Turku - always new

Turku will boldly renew itself and grow in the coming years, and its key goals are to promote its residents’ well-being and activeness and competitive business life sustainably. At the same time, Turku wants to bear its responsibility for the competitiveness and success of the whole city region. The city’s vitality and growth must be  built  on  an  ecologically,  socially  and  economically  sustainable  foundation.

Turku increases competitiveness

The city offers the business world and companies a competitive and businessfriendly  operating  environment  and  promotes  its  continuous  development  and  renewal  in  cooperation  
with different operators.

City of students and science

We will strengthen the city’s position as an international university city by developing a central campus and science  park  area,  which  will  provide  students  and  the  business  world  with  an  attractive  and  inspiring  
environment that facilitates networking.

Great location – logical choice

Turku is located in the northern growth zone, which stretches from Stockholm to St Petersburg via Turku and Helsinki, and the city wants to increase the dynamics of the zone. This requires functional land, sea and air connections, which is something the city is investing in improving further.

Turku grows sustainably

We are looking at larger regional entities in urban planning. We will incorporate smart digital services and innovative energy and transport solutions into the planning and realisation of new ambitiously implemented residential areas surrounding the city. We can reduce the need to travel for services and reduce the carbon footprint by increasing digital self-service options.

Better service with digitalisation

The safety and the smooth running of daily life for the residents are constantly improved by utilising proactive data and researched information. The city’s aim is to be an international forerunner in the digital platform economy that is based on the utilisation of data.