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Archipelago National Park has been awarded the PAN Parks international brand

Press Release 11.12.2007.
Archipelago National Park received in Turku the estimated PAN Parks mark as a sign to the National Park is one of Europe's finest and most well-managed national parks. The National did a careful evaluation of nature protection and sustainable tourism. Archipelago National Park is the first marine national park in the PAN Parks network, founded by the WWF. Oulanka National Park in Kuusamo was awarded the mark in 2002

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The Turku Castle, (Finnish: Turun linna, Swedish: Åbo slott) is a monument of Finnish history situated in the city of Turku in Finland.

The Turku Castle, (Finnish: Turun linna, Swedish: Åbo slott) is a monument of Finnish history situated in the city of Turku in Finland. Read more...


 The Cathedral of Turku The Cathedral of Turku. Turku Cathedral is the mother church of the Lutheran Church of Finland, and the country’s national shrine. It is also regarded as one of the major records of Finnish architectural history. Read more...

  The old Town Center. The historical and cosy surroundings of the Old Great Square. Read more...

Sibelius museum. The Sibelius museum is the only museum totally devoted to music in Finland. The museum building, designed by Woldemar Baeckman, is one of the most original Finnish creations of the 1960s. Read more...

The Turku Art Museum, a central part of the art life in Turku since 1904, has been re-opened to the general public in 2005. Read more...

Turku Food Market. Commercial center with service. The historic food maket in Turku, that first opened its doors in the end of the 19th century, continues today as lively as ever. Read more...

  Forum Marinum is the result of the systematic development of the maritime museum functions in the Turku area. Its predecessors are the Åbo Akademi University Museum of Maritime History (est. 1936) and the Turku Maritime Museum and Astronomy Collections (est. 1977). Read more...

 

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