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Newest Review: ... War Two minelayer, a corvette, a sailing ship from the 1900s and a three masted barque. In the summer you can go aboard the vessels and explore. In addition to these attractions, Turku has several art museums, a Pharmacy Museum and a "biological museum" (the description of the tourist office) which I suspect translates better as a "natural history museum"). Eating places are plentiful and although you can choose from any type of international cuisine, its easy to find good Finnish food too. There are a number of stalls on the kauppatori selling cheap fast food and you'll never be far away from a branch of Hesburger - ... more

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Turku - worth a little work (1322 words)
by - written on 11/11/08 (Very useful, 233 readings)
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Situated in south west Finland, Turku is the closest major city to Sweden, and as such is often regarded with some suspicion by residents of other parts of the country; in particular it is the focus for some considerable rivalry with the city of Tampere some two hours or so north (which seems to me just too far to have any kind of point). Turku is a seaport and it is used by many holiday makers a as base for exploring what is known as the south western archipelago - hundreds of little islands which (I learned from Griff Rhys Jones in his book "To the Baltic with Bob") lie in only partially charted sea, so great is the number of islands ... Read the complete review