Turku Prison
Turku Prison is the main correctional facility in southwestern Finland, located in the Saramäki district of Turku. It was formed in 2003 by the merger of the earlier Turku Central Prison, also commonly known as 'Kakola', and Turku County Prison, and moved in 2007 from its old location on the Kakolanmäki hill in central Turku to its new premises.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Prison
- Description: prison in Turku, Finland
- Also known as: “Saramäen vankila”
- Address: Mathilda Wreden katu 1, Turku
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Metsämäki racetrack and Prusi hillfort.
Metsämäki racetrack
Stadium
Photo: LPfi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Metsämäki racetrack is a stadium, which is situated 2 km east of Turku Prison.
Kärsämäki railway station
Railway station
Kärsämäki railway station is situated 2 km southwest of Turku Prison.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saramäki and Oriketo.
Saramäki
Suburb
Saramäki is a district in the Maaria-Paattinen ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the north of the city, and is a very sparsely populated area.
Oriketo
Suburb
Photo: Urjanhai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oriketo is a district in the Koroinen ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the north of the densely built suburb of Halinen, and consists mostly of industrial area.
Räntämäki
Suburb
Räntämäki is a district in the Koroinen ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the north of the city, and consists mostly of low-density residential area.
Turku Prison
- Category: government building
- Location: Turku, Turku, Archipelago Sea, Finland Proper, West Coast, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.49565° or 60° 29′ 44″ northLongitude
22.31446° or 22° 18′ 52″ eastElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
9GG4F8W7+7QOpenStreetMap ID
way 469943360OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prison
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Turku Prison” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Kakola”
- Finnish: “Lounais-Suomen vankila”
- Finnish: “Turun lääninvankila”
- Finnish: “Turun vankila”
- Finnish: “Turun Vankila”
- Swedish: “Åbo fängelse”
- Swedish: “Åbo Fängelse”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Turku Prison”. Photo: Dilaudid, CC BY-SA 3.0.