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You can report any suspected wrongdoing in the operations of the City of Turku regarding e.g. the following topics:
You can check when the service you require is in your language, book an appointment, register for work and education skills mapping, or language groups.
Available in English and Finnish
Reserve time for:
- Law Advisor: Mon- Tue 12–16, Wed 9–13
- Social guidance: Mon 9 –13, Thu 9-12, and Wed 13–16
- Business Advisor: Mon 13–16, Tue 12-16 pm and Wed 9–13
- Study Advisor for Secondary Education: Wed 9–12
- Study Advisor for University of Applied Sciences/ SIMHE (every other week): Wed 12–16
We will help you get started if you are newly arrived in Turku by setting up a plan to help you settle in smoothly. We can guide you in finding a job, networking, Finnish courses, finding a place to live, and getting to know services that The City of Turku provides (including child care and free time activities).
Service is only available in English.
Walk-in times: Tue noon to 4 pm and Thur1pm to 4 pm
With reservations: mon 9 am to 1 pm
E-mail: jonathon.murphy@turku.fi
You can buy Kimmoke-Wristband, Senior Wristband and season cards to Leidit liikkeellä (for women), Kunnon äijät (for men) and Kuntokonkarit (for 65-year-olds and older vomen and men).
Tourists can find Visit Turku’s Tourist Information at the Monitori by the Market Square. The tourist information office there provides expert advice and suggestions. The tourist office sells tickets for Visit Turku's guided walking tours. Walking tours are organised on a weekly basis and several times a week during the summer season. Available to buy are Food Walk cards as well as Kiss my Turku products. Tickets to the Turku City Theatre performances and Turku Philharmonic Orchestra as well as Turku Music Festival concerts.
Welcome to the tourist information office!
Liikuntapalveluiden asiakaspalvelupisteissä myydään ja ladataan liikuntarannekkeita ja liikuntaryhmien (Leidit liikkeellä, Kunnon äijät ja KuntoVoiTas) kausikortteja.
Business and innovation services provide help for the following:
• starting a business
• developing your business
• getting your business to the international markets
Business Service Centre advises on matters related to setting up a local business. When aiming for a wider market, seek out the start up community of SparkUp.
The advice is usually free of charge.
Ruissalo Info offers information and guidance on the nature, cultural history and recreational use of Ruissalo. The info has maps and brochures, among other things.
There are many ice skating locations in Turku:
- The public hours at the Impivaara and Varissuo Ice Halls are open to all and free of charge.
- The Kupittaa Skating Rink and the Park Field are artificial ice skating rinks which are kept frozen during the winter season. The Kupittaa Skating Rink is free of charge. There is a small ice skating fee for the Park Field.
- It is also possible to ice skate on natural ice rinks throughout the city during winter.
Public transport in Turku has been organised regionally across six municipalities. Up-to-date information about routes, timetables, prices and ticket types can be found on the website of Föli, the region’s public transport system.
When a student whose native language is not Finnish or Swedish starts in basic education, a syllabus of either Finnish as a Second Language and Literature (S2) or Swedish as a Second Language and Literature (R2) will be chosen for him/her. The aim of the syllabus is to support the development of the child’s Finnish or Swedish skills.
The child can also study together with children who study Finnish or Swedish as a native language.
Native language education is aimed at students whose native language is not Finnish or Swedish and is meant to strengthen their linguistic skills and cultural identity. Students who have learned the language while living abroad can also participate in native language education.
Native language education is available in over twenty different languages, and classes typically take place after the school day in selected schools.
For school years 1–6 guidance counselling is given during subject teaching and other school activities.
For school years 7–9 guidance counselling is its own subject.
The key tasks of a guidance counselor:
- Guidance of growth and development
- Guidance of studying and studying skills
- Guidance of occupational orientation
- Guidance to post-graduate studies
When there is enough snow, you can experience the joy of speed at the fun sledding hills of Turku.
All sledding hills are in free use.
The lights at the ice rink will be on when the ice is ready for skating. Lighting is operating:
- Mon–Thu 7.30–21.00
- Fri 7.30-20.00
- Sat–Sun and midweek holidays 10.00-20.00
You cannot usually reserve the natural ice rinks, but their use is free and open for everyone. The Sports Services Centre has the general responsiblity of the ice rinks. Some ice rinks are maintained with voluntary work.
The lights at the ice rink will be on when the ice is ready for skating.
Lighting is operating:
- Mon–Thu 7.30–21.00
- Fri 7.30-20.00
- Sat–Sun and midweek holidays 10.00-20.00
You cannot usually reserve the natural ice rinks, but their use is free and open for everyone. The Sports Services Centre has the general responsiblity of the ice rinks. Some ice rinks are maintained with voluntary work.
Some of the sports facilities maintained by the city of Turku are in free use. They cannot be reserved and can be used free of charge. Night time silence is at 22-07.
Sports facilities in free use are
Some of the sports facilities can be applied for both regular and single time slots. Regular time-slots are applied mainly during the spring. One-time reservations can be applied throughout the year with an application form or via Timmi reservation planner. Specific information about making reservations can be found from the How to apply for a time slot in a sports or exercise facility website (link below).
Sports facilities for reservation:
Turun kaupunki ylläpitää pyöräily- ja rullaluisteluratoja kuntalaisille vapaasti käytettäväksi. Rullaluistella voi Kupittaan luistelumadolla sekä Pansion kisapuistossa.
There are three canoeing docks by the river Aura.
City of Turku maintains three disc golf courses which are in free use and cannot be reserved.
There are eight petanque courts with a stone dust surface in Turku.
The manufacturing and serving of food and foodstuffs is supervised in, for example, restaurants. This supervision ensures that the foodstuffs are healthy and safe to consume. The handling, transport, trading, import, export and marketing of foodstuffs are also supervised. The food industry operator is also responsible for carrying out in-house control. Those who plan to open a restaurant should contact Food Control ahead of time. The notification about opening a restaurant must be sent at least one month in advance.
In Turku there are 20 basketball courts in total, of which 13 are standard size courts and 7 are street basketball courts (smaller than 15x28 m). Courts have an asphalt surface. All basketball courts are in free use and cannot be reserved.