Market Square, Turku

Market square towards Aurakatu (Aura Street) and Eerikinkatu (Eric's Street).

The Market Square (Finnish: Kauppatori, Swedish: Salutorget) is a city square in the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located in the city's VI District, and is generally considered the city's central square. It hosts a lively market on weekdays, and there are several cafés and restaurants on the square.[1][2]

The buildings around the Market Square are also part of the city's central business district. They include, for instance, the Hansa and Forum shopping centres, the Wiklund department store, an Orthodox church, a private medical clinic, and several instances of media such as an office of Finland's major newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, locally most significant newspaper Turun Sanomat and Yle.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Market Square". My Helsinki. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  2. ^ "Helsinki Market Square and Hall Helsinki". Discovering Finland. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  3. ^ Kauppatorin paikalla on ollut asuinalue 10.5.2016. Turkulainen. Viitattu 4.7.2023. suomi.
  4. ^ "Pitkä taival loppusuoralla — myyjät odottavat kauppatorin valmistumista | Turun Tienoo". www.turuntienoo.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-08-16.