Lifestyle evolution: My visit to Turku Castle in the city of Turku-Åbo in summertime

Turku is the oldest city in Finland and it is located in the southwest coast. It used to be the capital of Finland and that's why there are still so many cultural based places. If you are a lover of culture don't doubt and visit this beautiful city full of old buildings, museums and restaurants where I should accept I got an excellent service. Turku is divided by a river called Aura River which is beautiful to see on summertime with the various bridges that go through it. Turku region is ranking as the third largest urban area reaching a population of approximately 300.000 inhabitants. Let's highlight that Turku is an officially bilingual city because the fact that a part of population are considered Swedish-speakers and Åbo is the name of the city in Swedish.. Having a long history, many important events and a great influence to Finnish history have been imposed by the city of Turku. The location of the city is favorable for the commerce through the sea and the passenger seaport is highly important as it connects directly yo places like the capital of the neighbor country, Sweden, and Mariehamn(Maarianhamina) in the autonomous region of Åland.

I had the chance of visiting the castle of Turku (Turun linna) with my host brother and his girlfriend. It was just an amazing place as you could see all the remains of it, the old-fashioned furniture, the numerous rooms and also the prisons it has. Just for you to know if you're coming, during the summer season it is opened everyday from 1 of June to 31 of August, except Midsummer from 10:00am to 6:00pm.

A good thing about the castle is that the exhibitions are offered in many languages! Finnish, Swedish, English and Russian are the ones offered over there. There's also a tour offered for children which seems so fun! I want you to know that it is offered only during summer so if you come with children just let them have a good experience in a real castle!

To sum up, if you are coming to the beautiful city of Turku just don't forget to visit the Turku Castle! I had a great tour and there were so many things to see that I didn't even have the time to visit all of it in one day! If you are history or art lovers come and enjoy the castle!