When Minna Arve walks into meetings now, shes no longer Turkus mayor. Her new role is quieter but as important: CEO of Business Turku, the regions business development company.
When most European executives talk about startups, they still default to two playbooks: invest in them (venture capital) or host them (accelerators, incubators, labs with beanbags).
In a world of temporary alliances and short-term innovation programs, a different kind of project is taking shape one thats designed to evolve and expand not over months or years, but over decades.
On Friday, September 26, International Maritime Day Turku turns Linnankatu 72 into a one-stop dock for shipboard careersbuilt for internationals, run in English, and focused on real jobs rather than vague brochures.
Turku is old enough to have seen a few waves of reinvention, its turning 800 years next 2029. The next cycle has a startups tempo and a city hall that talks like a product team
Turku has released a refreshed Newcomers Guide 2025, a clear, step-by-step handbook that brings together everything a new resident needs to move, live and work in Finlands oldest city.