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Nummi, Turku — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Nummi is a district of eastern Turku, set inland of the centre near the upper reaches of the Aurajoki in the Varsinais-Suomi region.
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Where to stay in Nummi
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Nummi is mainly residential. As an inland district of eastern Turku it carries housing, the university quarter, and small museums rather than a row of hotels, so rooms are thin on the ground. Rooms are scarce in this residential district.
Most travellers who want this side of Turku stay downtown near the Aurajoki and ride out toward Nummi for the churches and the campus collections. The reason to base near here is the eastern reach of the city itself, where Koroinen and the Pyhän Katariinan kirkko mark the older edge of this part of the Varsinais-Suomi region.
Few places to stay in Nummi — most visitors book in Turku nearby.
About Nummi
What are the main landmarks in Nummi?
Churches and small museums anchor Nummi. The Pyhän Katariinan kirkko stands as the parish church of this eastern side of Turku, while the Turun Koroisten kirkko marks Koroinen, the riverside knoll above the Aurajoki where the medieval bishop's seat once stood. Two collections add to the draw.
The Turun yliopiston eläinmuseo, the zoological museum of the university, and the Turun vesilaitosmuseo, the city waterworks museum, both sit within this district of the Varsinais-Suomi region rather than in any of the central quarters of Turku.
What is the history of Nummi?
Nummi reaches back through Koroinen. The knoll of Koroinen above the Aurajoki, marked by the Turun Koroisten kirkko, held the seat of the bishop before the cathedral rose downstream, making this eastern ground older than much of Turku itself. Settlement spread slowly outward.
As the city grew along the river, Nummi was drawn into Turku as a residential district, gathering the university's grounds and parish life around the Pyhän Katariinan kirkko, and taking its place among the eastern quarters of the Varsinais-Suomi region.
Where is Nummi?
Nummi sits in eastern Turku in south-western Finland, on the inland side of the city where the streets climb away from the centre toward the upper Aurajoki, with the university grounds and the older quarters between it and the river mouth.
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What is the best area to stay in Nummi?
Turku centre: riverside beds before the ride east to Nummi. University quarter: stays near the Turun yliopiston eläinmuseo.
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Updated July 2026