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How about Turku?

Post by Arppa67 » Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:52 am

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Post by Hank W. » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:41 am

My nephew says "Turku is the arse of Finland and Pansio (Navy Depot) is the hole."
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Post by ojanm » Thu Jul 13, 2006 2:20 pm

The definitive summer city of Finland, they say. Don't ask about winter, though.
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Post by Timbeh » Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:22 pm

For some peculiar reason it still seems to amuse some people to keep on repeating the worn-out joke about Turku being the ass of Finland. Most of those people have never actually been there though and know nothing about the place. An acquaintance from eastern Finland once visited Turku while I was there to welcome him and he was rolling his eyes in genuine wonder and awe, saying something like "Oohh.. I didn't realize that Turku is actually a city, and a pretty one at that". :roll:

Turku is a pleasant and beautiful place:

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Personally I enjoy the city very much. It's the oldest city in Finland (former capital) and the birth place of what is nowadays known as the finnish culture. It's a student city with multiple academic (and non-academic) institutions and in finnish standards the city has a relatively multicultural feel to it.

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Post by Emi » Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:37 pm

well, I don't think it's so very beautiful, spent there a LOT of time last year, kinda... Russian ;) such a funny Russian - Swedish mix, but... can't say I don't have any special warm feelings about the place :)
people are strange there, just so you know
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Post by Timbeh » Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:42 pm

Russian? You're kidding, right? :lol: Wow. You should visit Helsinki or Tampere. Then you'd see something "russian". :wink:
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Post by Andrew_S » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:07 pm

Some old 17th century Archbishop of Turku is supposed to have said it's like living "in the midst of vipers" (in medio viperarum).

It might have improved a bit since then. :wink:

What's this stuff about Russians? If you try to speak Swedish in town it usually won't get you far - stick to English if you can't speak Finnish.
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Post by sinikettu » Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:19 am

Emi wrote: people are strange there, just so you know
You mean just like the people who live on Lidingö... :wink:
I lived for six month in the Stockholm archipelago . .. but a bit south of you...September - April..
Shopping in the local "Snabbköp" was an education :roll:
I wonder if they still have their own unofficial System Bolaget via the back door :wink:
The only strange thing I found about Turku is the location of some the pubs.
An Old Bank..
An Old School
An Old Chemist shop.....and an Old Public Toilet :shock:
People do not become more irritable as they grow old - they simply stop making the effort to avoid annoying others.
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Post by Hank W. » Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:26 am

Timbeh wrote:For some peculiar reason it still seems to amuse some people to keep on repeating the worn-out joke about Turku being the ass of Finland.
Having been in the Navy and having the Turku natives have "anchovies quota filled" might have something to do with that reputation :lol: My time in Parola caused me to hate Hämeenlinna with a vengeance.
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Post by korppu » Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:45 am

sinikettu wrote: The only strange thing I found about Turku is the location of some the pubs.
...and an Old Public Toilet :shock:
There is one in Helsinki also, on Tehtaankatu, opposite of Laivakoira. "Restroom". :lol:
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Post by Make » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:20 pm

Or the daycare centre! And of course Apteekki.
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Post by pahakarhuz » Mon Jul 17, 2006 2:14 pm

Turku is the capital of kebab, the finnish national food.
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Post by sammy » Mon Jul 17, 2006 2:25 pm

sinikettu wrote:The only strange thing I found about Turku is the location of some the pubs.
An Old Bank..
An Old School
An Old Chemist shop.....and an Old Public Toilet :shock:
Would it be equally strange to have an Old Pub (a pub built on the premises of a... well, pub)?

Those Turku pub names can be quite handy, come to think of it.

"I'm just popping into the Chemist Shop (mouth feels strangely dry) and the Bank, then it's time to spend some time at the School"
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Post by priki » Mon Jul 17, 2006 2:37 pm

sammy wrote:Those Turku pub names can be quite handy, come to think of it.

"I'm just popping into the Chemist Shop (mouth feels strangely dry) and the Bank, then it's time to spend some time at the School"
We have a pub called 'Koti' here in Tampere. :wink:
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Post by sammy » Mon Jul 17, 2006 2:42 pm

priki wrote:
sammy wrote:Those Turku pub names can be quite handy, come to think of it.

"I'm just popping into the Chemist Shop (mouth feels strangely dry) and the Bank, then it's time to spend some time at the School"
We have a pub called 'Koti' here in Tampere. :wink:
Ah yes, I've been there actually. Isn't that the one in Hämeenkatu, opposite the theathre, upstairs?

That's even more handy, admitted :lol:
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