Turku

E90238

city municipality

Turku is one of Finland’s oldest and historically most important cities, located on the southwest coast and known for its medieval heritage and major Baltic Sea port.

Aliases (1)

Åbo ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
climate	humid continental climate →
connectedByFerryTo	Mariehamn → Stockholm →
country	Finland →
drainageBasin	Archipelago Sea NERFINISHED →
formerCapitalOf	Finland →
foundedIn	13th century →
governingBody	Turku City Council →
hasAirport	Turku Airport →
hasCulturalInstitution	Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum → Turku Art Museum → Turku City Theatre →
hasFestival	Ruisrock → Turku Music Festival →
hasHarbor	Port of Turku →
hasLandmark	Luostarinmäki Museum Quarter → Old Great Square → Turku Castle → Turku Cathedral →
hasPopulation	approximately 200000 inhabitants →
hasRiver	Aura River →
hasSwedishName	Åbo →
hasTwinTown	Cologne NERFINISHED → Gothenburg NERFINISHED → Saint Petersburg →
hasUniversity	University of Turku → Åbo Akademi University →
historicalStatus	medieval city → one of the oldest cities in Finland →
isMajor	Baltic Sea port →
isPartOf	Finland Proper →
languageOfficial	Finnish → Swedish →
locatedIn	Southwest Finland →
locatedOn	Aura River → Baltic Sea → southwest coast of Finland →
mayorTitle	Mayor of Turku →
notableFor	archipelago and maritime connections → medieval heritage →
postalCodeRange	20100–20540 →
regionCapitalOf	Southwest Finland region →
roadConnection	European route E18 → European route E63 →
sufferedEvent	Great Fire of Turku 1827 →
timeZone	Eastern European Time →
timeZoneDST	Eastern European Summer Time →

Referenced by (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Southwest Finland → Turku and Pori Province →	capital
Southwest Finland → Turku and Pori Province →	containsCity
Southwest Finland → Turku and Pori Province →	largestCity
Gdańsk → Szczecin →	twinCity
Mikael Agricola → Vladimir Yurzinov →	workLocation
Turku and Pori Province →	adminCenter
Turun Sanomat →	basedIn
Baltic Sea coast region →	containsPort
Turun Sanomat →	coversRegion
Finnish Navy →	garrison
Southwest Finland →	hasFormerCapitalOfFinland
Southwest Finland →	hasHistoricCity
Turku ("Åbo") →	hasSwedishName
Finnish Navy →	headquartersLocation
2003 IIHF World Championship →	hostCity
Masku →	locatedNear
Askainen →	locatedWestOf
Turun Sanomat →	location
Turku and Pori Province →	namedAfter
Paavo Nurmi →	placeOfBirth
Helsinki →	previousCapitalOfFinland
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →	primatialSee