Прогулка по центру города Турку, Финляндия + Бонус Time-lapse дороги из Хельсинки в Турку.

Hello! Today we will take a walk in the city center of Turku, Finland. This is a wonderful and beautiful city. This city was once the capital of Finland. Also at the end you will see a bonus time-lapse video of a first-person bus ride from Helsinki to Turku. The trip lasted 2 hours, but the time-lapse was only 10 minutes. You'll travel all the way from Helsinki to Turku in just 10 minutes!

And now a little history of the city of Turku. Turku (Swedish: Åbo) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately 202,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 311,000. It is the 6th most populous municipality in Finland, and the third most populous urban area in the country after Helsinki and Tampere.

Turku is Finland's oldest city. 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. Turku was the most important city in the eastern part of the Kingdom of Sweden (today's Finland). After the Finnish War, Finland became an autonomous Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire in 1809, and Turku became the capital of the Grand Duchy. However, Turku lost its status as capital only three years later in 1812, when Tsar Alexander I of Russia decided to move the capital to Helsinki. It was only after the last great fire in 1827 that most government institutions were moved to Helsinki along with the Royal Academy of Turku, founded in 1640, which later became the University of Helsinki, thus consolidating Helsinki's position as the new capital. Turku was Finland's most populous city until the late 1840s and remains the regional capital, an important business and cultural centre, and a port.

Due to its long history, Turku has been the site of many important events and, as a former capital, has had a major influence on Finnish history. Together with Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, Turku has been named European Capital of Culture for 2011. In 1996, the city of Turku was declared the "Christmas City" of Finland. Turku has also been officially declared the Food Capital of Finland, as it is home to some of Finland's oldest and highest quality restaurants, as well as a historically famous fish market held twice a year.Turku's canteen and café culture has often been compared to French food culture, which is why Turku is also known as the "Paris of Finland", hence the Swedish saying: "Varför Paris, vi har ju Åbo!" ("Why Paris, we have Turku!").

Turku is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 79% Finnish speakers, 5% Swedish speakers, and 15% speakers of other languages, which is well above the national average.

Due to its location, the Port of Turku is an important commercial and passenger seaport, with over three million passengers travelling to Stockholm and Mariehamn each year. Well, now let's watch the video and take a walk around the city center! Yes, my route is marked on the Google map, you can see it at the link below.

✅ Road in Google maps:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mi...

Filming: Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 15:31EEST
Weather: 🌤️
Temperature: 19℃ 🌡
Distance: 4.4 km
Duration: 1 hours, 14 minutes
Average Speed: 3.6 km/h

In this video
00:00 Intro + Map
01:54 Start walking
08:20 Forum Marinum
51:26 Kauppatori
01:06:00 Turku Cathedral Museum
01:11:47 Finnish football fans
01:12:33 Time-lapse from Helsinki to Turku

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