Turku (day 4)

I went out for dinner yesterday with my friend Paulamaija and we talked until it was almost 10pm! She is a wonderful person and I feel so lucky to have met her through the Scandinavian Club at uni :) We are going to Moominworld today (yay!) but before that I will quickly write what I did yesterday...

 
I caught the bus to Turku Castle after breakfast and spent two hours exploring the narrow stone passages of the castle. It was a fascinating step back in time and there were thankfully few tourists early in the day. There two rooms of wooden carvings (saints and religious figures) from the 1400s...

 

I walked back along the river and caught the föri across. Lonely Planet describes it as 'the much-loved local pedestrian ferry' linking both sides of the river more than a hundred years! It's free so I went back and forth :)

Turku is the European Capital of Culture together with Tallinn this year and this explains the variety of art installations I've seen... The one below right is called 'Flower Drops' and is made from recycled plastic. So pretty...

 

Below is the Hot Cube, a sauna on the river... I stood there puzzling how people got in... A lady eventually came along and answered my question!

 Finally, me being me I simply had to visit the City Library...