Karl August Wrede (old building), Asmo Jaaksi (new building)
Architecture firm
JKMM Architects (new building)
Main contractor
Fredric von Rettig (old building)
Renovating team
Renovating firm
Arkkitehtitoimisto C&Co Oy (old building)
Turku Main Library (Finnish: Turun kaupunginkirjaston pääkirjasto, Swedish: Åbo huvudbibliotek) is the chief branch of Turku City Library, located in the city centre of Turku, Finland. The library is approximately 8,500 m2.
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Turku City Library (Finnish: Turun kaupunginkirjasto, Swedish: Åbo stadsbibliotek) is a municipal public library in Turku. The MainLibrary is located...
Turku (/ˈtʊərkuː/ TOOR-koo; Finnish: [ˈturku] ; Swedish: Åbo, Finland Swedish: [ˈoːbu] ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland...
The Library Bridge (Finnish: Kirjastosilta, Swedish: Biblioteksbron) is a pedestrian and cycling bridge in Turku designed by Pontek Oy. Located at the...
different projects or even combining elements in the same work. The TurkuMainLibrary, by Karl August Wrede, completed in 1903, was designed in a Dutch...
from 1887 to 1893. He came in second in a design competition for the TurkuMainLibrary in 1899, but most of his elements were incorporated into the final...
annex was designed by JKMM Architects, whose other works include the TurkuMainLibrary and the Finnish pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. The construction...
The 2017 Turku attack took place on 18 August 2017 at around 16:02–16:05 (UTC+3) when 10 people were stabbed in central Turku, Southwest Finland. Two women...
Turku (Swedish: Åbo) is Finland's oldest city, having been founded in 1229. The city has a history as part of Sweden, Russia, and finally as an important...
The National Library of Finland (Finnish: Kansalliskirjasto, Swedish: Nationalbiblioteket) is the foremost research library in Finland. Administratively...
a public university in Helsinki, Finland. The university was founded in Turku in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Åbo under the Swedish Empire, and moved...
The Turku barracks was a barracks building for the military of Russia built in 1833 in Kamppi, Helsinki, Finland, along the street Läntinen Henrikinkatu...
deposit. Helsinki University Library (the university had been transferred from Turku in 1827) remained the main deposit library. Additional copies began to...
University Library, Turku (1934–35) Kåren Turku Student Union building (1935–36) Restoration of Kakskerta Church, Turku (1938–40) Resurrection Chapel, Turku (1938-1941)...
Among the Finnish highways, the most significant and busiest main roads include the Turku Highway (E18), the Tampere Highway (E12), the Lahti Highway (E75)...
the Treaty of Fredrikshamn. Russia then moved the Finnish capital from Turku to Helsinki, and the city grew dramatically during the 19th century. Finnish...
city plan for Turku after most of it was wiped out by the Great Fire of Turku in 1827. Engel died on 14 May 1840 in Helsinki. The main building of the...
"father of literary Finnish". Agricola was consecrated as the bishop of Turku (Åbo) in 1554, without papal approval. He continued the reform of the Finnish...
with the Church of Scientology. She was built in 1968 by Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard in Turku, Finland, for Wallenius Lines as MS Bohème for service with Commodore...
the creation of a library, a Cultural Center named Suñu Kër, and a residency program for artists. Finnish Universities such as Turku University of Applied...
shopping venues. They were built at Kvaerner Masa-Yards' (now Meyer Turku) facility in Turku, Finland. They have a gross tonnage of around 137,000 tonnes. Activity...
University of Turku". Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. "Aurora Project // Official site of Turun yliopisto University of Turku". Archived from...
23rd place among cities in European Union. Helsinki Metropolitan Area LibrariesTurku metropolitan area Tampere metropolitan area Largest European metropolitan...
to Turku to jump on the market square, doing their part to undo the post-glacial rebound and push the city back into the Baltic Sea. One of the main tourist...
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