Perhaps this is my favorite food hall. Dating from 1896, the base building is remarkable, the exhibits are beautiful and appropriately Nordic, and for lunch you can sample a wide variety of cuisines, including excellent mexican cuisinea rarity in Europe. (They told me they buy their tortillas from other Mexicans in Czechia.) At separate stands I bought salami and also black bread, and both were as good as anything I’ve had. never tried.
Many food halls are overrated. They create an illusion of fullness, while not offering many items that you would actually want to purchase and consume. The Turku food hall is a real winner though.
Generally, Turku It felt more Swedish and also more elegant than Helsinki. The Swedish name of the city – Åbo – is visible everywhere, and one of the universities still teaches in Swedish. It is more of a university town. That said, with a population of 202,000, it is slower and there is much less to do. You can see some of the Alvar Aalto’s early buildings.
I was told that there are 77 Mexicans living in Turku.
