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	Turku travel guide - Wikitravel
		Turku (Swedish: Åbo) [1] is a city in the Southwest of Finland.
		Turku has approximately 175 000 inhabitants, and was the most important city in Finland until 1812, when the Russians moved the capital to Helsinki (closer to Russia and further from Sweden).
		Turku remained Finland's main city for a while after, but its ambitions were dealt a death blow in 1827, when a raging fire destroyed most of the city.
	wikitravel.org /en/Turku (3046 words)

	Turku
		Turku, or Åbo in Swedish, is a city in Finland, founded in 1229.
		Turku Castle was founded in the 13th century, built on an island to guard the entrance to the river.
		Turku held was the site of the Academy of Åbo from 1640 until 1850 when, after a disastrous fire, it was moved tothe new capital, Helsinki.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/tu/Turku.html (233 words)

	Turku - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Turku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Port in southwestern Finland, near the mouth of the River Aurajoki, on the Baltic Sea;; population (2003 est) 178,100.
		Turku is a centre of a fertile agricultural region;; it is also a prominent industrial city and the country's largest winter port.
		Turku is among Finland's oldest cities and one of its most important cultural centres.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Turku (218 words)

	Turku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Turku has a cultural identity as Finland's historical centre, as it was the largest city in the country and served as its capital from its foundation in the 13th century to 1812.
		Turku is the central economic hub of southwestern Finland, and the capital of the Turku economic district.
		Turku is a candidate city for European Capital of Culture in 2011, and the city council has approved numerous projects to boost the city's image in preparation for that status.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Turku (3409 words)

	Turku, Finland
		The southern Finnish town of Turku (Swedish Åbo), the country's oldest town and once its capital, lies on the Gulf of Bothnia, at the mouth of the Aurajoki, sheltered by a number of larger islands and a swarm of skerries.
		Turku is the chief town of the province of Turku-Pori, with the Provincial Court of Appeal (established here in 1623), and the seat of the Lutheran Archbishop of Finland.
		Turku is also an important industrial town (shipbuilding, engineering, foodstuffs, textiles, etc.); most of the industrial plants are on the outskirts of the town.
	www.planetware.com /finland/turku-sf-trn-turk.htm (376 words)

	www.turku.fi » turku.fi
		Employer-subsidized commuter tickets for the employees at the City of Turku
		Employees at the City of Turku can from 20 August purchase an employer-subsidized commuter ticket which is meant for the city's public transport.
		Minister Christoffer Taxell was elected chairman of the Turku 2011 foundation (5/15/2007)
	www.turku.fi /Public/default.aspx?culture=en-US&contentlan=2&nodeid=23 (198 words)

	Turku - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		On the contrary to popular belief, turku is not a city in Turkey, but a kingdom between Svärje and Finland, ruled by two kings, Matti and Teppo.
		According to secret records of Russia, turku was probably founded by Dave Lindholm, notary public of then-imperial Finland, by the end of the Stone Age.
		Another theory states that turku was a spin-off series from the Alpha Centauri-based sitcom about five mischievous laundry midgets, who had the nerve to call themselves "The Buddies", only to be sued by MPAA and some other totally irrelevant communist bands for violating the 8th amendment of the TV-law.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Turku (542 words)

	AllRefer.com - Turku, Scandinavia (Scandinavian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Known as the "cradle of Finnish culture," Turku is among Finland's oldest cities.
		The national university was in Turku from 1640 to 1827, when a fire destroyed almost the entire city and the university was moved (1828) to Helsinki.
		Turku has a Finnish university (founded 1917) and a Swedish university (founded 1918).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Turku.html (289 words)

	Medieval castles — Virtual Finland
		Turku castle was built at the mouth of the Aura river in southwest Finland, by the city of Turku, the foremost town in Finland up to the beginning of the 19th century.
		In Turku, the idea was apparently that the camp should be possible to both fill and evacuate quickly, for instance prior to the third crusade in 1293.
		Turku castle, which was gradually extended over some three hundred years starting in about 1280 into one of the biggest castles in the Nordic countries, is one of the most popular historical attractions in Finland.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/castles.html (3055 words)

	Turku
		Turku is located in the south-west of the country at the mouth of the Aura river and due to its history and location.
		Turku with its population of about 175.000 is the fifth biggest city of Finland.
		Turku Castle-guards the mouth of the Aura River.
	www.my-suomi.de /html/turku.html (1133 words)

	Turku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Turku (IPA:, Swedish:), founded in the 13th century, is the oldest and fifth largest city in Finland, with a population of 174,868 (as of 2005).
		Located () at the mouth of the Aurajoki in the southwest of the country, it is the capital city of both the region of Finland Proper and the province of Western Finland, as well as being the centre of the country's third largest urban area, with around 270,000 inhabitants.
		Turku has a cultural identity as Finland's historical centre, as it was the largest city in the country.
	www.buzznet.com /tags/turku (221 words)

	Turku Annual
		Turku is located at the transportation junction between the East-West and North-South corridors deemed vital for European transportation.
		The Turku region is favourably located at the junction of two central international transport corridors: the East-West corridor connecting Scandinavia and Russia (E18 motorway in particular) and the North-South marine corridor connecting Finland to Central Europe.
		Most notably influenced are the ports of Turku and Naantali, the Turku International Airport, the E18 motorway and the railway line between Turku and Helsinki.
	www.g5dd.com /turkuannual/?path=logistics (452 words)

	Turku Cathedral
		The oldest parts of Turku Cathedral date from the beginning of the 13th century.
		The church was completed in the end of the 13th century, and dedicated in 1300 as a Cathedral to St. Mary and the first bishop of Finland St. Henry.
		Turku Cathedral is the mother church of the Lutheran Church of Finland and National Shrine of the country.
	www.muuka.com /finnishpumpkin/churches/t/cwtut/church_cwtut.html (135 words)

	Turku Ferries - Book a Turku Ferry with A Ferry . to (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Port of Turku was founded on a natural trading post at the mouth of the River Aura, and has played a pivotal role in the development of this Finnish city.
		Turku is very well connected to the Finnish road and rail network, and ferry connections make onward travel to Stockholm or the Åland Islands easy.
		Turku is the key point in the E18 road project that will connect Scandinavia via Finland to the St. Petersburg area and via Russia, further afield to the east.
	www.aferry.to /Turku-ferry-finland.htm (515 words)

	University of Turku
		Turku has been the gateway of European cultural influences in Finland ever since the middle ages.
		The Turku Academy founded in 1640 effectively linked the city to the time-honoured family of universities of the continent.
		This connection between the various areas of interest is particularly noticeable in the research of interactive processes between life sciences, mathematical methodology, culture and society, on the one hand, and the study of questions related to learning, education and problems of children, on the other.
	www.utu.fi /en (380 words)

	Alltravel Turku Finland travel and tourism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The riverside city of Turku is the oldest in Finland and was once the country’s capital city.
		The Turku cathedral is the national shrine of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland.
		Take a boat from Turku and enjoy a day trip around the islands or, for a more unusual experience, take a dinner dance cruise in the evening.
	www.alltravelfinland.com /Finland/Destination_Guides/Cities/Turku.htm (375 words)

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