Turku Shopping

A men only clothing shop is a rare sight in Finland, especially outside Helsinki. Turku's Hansa center can boast having one: Brothers. The store is part of a Swedish chain, and this outlet is their first ones in Finland.

The garments are seemingly designed for young urban men that use some more money in clothing than in average. It is not a luxury store, though, and the price level is in par with H&M and Zara -- as well as the quality and the design of the items.

The famous Finnish company Leaf Oy is based in Turku and produces all kind of sweets. One of them are sweet pastilles called Sisu. Sisu seems to be an untranslateable Finnish word, which refers to the Finnish courage.
The pastilles are small, round and marked with an 'S'. They come in different taste versions; "Raikas Sokton" seems to be very popular.

If you need more room for all the stuff that you have bought from Turku and Finland in general, Laukku-Rasti is an excellent store to buy more luggage.

The store is located on Kauppiaskatu, a couple of blocks away from the Turku's market square. They stock all the major brands available in Finland; Samsonite is the favourite here.

Apart from luggage, the store offers also other bags and travel accessories, such as umbrellas.

If you are searching for good quality branded childrenwear, go to Lastenpuoti Olivia ja Oskari in Turku's Kauppiaskatu. The store is located only a couple of blocks from the market square.

The selection caters for both boys and girls, and the boys' section is surprisingly big. Usually boys have less than half of clothes compared to girls. Here they carry a wide variety of toddler clothing for him, including Lego clothes -- an object of desire for every small man.

The girls' section is not bad either. There are clothes from, for example, DKNY, and the selection is at least as good as with the boys.

Senza Nome is a small fashion boutique on Linnankatu -- a cluster of fashion shops in the very heart of Turku.

The selections in the shop are not huge, but the philosophy is quality over quantity. They stock several known high-end fashion labels, such as Dolce & Gabbana and Hugo Boss for both men and women. There is enough space in the shop to adore the garments, but it gets easily packed with more than five people.

Element is an extremely nice fashion shop for young adults in the middle of busy shopping district in Turku. The spacious store has both the bleeding edge Finnish designers and more established international labels, such as Adidas, DKNY, Ivana Helsinki, J. Lindeberg, Karhu Originals, Nudie Jeans, and Tiger of Sweden.

The men fashion section is surprisingly large and well-stocked -- this is a really rare occurrence in Finnish fashion boutiques. The ladies section is, as usual, big enough to drain your wallet. The prices are high, but the garments are still affordable.

Kansallinen Kirjakauppa operates three bookstores in Turku area. The biggest shop is located next to the market hall.

The store is a fresh exception to the chained bookstore landscape in Finland. The selection is good and there is a decent English books section, too.

The prices are par with the other bookstores, but during book bargain weeks (late January and early February) you can make real finds in store.

At the pedestrian street there is very nice shopping mall with few fashion stores, books, electronics etc. It is not very big one, but as it is located in the centre it is very comfortable to have such, especially during the long cold winter days when you do not really want to hang around outside too much.