2. Basic information Turku is located in the southeast coast of Finland. Turku is Finland’s oldest city, which was founded in 1229. It’s considered a city of art, culture and history. It’s easy to get to Turku from for example Helsinki and Tampere via bus or a train within a couple of hours. You can also fly there from Oulu. From Europe it’s very easy to get to Turku from Stockholm. The flight takes only an hour and the boat takes a day/night. There are also straight flights to Turku from Copenhagen, Riga, Gdansk and Budapest. It’s also possible to tour the wonderful archipelago around Turku on a cruise ship or your own boat.

3. Basic information There are about 180 000 habitants in Turku, which makes it the 5th most populated city in Finland. It’s officially a bilingual city, with 5% being Swedish speakers. Finland’s traveling organisation chose Turku to be Finland’s topdomestic travel attraction in 2011. Reasoning behind it had a lot to do with the fact that there has been a lot of work done in Turku to improve tourism, which can be seen in the growing tourist figures.

4. Events Ruisrock Annually held polular rockfestival Longest running rockfestival in Finland Festival of the year Promotor of the year

5. Events Previous preformers include: Metallica, Iron Maiden, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jeff Beck, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Chuck Berry, U2 ja Bob Dylan, and some of the most popular Finnish preformers Last year 93 000 guests, previous year 71 000 Festival also includes restaurants, bunjee jumping etc.

6. Declaration of christmas peace On Christmas eve at 12 pm Turku declares christmas peace Televised for Finland  Importand christmas tradition for many Unique tradition known around the world Only city where the tradition has continued continuously since the middle ages

7. Medieval Market A market set at the Old Great Square of Turku 25th-28th of June each year Biggest event in Finland about medieval or ancient times You can learn about medieval times through theatre, music, dance, circus and other activities

8. Hotel Caribia Break Sokos Hotel Caribia Hotel which includes Spa treatements Waterpark 7 indoor pool Outside pool Business center Restaurants Bars Fitness centre

9. Hesehotel First Hesburger was opened in 1980 in Turku 15 rooms and 46 beds It’s possible to order and pay for breakfast for 6 euros Includes a HeseCafe sandwich or wrap, juice and a coffee/soft drink Hesburger-restaurant is available for customers 24/7

10. Svarte Rudolf Turku has several riverboats that are popular doing the summer Highclass restaurant, which is also used for parties, events and meetings International atmosphere and the beautiful view has made it one of Finland’s most famous boat restaurants Known around the world as well