Where to stay in Varissuo
The right area depends on your trip. Here's who each one suits — pick the place, then the hotel.
Turku centre
Central Turku holds the rooms, a short bus ride west of Varissuo and its church on the city's eastern side. Lodging is scarce in this area; reserve in advance.Turku centre →a fellow Turku housing suburbRunosmäki
Runosmäki is a hill suburb on the northern side of Turku, like Varissuo a block-built district that turns to the centre for beds. Lodging is scarce in this area; reserve in advance.Runosmäki →About Varissuo
What are the main landmarks in Varissuo?
The markers here are local. At the heart of Varissuo stands the Varissuon kirkko, the parish church serving this eastern district of Turku, a modern building among the surrounding apartment blocks. A mast marks the skyline.
On the rise above the suburb the Pääskyvuoren linkkitorni, a telecommunications tower, is the tall landmark visible across this side of the city. These are everyday fixtures rather than grand sights, the church and the tower that orient a dense residential quarter on the eastern edge of the Varsinais-Suomi capital.
What is the history of Varissuo?
Varissuo was planned and built fast. It rose as a suburban housing district on the eastern edge of Turku, a dense scheme of apartment blocks laid out to house the city's growth, with the Varissuon kirkko added to serve the new community. Building shaped everything.
Where there had been low ground and marsh, tower blocks filled the site within a short span, and the Pääskyvuoren linkkitorni rose on the nearby height as the area's tall marker. From that quick start Varissuo grew into one of the more populous residential districts of the Varsinais-Suomi capital on the eastern side of Turku.
Where is Varissuo?
Varissuo sits in eastern Turku in south-western Finland, a compact district of tower blocks on the city's eastern edge, served by the Varissuon kirkko and overlooked by the Pääskyvuoren linkkitorni mast on the rise toward the centre of the Varsinais-Suomi capital.
Where Varissuo sits


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Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Varissuo?
Turku centre: city beds west of the Varissuo blocks. Runosmäki: a fellow Turku housing suburb.