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åppi is a new learning app of augmented reality. Developed in Turku, it encourages pupils and students to walk along the side of the River Aura and introduces unheard stories from Turku. The app can be downloaded free of charge in Google Play store and App store and it is useful for teaching history, biology, visual arts and languages, for instance.
Main organisers
City of Turku and Bayer. For the part of the City of Turku, STEAM Turku is responsible for implementation.
Register now for the 2022 Beyond 2030 Challenge has ended!
Beyond 2030 Challenge – combine science and technology, save the planet and humanity
Registration for the competition has ended. All Finnish high school and vocational education students in teams of 1-4 persons can join the competition.
The Challenge
Beyond 2030 Challenge is a science competition organised by the City of Turku and Bayer. It was established in 2020 and in 2021, Beyond 2030 Challenge expanded to become national. The competition is supported by academics and industry. In the competition, upper secondary education students in groups of one to four people develop new ideas, innovations and applications that
a) help save the environment (solutions related to climate change, sustainable development, circular economy etc.) and/or
1. Registration phase
The teams of one to four members create a short description of their science project by the 18th of November. The description must include:
1) Short description of the idea
Briefly describe the idea of your science project. What sutainable development problem or challenge does your project offer a solution to? Describe the solution you came up with.
1st place 5000 euros
2nd place 2500 euros
3rd place 1250 euros
The prizes are per team.
In addition the top10 will be awarded with superb product awards.
SUOMEN KIELEN ALKEIS- JA JATKOKURSSIT
Turun iltalukion Finnish for Foreigners -kurssit alkavat tiistaina 29.8.2023. Kursseilla opiskellaan suomea sen kaikilla osa-alueilla: puheen ymmärtämistä, puhumista, tekstin ymmärtämistä ja kirjoittamista. Tunneilla tehdään paljon paritöitä ja puheharjoituksia.
Suomen kielen alkeiskurssit FIN1–FIN5 pidetään tiistaisin ja torstaisin klo 16.15–17.35.
Kursseilla lähdetään liikkeelle aivan alusta, taitotasolta A1.1 ja edetään taitotasolle A1.3/A2.1. Kursseilla käytetään oppikirjaa Suomen mestari 1 (uudistettu painos 2020).
Café Navigare is an inviting summer café on the back deck of the ship, with a view to the riverside landscape of the Aura River.
The café serves fresh pastries, savoury snacks and refreshing beverages.
Navigare’s deck areas on both sides of the ship are used as a café terrace. They are also licenced areas for serving alcoholic drinks.
Cafe Navigare open in summer 2022 as follows:
The ship has several elegant and traditional premises for holding various celebrations, meetings and banquets. Most of the restaurants are open only by prior arrangement.
Inquiries and reservations for restaurant and meeting facilities: ravintola.bore@turku.fi
Spend an unforgettable hostel night at a museum ship! Charm and atmosphere of an old cruise ship.
S/S Bore, or ‘Zero Bore’ as Turku residents know it, was completed in 1960 in Oskarshamn, Sweden. The location of Bore, now a museum ship, and the hostel operating onboard the ship is ideal – on the Aura River, in front of Forum Marinum. The guests can even walk from the harbour to the hostel. Read more on how to find Bore here.
In collaboration with Turku Youth Council, the City of Turku challenges you to share your best everyday climate tips by means of video art.
The science competition is organised in collaboration with higher education institutions and businesses in the area.
Summer activities for pupils in grades 1 and 2
The City of Turku organises chargeable summer activities for pupils in grades in 1 and 2.
Up-to-date coronavirus guidelines are followed in all activities.
You can contact the youth workers on Mondays and from Wednesday to Friday, from 12pm noon to 7pm.
Youth workers offer their customers conversation support and things to do in the digital world.
Turku Summer School 2020 is organised jointly by the University of Turku and Turku University of Applied Sciences, in cooperation with Study in Tur
- The customer is always in the middle of the new service delivery system.
The University of Turku application numbers rose by 632 when compared with spring 2019, which is a 46-percent increase.