4 days in Southwest Finland Itinerary
4 days in Southwest Finland Itinerary
Created using Inspirock Southwest Finland planner
Start: Helsinki
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End: Helsinki
Thu, Oct 15 - Sun, Oct 18
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Sitting at the mouth of the Aura River, Turku is one of Finland's quaintest and most historically rich towns.Kids will enjoy Turku Castle and Bike Rental - by Carfield. The adventure continues: add some adventure to your tour with Aavameri, admire the masterpieces at Turku Art Museum, get engrossed in the history at Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, and examine the collection at Luostarinmaen Kasityolaismuseo.
For photos, reviews, maps, and other tourist information, go to the Turku online attractions planner.
Helsinki to Turku is an approximately 2-hour car ride. You can also take a train; or fly. Expect a daytime high around 10°C in October, and nighttime lows around 1°C. Cap off your sightseeing on the 18th (Sun) early enough to go by car back home.
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Southwest Finland travel guide
Southwest Finland, also known in English as Finland Proper is the region in south-western Finland that borders the regions of Satakunta and Tavastia Proper. Its capital and biggest city is Turku with 182,000 inhabitants and metro population of 316,000. Turku was also the most important city in Finland from its establishment around the 13th century until the 1840s.The area comprising the southwest is largely the same as the historical province of Finland Proper, so named because it is the original home of the tribe known as the Finns. 5.7% of population of the region speaks Swedish natively.Origin of the nameThe name of Finland Proper has a historical function. In historic times, in the area of the present southern Finland lived three tribes, which were the Finns, the Tavastians and the Karelians. The southwestern part of the country, the province where the Finns lived, was called simply Finland (Finnish: Suomi). In the 17th century the name began to be used to refer to the whole land and a specified name for the lesser Finland was required. The first notes Fennigia specialiter dicta and Fennigia presse dicta were recorded in Latin in the 1650s and the Swedish Finland för sig sielft and Egenteliga Finland later in the 18th century the modern form Egentliga Finland being in official use at the end of the century. The Finnish term Varsinais-Suomi became established only around the 1850s.
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