Eat

Arken

In the main Humanities building of ÅA, a renovated former iron manufacture. The cuisine has a tad more foreign influences than at most of the student restaurants.

Address: Fabriksgatan 2
Getting there: near Piispankatu on a cross street, in the yard
Hours: Mon–Thu 08:00–15.30 Fri 08:00–15:00; lunch 11:00–15:00, Fri 11:00–14:30; open also in summer

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Fabbes Café
Fabbes café is a cosy small café in the beautiful Biskopsgatan area (ÅA campus). 2–3 lunch options, one of which is vegan. Coffee included. They have a nice selection of pies (sweet and savoury), cakes, cinnamon rolls and home-made sweet treats, smoothies, etc. Nearly everything at Fabbe's is baked or produced in house, and you can tell the difference – nothing factory made and few additives. (You can check their web page for today's menu, but the latest news may be from a few years ago.)
Mon–Fri 08:00–16:00; lunch 11:00–15:00, late lunch if anything leftBreakfast €9, lunch €10–12 (late lunch €6), coffee with bun €4
Eat
Aurum
In a big 2020s university building, shared between ÅA and TY, with science and technology.
Mon–Thu 07:30–18:00 Fri 07:30–14:30 Sat 12:00–15:00; lunch Mon–Thu 10:30–18:00 Fri 10:30–14.30 Sat 12:00–15:00
Do
Kiipeilypalatsi
Climbing walls inside a former water tower. Not solo, as you need your own belayer. Newcomers to the sport are welcome, but must tell about being inexperienced. Belayer instruction included. Minors need parent's permission, children under 14 need an adult belayer.
Tue–Wed 15:30–20:30, Sat 13:00–17:00, groups also by agreement€11 + harness, shoes and magnesium €4
See
Ett Hem
"A home"
In their will Alfred and Hélène Jacobsson donated their 19th century house to the Swedish university of Turku, Åbo Akademi, as a museum. The idea was to preserve the atmosphere of upper class life in Turku. They owned a two storey building at Hämeenkatu 30, designed by the German architect Carl Ludwig Engel. Later the interiors were moved to more humble surroundings and the museum is now in a wooden Empire-style building. The age and style of the different artefacts vary, but as a whole "Ett hem" ("A home") is decorated according to the neo-renaissance principles. The museum has both a cultural and historical value. Especially important is the art collection, where most of the famous Finnish artists of the Golden Age of Finnish art, the period around 1900, are represented.
May–Sep and 30 Nov–5 Jan: Wed–Sun 11:00–16:00; groups by agreements€5, pensioners €4, students and children €2; museum card valid