I had no especially good reason to go to Turku, Finland, with Jim in 2017. Jim was there because it was the starting point for a bike tour around the Turku Archipelago, and I really went along for the journey to spend time in a smaller Nordic city. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the art galleries, and we were both taken aback by the lively scene along Turku's Aura river, where summer evenings are spent with bottles of wine along the riverbank. For a smaller city, it felt like there was a lot going on here.
Photo List (Total 153 Photos)
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Turku (110 photos) - This gallery has most of the photos of the city. It starts at our hotel and then Market Square, follows Yliopistonkatu where we first walked in search of dinner, and then has a kind of random assortment of mostly commercial buildings from the bus station down to the market and other buildings closer to the Aura River. There are quite a few photos along the riverbank, which seemed like the heart of the city and which was having a kind of food festival while we were there. From the river, the gallery continues to the Cathedral and then follows a kind of self-guided architecture tour that I took, which took me through the University of Turku, and then it concludes at Vartiovuori Park.
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Two Art Museums (30 photos) - I went to two museums during my stay in town. The Turku Art Museum is a large traditional museum on a hillside overlooking the town, and they had exhibits of the works of Robert Doisneau and Emma Helle. I was thrilled with Jacob Hashimoto’s marvelous sailboats and other works at the Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, alongside the river.
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Train Bus and Airplane Photos (13 photos) - These are photos of the train ride from Helsinki, the bus ride back to the airport, and a few photos of Greenland's coast from the plane on the way home.
