Turku, Finland's oldest city and former capital, has a 13th-century castle at the mouth of the Aura River, one of the largest medieval buildings in Finland, and a brick cathedral, the country's national shrine. The Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova museum shows medieval ruins under a modern art museum.
The riverbanks are lined with cafés and boat restaurants. Turku is the starting point for the archipelago, with ferries and the 'Archipelago Trail' circuit of bridges and ferries.
A theme park on an island off the pretty old wooden town of Naantali, bringing to life Tove Jansson's Moomin stories, with the blue Moominhouse, char…
The largest preserved wooden town in the Nordic countries, with around 600 colourful wooden houses on narrow streets, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A national park of forest, lakes and rocky hills just 30 km from Helsinki, a great taste of Finnish nature, with well-marked trails, fire places, and…
A church carved directly into solid rock, opened in 1969, with walls of raw stone and a copper dome lit by a ring of skylights.
An 18th-century fortress built across six islands at the entrance to Helsinki's harbour, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A medieval castle built in 1475 on a rocky island in the Saimaa lake district, the northernmost medieval stone fortress still standing.
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