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General customer service centres Turku-piste and Monitori provide guidance on the different types of services available in Turku. For example, services related to sports, well-being and education have their individual help desks that offer more in-depth information.
At Turku-piste, you can find information on
- the city’s services and decisions
- various other matters, including housing, construction and repairs
Monitori Joint Services functions as a joint service centre for
One of the tasks of the Environmental Protection is the preparation of permits for soil management, hunting, motocross, and camping. In addition, the tasks include the management and upkeep of conservation areas and nature trails. Nature education is practised by organizing public excursions and through the lessons given at the Nature School located in Ruissalo.
Hunting clubs can apply for hunting licenses to the territories owned by the City from the Environmental Protection. The licenses are granted for terms of four years. The Urban Planning and Environmental Committee has decided that the hunting licenses are only granted to hunting clubs.
The Environmental Protection is responsible for the game management and hunting supervision in the territories owned by the City.
The environmental protection authorities of the municipality supervise the Waste Management Act and its accompanying local ordinances in the municipality.
Turku Environmental Protection supervises the waste management of companies, institutions and real estates and the cleanliness of their surroundings. Supervision is executed through organized inspections of companies and inspections based on hints from inhabitants of the municipality.
The Environmental Protection Departmant reports information about the city's fishing waters, fishing warrants, fishing licences, the maintenance of fishing waters and fishing supervision.
You can buy fishing and net fishing licences for the city's fishing waters from the Customer Service of the Environmental Division (Puolalankatu 5, 2nd floor). The Aura River Information Centre sells fishing licences for the Aura River. Urban Planning and Environmental Committee processes the licence applications of commercial fishers for the fishing waters owned by the city.