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Turku International School, grades 1–6
Activities between 5 September and 17 December 2022, unless otherwise stated.
Monday
- LiiKe club, grade 2 a, 1:15-2:15 pm, location: school gym
- LiiKe club, grades 5–6 a, 2.15–3.15 pm, location: school gym
Tuesday
- LiiKe club, grade 2 b, 1.15–2.15 pm, location: school gym
- Arts and craft, grades 5–6, 2.30–3.30 pm, location: club room (further information: Anu Bilbao)
Wednesday
The aim of the Turku model for leisure activities is to enable every child and young person attending comprehensive school in Turku to have a free, meaningful hobby in connection with the school day. The Turku model for leisure activities is part of The Finnish model for leisure activities of the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Hobbies for the academic year 2023–2024
In autumn 2023, Turku launched more than 120 free hobby groups. The hobbies have been selected based on surveys conducted for children and young people.
The outreach activities are intended for pupils in the partner schools who have not yet found their favourite leisure activities. The school's own contact person for outreach activities helps and advises children in finding a meaningful hobby. The activity is part of the Turku Model for leisure activities.
In the academic year 2023-2024, outreach activities are carried out in a total of 31 schools.
Free hobbies and clubs in Turku comprehensive schools and their neighbouring areas have been put together in school-specific hobby schedules.
School clubs are mainly intended for pupils of the school in question and are free of charge, unless otherwise stated. Changes are possible. Most of the schedules are only available in Finnish and Swedish.
The Barkerinpuisto Park and its playground are dressed in light. Come and see what the everyday playground looks like in festive lighting! Did you know that this playground also has a unique funicular climbing frame? The Light Park installation is visible in its full glory during the event weekend, and a smaller version will delight visitors until January.
Large harbour cranes guarding the mouth of the River Aura are part of Turku’s history and also part of today’s urban landscape. There has been a lot of discussion about installing permanent lighting on the cranes, but so far this has not been done. Cold and warm tones flicker in the installation designed by Kari Kola. The glass elements in the work were made at Nuutajärvi Glass Village.
But the greatest of these is love.
The #psykelove series of Jouni “Psyke” Väänänen stems from the frustration that the artist felt when hatred was gaining a foothold and becoming more visible around the world. LOVE is a gentle counterblow to hate speech, malice and misconceptions. Images of works in this series can be found on social media with the identifier #psykelove.
Wavescope’s circles of light depict spatially moving light waves that are not visible to the human eye. Through his art work, the Slovenian artist Janez Grošelj wants to make this invisible world visible and to attract interest in this phenomenon. At the same time, the shape of Wavescope resembles a telescope, through which you can look at the sea and towards new worlds
Antti Kulmala’s Dimension X transforms the surroundings of the Wäinö Aaltonen Museum into a futuristic underwater world by means of colour and light art. Dome-shaped mirror bubbles on the museum roof are interconnected through light rays projected onto their surface. Light reflects from the different surfaces of the piece, creating visual effects.
The banks of the River Aura burst into flower around the Auransilta Bridge and the Theatre Bridge. The flower forest, which glows in multiple colours, consists of one hundred four-metre-high illuminated lilies. In the midst of the gigantic flowers, people can feel small in comparison to nature. The flowers are enchanting and invite the visitors to calm down, but they also bring energy and joy in the middle of the dark season. In addition to the river banks, you can also find flowers in the city centre area: in Hansatori, the Market Hall Alley and at the Market Square.
The competition jury consists of representatives of higher education institutions, City of Turku, Bayer and other partners. The chair of the jury is Senior Executive at TechCampus Turku and Vice Rector of the University of Turku Mika Hannula.
Jury
Vice Rector Mika Hannula (University of Turku, TechCampus Turku, chair)
Head of R&D, Drug Delivery Innovation Finland Manja Ahola (Bayer Oy)
Professor Patrik Henelius (Åbo Akademi)
Dean Juha Kontio (Turku University of Applied Sciences)
What?
A roadshow is an event whose purpose is to advertise or market something in different locations. The purpose of the roadshow is to bring visibility, attention and offer interaction to those interested. A roadshow is well-known in the field of marketing.
- Project owner for facilities and location, Director of Corporate Governance Jarkko Virtanen (chair)
- Project owner for content and concept, Integration Director Minna Sartes
- Director of City Planning Timo Hintsanen
- Manager of localities Pauliina Karjalainen
- Culture Director
What is the Museum of History and the Future?
The Museum of History and the Future is a new attractive museum site in Turku. The museum examines histories, presents and futures.
Why do we need a new museum in Turku?
Turku is the oldest city in Finland. There are many wonderful speciality museums here, but we are missing a museum that tells the story of the city and its people comprehensively. The Museum of History and the Future also patches up the lack of a modern venue for cultural historical exhibitions.
On Turku Day all students have the opportunity to get to know their home town by participating in cheerful Turku Day Appro!
The City of Turku invites students to explore their hometown on Turku Day. The Appro is free of charge. At the Appro, participants visit different Turku Day events and collect stamps on their Appropass. After collecting enough stamps, participants will get overall badges for finishing their degree.
The city of Turku is a partner in the Horizon 2020 project called SCALE-UP (Scale up user-Centric and dAta driven SoLutions for ConnEcted Urban Poles), i.e. the expansion of user-oriented data-based solutions in regional traffic nodes. The main leader of the project is the city of Antwerp. In addition to the urban areas of Turku and Antwerp, the project also includes the urban area of Madrid. Partner implementers of the Turku complex are Varsinais-Suomen liitto, Turku University of Applied Sciences and Vinka oy.
Circular Turku is implemented in close partnership with ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, a global network working with more than 2,500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development.
The Mayor of Turku, Minna Arve, serves as the Vice-President of Global Portfolio Holder for Circular Development within the governance of the ICLEI network. As such, Turku plays a global role in supporting circular economy approaches in cities.
The city of Turku aims to inspire circular change across the world through its involvement in
The Turku region counts over 700 circular economy actors, including close to 300 businesses. These actors are already contributing to a more Circular Turku.
You can learn more about Turku’s existing circular economy efforts in the report:
Circular Turku: A blueprint for local governments to kick start the circular economy transition, by ICLEI and City of Turku.
The Circular Turku roadmap is unique in its approach:
The roadmap takes a systemic perspective to identify interventions that span the different roles a city can play in the circular economy transition using ICLEI´s Circular City Actions Framework and applying it to 5 thematic areas: Food, construction, mobility, energy, water.
It is the first circular economy roadmap to consider social equity by including a social risk assessment for each of the planned interventions.
Turku in 2029
Resource wisdom means sustainable use of natural resources, zero waste and zero emissions. Achieving these goals is a prerequisite for sustainable well-being in the Turku region. The circular economy provides a framework for concrete interventions that will lead the Turku region toward resource wisdom.
The Circular Turku project is a cooperation between the city of Turku, the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, Finland Futures Research Center, Valonia and ICLEI - Local Government for Sustainability.
The Circular Turku project builds on four pillars:
Ambition: Turku and ICLEI are elevating the level of ambition of circularity in cities by focusing on the circular transition of infrastructures, city operations and services, businesses innovations and lifestyles.
Welcome to Luostarinmäki in 1827! Take a walk in a landscape lost in the Great Fire of 1827 and to the tides of time. Get to know a suburb of its time, Luostarinmäki’s history and Turku from 200 years ago.
Experience Luostarinmäki Klosterbacken 1827 on the website Digimuseo.fi. The panoramic views in 360 degrees can be seen in the browser on your smartphone, desktop computer or tablet. Concise info texts in pop up frames are available in English, Finnish and Swedish.
Luostarinmäki is the perfect destination for families: the houses and workshops tickle the imagination and take you on a time travel to days long gone. A visit to this open-air museum is a day in one of Turku’s finest oases in the middle of the city. Welcome to stroll along the old alleys and streets of Turku!