Turku, Finland

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Finland!

Our journey to Turku, Finland from Crete involved nearly every form of transportation available: car(taxi), airplane, train, subway/metro, bus, ferry and walking. We had a brief overnight stay in Stockholm but I lost the photos as I lost my phone in Turku (most of my Greece photos were backed up ... but I lost about 5 days of photos I think. Thankfully I also brought my work phone as a backup.

Turku is a lovely place, not too big, not too small (population ~200k). Lots of parks and walking trails. Really, it's quite similar to New Brunswick with a lot of outdoor activities, similar flora and fauna, rocks everywhere! I went on a hike that could've easily been a trail 30 minutes from home. What I really like about European cities are the outdoor cafés and restaurants, in Turku this area is right along the river with walking paths all around. We took advantage of all the walking and cycling paths by riding scooters quite a lot. They're fairly inexpensive and a fun way to get around.

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Photos

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Very odd exhibits at the art museum

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Aura River

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Cathedral

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The cathedral in Turku. Huge outdoor dining/drinking area set-up in the square in front. Stupidly expensive drinks at 12 - 20 Euros ($18 - $30 cdn).

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Streets (and the language in general) are difficult to pronounce. So many 4-syllable+ words. This is the intersection right near our airBnB, signs are all in Finnish and Swedish.

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Odd exhibits at the art museum

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Odd exhibits at the art museum. This one is made entirely of discarded leather coats.

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Odd exhibits at the art museum. This one was my favourite, the dog caught his own tail and is pulling his own stuffing out.

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Odd exhibits at art museum