Turku

Turku is a town on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, inside the place of Southwest Finland. Turku, as a metropolis, changed into settled throughout the 13th century and based most probable on the end of the 13th century, making it the oldest town in Finland. It fast became the most crucial metropolis in Finland, a standing it retained for cnturies. After Finland became a part of the Russian Empire and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland was moved to Helsinki, Turku endured to be the most populous town in Finland till the stop of the 1840s, and it stays a nearby capital and an important business and cultural middle.

Because of its lengthy history, it has been the web site of many critical events, and has drastically inspired Finnish records. Along with Tallinn, the capital town of Estonia, Turku become designated the European Capital of Culture for 2011. In 1996, it was d the official Christmas City of Finland.Due to its area, Turku is a excellent commercial and passenger seaport with over three million passengers journeying through the Port of Turku each year to Stockholm and Mariehamn.