.

Wikipedia: Hopeseurakunta (FI), Website

Joutsenet is a bronze fountain sculpture designed by Finnish sculptor Jussi Mäntynen in Puolalanmäki, Turku. It depicts three swans taking off and was unveiled in 1959. Another cast of swans has also been made, unveiled in 1961 in Fellman Park in Lahti. The sculpture of the bay is known as Up to Glory.

Wikipedia: Joutsenet (Jussi Mäntysen veistos) (FI), Website

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.

Wikipedia: Elämän puu (valotaideteos) (FI)

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.

Wikipedia: Kun ystävyyssuhteet solmitaan (EN), Website

Europe is a bronze sculpture donated to the City of Turku by Dutch artist Jits Bakker with a pedestal made of black granite.

Wikipedia: Europe (Jits Bakkerin veistos) (FI), Website

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.

Wikipedia: Kertosäe (taideteos) (FI)

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.

Wikipedia: G. A. Petreliuksen suihkukaivo (FI), Website

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.

Wikipedia: Ikaros (veistos) (FI), Website

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.

Wikipedia: Library Bridge (EN)

Elephant Saukio is a ferocious granite sculpture of sculptor Hanna Vihriälä, standing in Turku in front of the Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Art Museum in Turku. The work is a commissioned work on the Matti Koivurinna Foundation for the 80th anniversary of the Turku Capital of Culture and Museum's founder Matti Koivurinna and was unveiled in September 2011.

Wikipedia: Elephant Square - Norsuaukio (FI)

The statue of Henrik Gabriel Porthan is a statue designed by Carl Eneas Sjöstrand on 9 September 1864. It is located in Turku in Porthan Park. H. G. The statue of Porthan is the oldest identity monument in Finland.

Wikipedia: Henrik Gabriel Porthanin patsas (FI), Website

Brahenpuisto Park is located in Turku between the Cathedral and Porthaninpuisto. The park is named after Peter Brahe. Brahenpuisto Park covers an area of 7,200 square metres.

Wikipedia: Brahenpuisto (FI)

The statue of Josef Julius Wecksell is a monument statue made by sculptor Yrjö Liipola in Turku.

Wikipedia: Josef Julius Wecksellin patsas (FI), Website

Kerttulinmäki is a hill in the city center in the center of Turku. It is one of the seven hills of Turku.

Wikipedia: Kerttulinmäki (FI)

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.

Wikipedia: Hirsipuumäen teloituspaikan muistomerkki (FI)

Kissa-Alli is a statue unveiled in 1977 by Viljo Mäkinen (1920–1985) at Hämeenkatu 6 in Turku.

Wikipedia: Kissa-Alli (FI), Website

Genius guides youth is a fountain sculpture designed by sculptor Wäinö Aaltonen and unveiled in 1961. It is located on Turku University Hill, the central square of the University of Turku.

Wikipedia: Genius ohjaa nuoruutta (FI)

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.

Wikipedia: Kissa-Kallu (FI), Website