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Turku is Finland's oldest city. [1] It is not known when Turku was granted city status. Pope Gregory IX first mentioned the town of Aboa in his Bulla in 1229, and this year is now used as the founding year of the city. [4] [5] [14] Turku was the most important city in the eastern part of the Kingdom of Sweden (today's Finland).
In addition to Helsinki other bilingual towns and municipalities in Finland often have bilingual names for districts, villages, and places in nature, such as lakes and rivers. Some examples are: Finnish Lohjanjärvi / Swedish Lojo sjö (Lake in Uusimaa) Finnish Kymijoki / Swedish Kymmene älv (River in Kymenlaakso)
Turku Archipelago. Southwest Finland's nature differs from other regions. The most notable biotopes are the Archipelago Sea and groves. 80% of Finland's insect species can be found in Southwest Finland. [4] There are around 20,000 islands near the coast. [5] The southernmost point of Southwest Finland and the southernmost inhabited island is ...
Finland Proper or Southwest Finland (Finnish: Varsinais-Suomi; Swedish: Egentliga Finland; Latin: Ducatus Finlandiae Meridionalis, literally "Duchy of Southern Finland") is a historical province in southwestern Finland, administered by its historic capital of Turku (Swedish: Åbo).
The Turku dialect is famous for its seemingly inverted questions. For example, "Ei me mittä kaffelle men?" looks like it means "So we don't go for coffees?" but actually means "Shall we go for coffees?" [2] The Southwest Finnish dialects have pitch accents and Swedish influences, as well as features from other dialect groups (especially ...
Turku metropolitan area or Turku region (Finnish: Turun seutu, Swedish: Åbo region) is the metropolitan area around the city of Turku in Finland.The joint municipal authority of the Turku city region (Finnish: Turun kaupunkiseutu, Swedish: Åbo stadsregion) consists of six municipalities: Turku, Kaarina, Lieto, Naantali, Raisio and Rusko. [2]
English: Editable Vector Map of the Turku Finland in SVG format. Can be edited in the following programs: Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, InkScape Principal streets and roads, names places, residential streets and roads, road number labels, water objects, land use areas.
Initially, Turku served as the capital of the new Grand Duchy. Cultural life began to contrast differences with Russianness and to emphasise Finland's own history, language and religion. In 1812 Russia moved the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Turku to Helsinki. The Russians considered Turku too close to Sweden and its culture. [26]