Taidetehdas

Turku & Finland's South Coast


This former tractor factory is now an exhibition space, with rotating exhibitions of contemporary art. The centrepiece is the permanent display of the Jäntti collection, featuring Finnish artworks from the second half of the 20th century.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Turku & Finland's South Coast attractions

1. Runebergin Koti

0.27 MILES

National poet JL Runeberg’s former home has become a museum, with a period interior including stuffed foxes and muskets that demonstrate the poet’s love…

2. Walter Runeberg Sculpture Collection

0.3 MILES

This gallery has 150 sculptures by Walter Runeberg, the eldest son of national poet JL Runeberg. Walter Runeberg produced the town’s sculpture of his…

3. Porvoon Nukke- ja Lelumuseo

0.41 MILES

Houses over a thousand dolls, tin toys and other childhood curiosities, making it Finland’s largest toy museum.

4. Porvoon Museo

0.45 MILES

Porvoo’s town museum occupies two buildings on the beautiful cobbled square at the heart of the Old Town. The town-hall building (Vanha Raatihuoneentori)…

5. Tuomiokirkko

0.58 MILES

Porvoo’s historic stone-and-timber cathedral sits atop a hill overlooking the quaint Old Town. This is where Tsar Alexander I convened the first Diet of…

6. Vanha Porvoo

0.66 MILES

One of Finland's most enticing old quarters, this tangle of cobbled alleys and wooden warehouses is entrancing. Once a vibrant port and market, Porvoo now…

7. Loviisan kirkko

19.96 MILES

Dominating the market square is the red-brick neo-Gothic Loviisa Church, built in 1865.

8. Ainola

20.04 MILES

Finland's finest composer Jean Sibelius was among the heroes of the National Romantic movement to call the lake region of Tuusulanjärvi home. Sibelius’…