Space Park Väisälä

Space Park Väisälä is a museum in Kaarina, Turku, Finland Proper which is located on Väisäläntie. Space Park Väisälä is situated nearby to Yrjö Väisälä Museum, as well as near the planetarium Tuorlan Planetaario.

Type: Museum
Also known as: “Tuorla Observatory” and “Tuorlan observatorio”
Address: Väisäläntie 20, Piikkiö, 21500

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kuusisto castle and Pukkila Manor museum.

Kuusisto castle

Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kuusisto Castle was a medieval episcopal castle on the island of Kuusisto in Kaarina, Finland, near Turku. The castle was probably built in the early 14th century, although the site seems to have been a bishop's residence by the 1290s. Kuusisto castle is situated 2 km southeast of Space Park Väisälä.

Pukkila Manor museum

Museum

Photo: AB, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pukkila Manor museum is situated 2 km northeast of Space Park Väisälä.

Piikkiö railway station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Piikkiön rautatieasema is a railway station in the municipality of Kaarina, Piikkiö, near Turku, Finland. It was opened in 1889. The station building, designed by a Finnish architect Bruno Granholm was built in 1888 and later expanded in 1922. Piikkiö railway station is situated 4 km east of Space Park Väisälä.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Piikkiö and Littoinen.

Piikkiö

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Piikkiö, is a former municipality of Finland. Piikkiö was consolidated with Kaarina on 1 January 2009. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region.

Littoinen

Town

Photo: Kalajoki, Public domain.

Littoinen is a village in south-western Finland, centred on Lake Littoinen. The village is shared between the town of Kaarina and the municipality of Lieto, and it borders the regional centre of Turku. Littoinen is situated 4 km northwest of Space Park Väisälä.

Vaala

Suburb

Vaala is a district in the Itäharju-Varissuo ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the east of the city centre, and consists mainly of a strip of low-density residential area between the more densely built suburbs of Varissuo and Lauste. Vaala is situated 5 km northwest of Space Park Väisälä.

Space Park Väisälä

Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Kaarina, Turku, Finland Proper, West Coast, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

60.41581° or 60° 24′ 57″ north

Longitude

22.44489° or 22° 26′ 42″ east

Open location code

9GG4CC8V+8X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 660746769

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Swedish—“Space Park Väisälä” goes by many names.

Finnish: “Avaruuspuisto Väisälä”
Swedish: “Vetenskapcentret Rymdparken Väisälä”

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Highlights include Yrjö Väisälä Museum and Tuorlan Planetaario.

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