Turku Airport 17 min
Turku Cathedral (7 min) Iconic Lutheran church, restored after an 1827 fire, with frescoes, royal tombs & religious museum. Luostarinmäki – Klosterbacken (7 min) Handicrafts museum housed in craftsmen's wooden dwellings that survived the city's major 1827 fire. Forum Marinum (6 min) Historic tall ships & Finnish naval vessels on display in maritime & naval museums in a shipyard. Botanic Garden of Turku (10 min) Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova (11 min) Contemporary art & history museum housed in a former palace with underground archaeological ruins. Turku Market Hall (7 min) Turku Art Museum (6 min) Imposing, 20th-century museum housing notable Nordic, surrealist & pop art collections. Moomin World (18 min) Moomin World theme park, with costumed characters, regular live shows & activities, open in summer. Pharmacy Museum and Qwensel house (8 min) 1700s wooden house with displays about the pharmacy that operated here in the 1800s. Turku Market Square (8 min) Jukupark (8 min) Water park WAM Turun kaupungin taidemuseo – WAM Åbo stads konstmuseum – WAM Turku City Art Museum (12 min) International modern art museum with a major collection of the eponymous Finnish sculptor's work. The Old Great Square (17 min) Eminent square with grand buildings & a historic trade & administration hub up to the 19th century. Turku Castle (6 min) 13th-century castle housing museum tracing its history from medieval fort to renaissance palace. Sibeliusmuseum (8 min) Museum with a collection of instruments, sheet music & recordings, plus a seasonal concert series. |