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Martti, Turku — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Martti, the IV District of Turku, is a small central quarter east of the river Aura, centred on Martinkirkko between Tervahovinkatu and Martinkatu.
About Martti
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Martti puts a guest inside the Turku core on the east bank, close enough to walk anywhere in the centre and small enough that the choice of building matters more than the choice of street. Martinkirkko is the marker. You suit it if a room near Martinkatu or Betaniankatu, with the Aura a block or two west, is worth more than the wider stock across the river.
The quarter is not cheap.
About Martti
What are the main landmarks in Martti?
Martinkirkko stands at the centre of it. The church takes its name from the reformer Martin Luther, and the quarter answers to Martti as well as to its ordinal, the IV District. Tervahovinkatu marks the western limit.
Beyond the church there is little in the way of ticketed sights, so a visitor works outward across the Aura into the rest of Turku or along Martinkatu into the streets east of the quarter.
What is the history of Martti?
Martinkirkko carries the name of Martin Luther, and the quarter around it has been known as Martti alongside its formal designation as the IV District of Turku. Turku's paperwork skips the year Martti began. What the record does fix is shape and standing: one of the smallest districts in Turku, Finland, held between Tervahovinkatu, Betaniankatu and Martinkatu, and among the more expensive addresses the city offers.
The Aura lies just west.
Where is Martti?
Streets fix the edges. Martti sits on the east bank of the Aura in Varsinais-Suomi, bounded by Tervahovinkatu to the west and by Betaniankatu and Martinkatu to the east.
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Updated September 2026