Luostarinmaki Handicrafts Museum, Turku

Advantages: Road sign to Tampere!!!
Disadvantages: Still part of Finland

...by any illegal or improper behaviour shall under aggravating circumstances be guilty and punished according to what the law and statutes prescribe for each and every offence separately. Finally, a joyous Christmas feast is wished to all inhabitants of the city." It's been declared on every 24 December at the Cathedral of Turku. Handicrafts museum is Luostarinmäki. Museum is an outdoor museum that offers information, specimens of skill and experiences in an original pre-industrial environment. Visitors will step 200 years back in time at the museum. You can found museum from address: Vartiovuorenkatu 2. Admission fee is 5€ from adult and family ticket (2 adults and 2-4 children) 11.50€ City is also host of Down by the Laituri, rock festival and another rock festival Ruisrock, the oldest rock festival in the world and (held on the island... Read review

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Advantages: Superb bars, laid back, friendly
Disadvantages: Fewer things open in off season, not for lazy visitors

...of the nautical field covering shipbuilding, navigation and naval warfare. Although the museum was closed during our visit we could still admire the four museum ships that are moored in front of the buildings - a World War Two minelayer, a corvette, a sailing ship from the 1900s and a three masted barque. In the summer you can go aboard the vessels and explore. In addition to these attractions, Turku has several art museums, a Pharmacy Museum and a "biological museum" (the description of the tourist office) which I suspect translates better as a "natural history museum"). Eating places are plentiful and although you can choose from any type of international cuisine, its easy to find good Finnish food too. There are a number of stalls on the kauppatori selling cheap fast food and you'll never be far away from a branch of Hesburger - the chain... Read review

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Advantages: Free entry, A "feel good" museum, Suitable for all ages
Disadvantages: Cramped when busy, Visitor facilities could be better

...Once called “the noisiest museum in the world”, the Museum of Childhood is probably one of Edinburgh’s most popular cultural attractions if visitor figures are anything to go by – which is not bad going for a city so crammed full of museums as galleries as Edinburgh is. I happened to be at the museum in late January doing some research, and rather enjoyed my visit there. Granted, I was not your average visitor in this sense, but by now I probably know more about the museum than you would ever want to read! The Museum of Childhood claims to be the oldest museum of its kind in the world. I say “claims” because nobody is really quite sure if this is true, and as the curator says, they haven’t been contradicted yet! They are certainly the oldest museum of childhood in Britain, anyway (there... Read review

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