FAZ, Turku Archipelago 8.-12.9.2025

12:50 Arrival at Helsinki Airport

Transfer to Turku by train
14:12-14:35 Helsinki Airport - Pasila (Commuter train P)
14:14-16:39 Pasila - Turku (IC 957)

16:39 Arrival at Turku
Heli Nieminen, Communications Manager at Visit Turku Archipelago, will meet at the railway station. Heli's tel. +358 44 7096 787

Check in to Solo Sokos Hotel Seurahuone
Address: Humalistonkatu 2, Turku

19:00 Dinner at Restaurant Tintå, hosted by Heli Nieminen
Address: Läntinen Rantakatu 9, Turku
A cosy wine bar and restaurant by the Aura River, popular amongst the locals.

Breakfast at hotel

Visits to local producers, hosted by Heli Nieminen

8:45 Meet Heli in the hotel lobby, transfer to the destinations

09:00 Deliverde
A high-quality local private producer offering fresh salads, herbs, and vegetables, delivered to the city’s best restaurants, shops, and Turku Market Square.

10:30 Mimis
An innovative local company specializing in microgreens and edible flowers, collaborating with top restaurants in Finland and abroad.

Lunch at a riverside restaurant

13:30 Guided food-themed city tour

14:00 Visit to Panimoravintola Koulu
Address: Eerikinkatu 18, Turku
This traditional brewery restaurant operates in a former school building completed in 1889, in the city centre. Koulu is Finland’s largest brewery restaurant and has been brewing quality beers and ciders since 1998.

18:00 Meet with Anu Salminen at Hotel Kakola
Address: Kakolankatu 14, Turku

Tour of the Kakola area, guided by Cultural Director Anu Salminen
Kakolanmäki offers experiences such as a hotel, spa, brewery, restaurants, cafés, event spaces, and a bakery. Anu Salminen shares fascinating stories about the area’s history and present.

19:00 Dinner at Restaurant Kakolanruusu, hosted by Anu Salminen
Located in the intriguing setting of the former Kakola prison night cells, Kakolanruusu features a high-level cocktail bar, summer terrace with table service, and private dining rooms in old isolation cells. The cuisine is handcrafted, open-fire cooked, and based on seasonal ingredients.

Breakfast at hotel

Full day in the archipelago, hosted by Viveca Smeds-Aalto (tel. +358 40 4886 022)

09:00 Departure from the hotel to Nauvo

10:30 Arrival in Nauvo, Viveca will be waiting

Visit to Nagu Distillery and visitor centre
Founded in 1996, the distillery was idle for some years until resurrected by two childhood friends returning to their island roots. Nagu Distillery has won several international awards for its products.

Visit to Hotel Tackork, famous for its local food
Lunch and baking of a traditional Finnish berry pie. The Tackork estate has been inhabited and farmed since the early 13th century. Today, Tackork offers local food and unique year-round accommodation experiences.

Visit to a local food shop, if possible

Coffee and exploring archipelago sights

Transfer back to Turku

Free evening

Breakfast at hotel

11:00 Café Qwensel, hosted by Heli Nieminen
Address: Läntinen Rantakatu 13 B, Turku
Located in the heart of Turku in an 18th-century setting, Café Qwensel serves traditional pastries made on site.

12:00 Lunch and visit to Turku Market Hall and Market Square, tour with local entrepreneurs
Address: Eerikinkatu 16, 20100 Turku
Opened in 1896, Turku Market Hall is Finland’s second oldest, housing both young entrepreneurs and some of Turku’s oldest businesses. Culinary highlights include fish soup from Herkkunuotta, tastings from different stalls, and a visit to Finland’s best bakery, MBakery. Tour hosted by Hanna Sjöbring

13:00 Meet with Erik Mansikka, Head Chef of Restaurant Kaskis

16:00 Visit to Turku Distillery + tasting
Turku Distillery produces handcrafted Kaiho Vodka in Raisio from local ingredients. Distilled from organic wheat and spring water, this carbon-neutral and traceable premium vodka reflects Finnish melancholy and quality.

TBC / 18:30 Dinner at Kaskis or Smör
We are first on the waiting list for Kaskis. If dinner there is not possible, we will try to arrange a visit/meeting at Kaskis.

Breakfast at the hotel and free time before departure

8:10 Taxi to the train station (taxi will be outside of the hotel)

Train to Helsinki Airport
08:34-10:34 Turku - Pasila (S 948)
10:40-11:03 Pasila - Helsinki Airport (Commuter train I)

13:35 Flight departure from Helsinki