Liftups
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Welcome to experience the power and magic of light
The Path of Light starts on the weekend of 3 to 6 December 2021 with a large light event that spreads into the city centre and the Old Town of Turku. Be pleasantly surprised and experience familiar places in a new way!
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The classic animated film The Snowman creates Christmas spirit
At TPO:s concerts on 15th and 17th December, the film will be screened to live orchestral accompaniment.
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Chrirstmas City is filled with lights and events
The last weekend in November opens Christmas season with its many events. There are christmas markets, concerts, theatre, christmas exhibits at museums, guided tours and different kinds of workshops to enjoy. Read more.
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Impivaara Swimming Centre
Impivaara offers nearly 50 hours of instructed exercise per week!
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Vanitas 23.4.2021–29.5.2022
An exhibition about youth, beauty, abundance and transience.
Upcoming events
Tue-Sun 11-16
Sibelius – The One And Only
8.12. 17.00
TEATTERI-ILLALLINEN
8.12. 12.00–18.00
The Library’s Discarded Books Sale
8.12. 19.00
DREAMING OF TARJA
8.12. 19.00
HOBITTI
8.12. 19.00–20.00
Sibbe Live: Classical Wednesday
18.11.2021
A library of almost one hundred languages
Turku City Library is one of the most multilingual libraries in Finland. Our libraries have books in more than 90 languages. For more than 50 of these languages, there are at least ten titles available. In Turku, the proportion of multilingual books in borrowed adult books is about 10 per cent and in borrowed children and young people’s books, about 5 per cent.
Opinions collected in the Kerrokantasi service
12.11.2021
Turku is collecting opinions for city's common Cultural Promise 2029
The City of Turku is inviting residents and various stakeholders to participate in drafting the city’s common Cultural Promise. The outcome of the work on the Cultural Promise will be a shared strategic and visionary outlook for science, culture, and cultural well-being extending to 2029. The Cultural Promise is to be drafted through extensive cooperation, and the aim is for it to be completed by the end of the year.
Response period to the questionnaire has been extended to 30.11.
04.11.2021
You still have time to respond to a questionnaire on children and young people’s hobbies!
The City of Turku is conducting a questionnaire on hobbies to chart hobbies, hobby-related costs, obstacles and wishes of comprehensive school-aged children and youths as well as secondary level students. By responding to the questionnaire you can help to promote children’s and young people’s hobbies in Turku and enable every child and young person in the city to have a meaningful hobby, regardless of their background.
World-class acoustics and innovative design
22.10.2021
A new world-class concert house to be built in Turku
A unique concert house will be built on the Independence Square at the heart of the City Turku, by the river Aura. The concert house will feature world-class acoustics and innovative design. The construction will be finished by the end of 2025.
Opinions collected in the Kerrokantasi service
12.11.2021
Turku is collecting opinions for city's common Cultural Promise 2029
The City of Turku is inviting residents and various stakeholders to participate in drafting the city’s common Cultural Promise. The outcome of the work on the Cultural Promise will be a shared strategic and visionary outlook for science, culture, and cultural well-being extending to 2029. The Cultural Promise is to be drafted through extensive cooperation, and the aim is for it to be completed by the end of the year.
World-class acoustics and innovative design
22.10.2021
A new world-class concert house to be built in Turku
A unique concert house will be built on the Independence Square at the heart of the City Turku, by the river Aura. The concert house will feature world-class acoustics and innovative design. The construction will be finished by the end of 2025.
18.11.2021
A library of almost one hundred languages
Turku City Library is one of the most multilingual libraries in Finland. Our libraries have books in more than 90 languages. For more than 50 of these languages, there are at least ten titles available. In Turku, the proportion of multilingual books in borrowed adult books is about 10 per cent and in borrowed children and young people’s books, about 5 per cent.
New Culture Card benefit
06.10.2021
Experience a concert for a lowered price with the Culture Card!
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra offers a ticket benefit to the Culture Card owners for October symphony concerts!
New Culture Card benefit
01.09.2021
TPO:s public dress rehearsal in autumn 2021
During the autumn season 2021 Turku Philharmonic Orchestra offers three public dress rehearsals. Enroll beforehand.
Enrollment for outdoor swimming pools' aqua aerobics continues.
16.06.2021
Restrictions are removed at City of Turku's sports facilities
Restrictions regarding the number of people at City of Turku’s sports facilities end starting from Wednesday, June 16. Customers must continue to ensure that safety distances are maintained indoors, in changing rooms and saunas.
11.06.2021
Turku relaxes COVID-19 restrictions on city services
In accordance with the alignment of the COVID-19 coordination group of Southwest Finland on Friday 4 June, the city of Turku has transitioned from the most severe, community transmission phase of the COVID-19 epidemic, to the lower level, i.e. the acceleration phase.
WAMx 11.6.–15.8.
10.06.2021
Alia Farid: At the Time of the Ebb
Alia Farid’s essay film journeys through the traditions of celebration on an island where life flows according to its own unique rhythm.
Opinions collected in the Kerrokantasi service
12.11.2021
Turku is collecting opinions for city's common Cultural Promise 2029
The City of Turku is inviting residents and various stakeholders to participate in drafting the city’s common Cultural Promise. The outcome of the work on the Cultural Promise will be a shared strategic and visionary outlook for science, culture, and cultural well-being extending to 2029. The Cultural Promise is to be drafted through extensive cooperation, and the aim is for it to be completed by the end of the year.
World-class acoustics and innovative design
22.10.2021
A new world-class concert house to be built in Turku
A unique concert house will be built on the Independence Square at the heart of the City Turku, by the river Aura. The concert house will feature world-class acoustics and innovative design. The construction will be finished by the end of 2025.
18.11.2021
A library of almost one hundred languages
Turku City Library is one of the most multilingual libraries in Finland. Our libraries have books in more than 90 languages. For more than 50 of these languages, there are at least ten titles available. In Turku, the proportion of multilingual books in borrowed adult books is about 10 per cent and in borrowed children and young people’s books, about 5 per cent.
New Culture Card benefit
06.10.2021
Experience a concert for a lowered price with the Culture Card!
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra offers a ticket benefit to the Culture Card owners for October symphony concerts!
New Culture Card benefit
01.09.2021
TPO:s public dress rehearsal in autumn 2021
During the autumn season 2021 Turku Philharmonic Orchestra offers three public dress rehearsals. Enroll beforehand.
Enrollment for outdoor swimming pools' aqua aerobics continues.
16.06.2021
Restrictions are removed at City of Turku's sports facilities
Restrictions regarding the number of people at City of Turku’s sports facilities end starting from Wednesday, June 16. Customers must continue to ensure that safety distances are maintained indoors, in changing rooms and saunas.
11.06.2021
Turku relaxes COVID-19 restrictions on city services
In accordance with the alignment of the COVID-19 coordination group of Southwest Finland on Friday 4 June, the city of Turku has transitioned from the most severe, community transmission phase of the COVID-19 epidemic, to the lower level, i.e. the acceleration phase.
WAMx 11.6.–15.8.
10.06.2021
Alia Farid: At the Time of the Ebb
Alia Farid’s essay film journeys through the traditions of celebration on an island where life flows according to its own unique rhythm.
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With the Kimmoke Wristband you can speed up your free time!
Are you unemployed, in rehabilitation or perhaps on parental leave? You might be entitled to the Kimmoke Wristband. It will give you access to sports areas and cultural attractions with an affordable seasonal fee.
Culture or sports?