Venue
RRB2025 @ the Turku City Theatre
Turku City Theatre is located in the center of the city, by the Aura river. Turku City Theatre is the oldest fully municipal theatre in Finland, founded in 1946.
Address
Itäinen Rantakatu 14
Turku/ Åbo, Finland
A note on Turku / Åbo (the Swedish name for Turku)
Finland has a population of about 5.6 million, land area of 338,455 square kilometers covered mainly by boreal forests. The country is EU member since 1995 and an euro member since 1999.
Turku is the oldest city of Finland and the former capital of the country. It is also one of Finland's biggest cities with a population of approximately 350,000 in the metropolitan area. Turku is a bilingual city located in the region of Southwest Finland. It is the capital of the Province of Western Finland and the gateway to the exceptional archipelago. Southwestern Finland is home to a broad range of industry including ship building, automotive production, alimentary industry, energy production as well as versatile biorefining.
University teaching in Finland was established in Turku in 1640 and the city now hosts two universities and about 40,000 students in higher education. The city has a diverse and rich cultural heritage centrally located in the Baltic Sea region.
Turku aims to be carbon neutral by 2029 and climate positive from there onwards. The city is implementing a strong climate policy and strives to be an internationally recognized and acknowledged pioneer and developer of sustainable solutions and expertise.
Finland is also known as the happiest country in the world.
How to Get There
Getting to Turku is a piece of cake. The city has an airport, harbor, bus depot, and three railway stations, so you’re bound to find an option that’s just right for you. We encourage you to plan your journey carefully and aim to minimize your carbon footprint.
You can fly directly from Stockholm, Riga, Gdansk and Rome, or pick a convenient connection with SAS via their Stockholm hub or with airBaltic via their Riga hub. Starting in early April, a new connecting flight from Copenhagen to Turku will be available which will operate five times a week in June. Flight times to most Western European capitals take ca. 4 hours including the stopover. The Turku airport is located 8 km or 25 min public bus ride away from the city center.
Plenty of more flight connections are also available from Helsinki-Vantaa airport, located 170 km or ca. 2,5 hours bus ride from Turku.
Information about getting to Turku is clearly explained on the website of Visit Turku Archipelago.
See & do at Turku and surroundings
- A walk along the Aura Riverbanks - the locals outdoor living room - is a definite must combined with an express cruise acrossing the river free-of-charge with the Turku phenomena, the city ferry Föri
- Climb up or take the Funicular ”Funi” to one of Turku’s seven hills: the previously notorious Kakolanmäki Hill
- Try local beers in a former school Brewery Restaurant Kouluor or in a former prison Kakola Brewing Company
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