Kankainen Chapel (near the chancel, north side) houses a black marble funeral monument dedicated to the Finnish wife of King Erik XIV. In St George's Chapel rest bishops Hemming (who died in 1366) and Gezelius (father and son), pioneers of Finnis..

The main castle boasts many admirable features: the porter's lodge with its friezes (c 1530), Sture Chapel (1480) and its medieval religious sculptures, the nuns' chapel and its Gothic Virgin Mary (14C) and finally the king's room with its Edelfelt..

Finland’s southeast coast is dotted with thousands of islands, which emerged slowly from the water with the retreat of the ice sheet covering Scandinavia. This Finnish archipelago is comparable in beauty to the islands of the Aegean. It stretches fro..

This red-granite building (1904) overlooking Turku blends international Art Nouveau and National Romantic styles. Centre-stage among its collections are 30 paintings by Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931), the mainstay of Finnish painting. Works by Victor ..

This Crafts Museum , founded in 1940 and better known as the Luostarinmäki open-air museum, has eighteen artisans' wooden houses , remaining in their original position and well preserved. In each one, visitors can see artisans at work in various wo..

With its mansard roof, the charming ochre-red manor house is a wooden building dating from 1762. The tastefully arranged interior reflects 18C-19C high society living. The diverse styles range from Rococo to Gustavian to Empire. Comprising five roo..

The 19C indoor market with its numerous stalls full of fish, meat, vegetables, cheese, pastries has preserved the authentic atmosphere of the market of old. Stop in the cafeteria to observe the picturesquely traditional trade.

At the end of the 17C, Judge Qwensel owned the house which is now given over to the Pharmacy Museum , with its interesting collection of pharmaceutical bottles from the 18C and 19C against a backdrop of typical Gustavian-style interiors.

Completed in 1967, this light, modern building on the bank of the Aura is the result of a joint effort by the son and daughter-in-law of sculptor Wäinö Aaltonen - they wanted to create an appropriate setting for his work. The museum exhibits a collec..