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What is Vimma?
Vimma is an art and activities house, that offers a variety of activities, actions and events for all ages. You can do crafts, listen to concerts, attend events or spend time at Kafé Vimma.
The activities are mainly aimed at 10–28-year-olds. But the cafe, for example, welcomes people of all ages. You can find more information about our activities on our website turku.fi/vimma.
You can find Vimma in the center of Turku on Aurakatu.
Open the guide map of Turku from below or at opaskartta.turku.fi. On the map you can, for instance:
Information on coronavirus for sports facility users
Alfa Sports Centre is a versatile training place for clubs: The centre has facilities for martial arts, boxing, wrestling, weight lifting, table tennis and gymnastics.
Entry with a Club Wristband
When entering a training session, you will need a wristband which you can receive from your club. Ring the doorbell if you need help. The staff will not open the gate. Below you can find further information about the clubs at Alfa and the club wristbands.
Entry fees to gyms and indoor/outdoor swimming pools
- Kupittaa Outdoor Swimming Arena
- Samppalinna Outdoor Swimming Stadium
- Petrelius Swimming Hall (pool and gym)
- Kupittaa Sports Hall (one-time fees only from Kupittaa Bowl)
- Paattisten aluetalo gym (only for Exercise Wristbands)
- Varissuo Ice Hall gym (only for Exercise Wristbands)
The City of Turku offers library services in the Main Library, 10 branch libraries, one service point in the Skanssi shopping centre and two mobile libraries.
Client fees in the wellbeing services county of Southwest Finland in 2023: varha.fi
Turku offers great possibilities for ice skating almost year around. Further information on ice skating locations can be found through the following links below.
The freezing of natural fields will start in all locations after the Christmas holidays.
Impivaara offers nearly 50 hours of instructed exercise per week. Instruction is organized for people at different levels both in the pool and at the gyms.
The selection includes something for everyone, from beginner to more advanced levels. For the physically impaired and persons whose ability to function has lowered due to age, injury, or illness can participate in adapted exercise classes. The instructors and lifeguards at Impivaara are glad to help you to find a suitable group.
With the Senior Wristband and Senior Card 65-year-olds and older residents of Turku can enjoy exercise and culture at a low price. The wristband and card encourages to do self-directed exercises. The wristband and the card allows to use the services according to own schedules and interests. The wristband is valid 4 months from the loading date.
Where to use the Senior Wristband
Please remember to keep both the wristband and the card with you when using the services provided.
Gyms and swimming pools:
Kimmoke is an affordable way of taking part in leisure activities. You can try sports and culture either independently or in a group!
One wristband will give you access to sports areas and cultural attractions with an affordable seasonal fee.
Load up and exercise affordably at Turku Sports facilities. An Exercise Wristband grants you access to sports and exercise facilities with a four-month seasonal pass or a series of minimum ten entries. The number of times you can enter is loaded into the wristband, and a series of ten entries is the minimum you can load at a time. The advantages of using the wristband are cheaper prices compared to one-time payments and being able to avoid queuing at the counter.
The Exercise Wristband can be used as a means of payment at:
The main library has meeting, event, and exhibition facilities of various sizes available for rent. The facilities canbe used during the opening hours of the library. Other times may be agreed on in exceptional cases. An additional fee will be charged if the facilities are used outside opening hours.
The library offers much more than just books, magazines and music. Check out our wide selection of services!
Group visits must be arranged separately with each library.
Turku Main Library is one of the most used library in the Nordic countries. It operates in two buildings: the old building was finished in 1903 and the new one in 2007.
Guided tours are organized for groups. The maximum size of a group is 20 persons, and the tour takes 60 minutes.
Tours should be reserved at least one week before the desired date. Guided tours are arranged in Finnish, Swedish, and English, other languages agreed on separately.
Prices (including 24% VAT)
From the list of magazines you can find all magazine subscriptions of Turku City Library.
Older magazines can be found from the list of stored magazines. The magazine storages are located at the Main Library.
Responsibilities of plot owners or holders
- Remove snow and ice from the stretch of pavement in front of your plot
- Sand the pavement at need in order to prevent slipping, and remove the sand in spring
- Transport away the snowbanks that have piled on the pavement or right next to it
- Keep the gutter next to the pavement clean of snow and ice
- Take care of the maintenance of the plot access
Responsibilities of the municipality
- Ploughing of carriageways and cycleways, as well as roads where pedestrian and bicycle traffic has not
City of Turku´s marina berths are located in:
(links lead to Finnish pages)
In order to publicize the internationality of Turku, the city has annually nominated the Year’s New Citizen of Turku and the Multicultural Act. From 2023, the recognition will bear a new name: The Multicultural and anti-racist act of the year.
Do you know builders of multicultural Turku region?
Suggest a person, give us a name
of our new citizen worthy of fame
or why not an achievement, an act or a feat
that helps multiculturalism look cool and neat.
Christmas in the city center is full of magic and experiences
1901–1907 Secretary of the Register Office H. Holmberg
1908 interim Secretary of the Register Office W. Westerlund
1909 Secretary of the Register Office L. Jönsson
1910–1912 Mayor Willebrandt
1913–1916 Secretary of the Register Office L. Jönsson
1917 Christmas Peace was not declared
1918 Secretary of the Register Office L. Jönsson
1919–1935 Secretary of the Register Office Y.S. Nilsson
1936–1938 Secretary of the Register Office Yrjö Iso-Puonti
1939 Christmas Peace was not declared
Parking tickets and demands for rectification
I got a parking ticket. Should I demand for rectification?
- In order to change the decision you will need very good justifications and evidence
- Approximately 5 % of demands for rectification are accepted
I got an unnecessary parking ticket.
hy has my vehicle been towed away?
- The vehicle was parked incorrectly
- The vehicle has impeded the maintenance and cleaning of the street(s)
- The vehicle is not really in use
- The vehicle is classified as a scrap vehicle
- The vehicle has endangered road safety (towed away by the police)
- The vehicle has been parked in an area that is under a request to remove vehicles (Finnish: siirtokehotus; see an example of a sign below).