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FinlandTurku
Port
Turku, Finland Proper, Finland

Port

Length5.1 mi
Elev. Gain59 ft
Est. Steps12000
Created by Ville

Port Introduction

Port is a 5.1 mile (12,000-step) route located near Turku, Finland Proper, Finland. This route has an elevation gain of about 59 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Attractions Near Port

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Turku Castle

Historical
Turku Castle (Finnish: Turun linna, Swedish: Åbo slott) is a medieval building in the city of Turku in Finland. Together with Turku Cathedral, the castle is one of the oldest buildings still in use and the largest surviving medieval building in Finland. It was founded in the late 13th century and stands on the banks of the Aura River.

Suomen Joutsen

Historical
Suomen Joutsen is a steel-hulled full rigged ship with three square rigged masts. Built in 1902 by Chantiers de Penhoët in St. Nazaire, France, as Laënnec, the ship served two French owners before she was sold to German interest in 1922 and renamed Oldenburg. In 1930, she was acquired by the Government of Finland, refitted to serve as a school ship for the Finnish Navy and given her current name.

MS Bore

Historical
MS Bore is a combination museum and hotel ship docked permanently in Turku, Finland. She was originally built in 1960 by Oskarshamn shipyard, Oskarshamn, Sweden as the car/passenger ferry SS Bore for Steamship Company Bore, Finland, then the last commercial steam ship built in Scandinavia and the first ferry on the route between Finland and Sweden where cars could drive aboard.

Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova

Historical
Aboa Vetus and Ars Nova is a museum in central Turku, Finland. The museum is housed in a building known as the Rettig palace, originally built in 1928. Aboa Vetus displays portions of the city dating back to medieval times, while Ars Nova is a museum of contemporary art.The museum was first opened in 1995 as two independent museums.

Finnish minelayer Keihässalmi

Historical
Keihässalmi (pennant number "05") was a minelayer of the Finnish Navy. She was commissioned in 1957 and remained in service until 1994, after which she was turned into a museum ship in Turku. The vessel was named after the strait of Keihässalmi, which is located in Sipoo. Keihässalmi was the first Finnish minelayer to be constructed after World War II.

Harmonia (sculpture)

Tourist Attraction
Harmonia (Finnish) or Harmoni (Swedish, Harmony) is a fountain sculpture by Achim Kühn. It is located in the Aura River in Turku, Finland.

Liljan patsas

Tourist Attraction
Lilja is a red granite sculpture by Wäinö Aaltonen, located in Turku, Finland. It is located in Runeberginpuisto near the Aurasilta. It depicts the lily, the flower of the Turku coat of arms. In 1927, the statue was the first public art commission in Turku.Today, the Lilja statue is a central part of Vappu in Turku.

2017 Turku attack

Place
The 2017 Turku attack took place on 18 August 2017 at around 16:02–16:05 local time (UTC+3) when 10 people were stabbed in central Turku, Southwest Finland. Two women were killed in the attack and eight people sustained injuries.Police were informed at 16:02. Three minutes later the attacker, Abderrahman Bouanane, a Moroccan rejected asylum seeker, had been detained.

Great Fire of Turku

Place
The Great Fire of Turku (Finnish: Turun palo and Swedish: Åbo brand) was a conflagration that is still the largest urban fire in the history of Finland and the Nordic countries. The fires started burning on 4 September 1827 in burgher Carl Gustav Hellman’s house on the Aninkaistenmäki hill slightly before 9 p.m.

Sigyn (ship)

Place
Sigyn, built in Gothenburg 1887, now museum ship in Turku, is the last remaining wooden barque used for trade across the oceans. At the time she was built there were thousands of similar vessels, but she was one of the last ones built. She was quite small even for her time, considering she was built for long-distance trade, but well built and considered fast and beautiful.
Last updated: Dec 1, 2025

Route Details

Length

5.1 mi

Elev. Gain

59 ft

Est. Steps

12000
Created by
Ville
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