Market square

Turku in Finland is a lovely old town with a lot of interesting history. I am interested in history of Turku, culture, beautiful buildings and mostly of course pink houses. Puutori (Wood Market), my pink square, is in the center of Turku city. My pink square has the Friendship Park with bronze statue. Almost quiet market square is surrounded by small cafes and shops. Trading has varied over the decades there. In the 60s Puutori (Wood Market) was Finland's largest flea market place. These days, there's no regular public market but one dedicated association organizes various events.

Puutori, my pink market square, didn't have any value in the late 1700's, because the newly created Alexander's Market Square was located too close to Puutori. Still the real Market Square is much more important than Wood Market. In the 1870's merchants of old clothes came to the Square. In the late 1800's there were timber sales, that's why the square's name began to come Wood Market.

Later the area of Wood Market square was called "Accident hill" because the fire of Turku (1827) began from the hill of Puutori Square region. Fire quickly spread to the hill and the wooden houses in badly built areas. Turku is burned in its history tens of times but the fire of Turku 1827 destroyed the town almost completely. Finland and the Nordic region's largest fire left homeless 11 000 people. The injured were a couple of hundred and the dead 27.

I took the photo from Puutori, when I had my vacation in Turku. That white round building was built in 1933. First it was the public convenience by the year 1986. Later (1997) the building was opened a restaurant called Puutorin vessa (Puutori's loo/toilet). Puutori's toilet restaurant is the first public convenience, which has the official license to sell alcohol. Though I don't use alcohol, but the toilet restaurant idea is funny. Puutori's toilet restaurant is famous for its history, humor and cultural tavern atmosphere. You can see some celebrities from Finland there if you are lucky. The restaurant is also very funny tourist attraction.

Today the most popular events of Puutori are the events like the Night of Turku Arts, Book events and saturday summer flea market. Those events are popular.

Then very important pink news: The photo above, back of the round Toilet restaurant there's a very beautiful pink house. I would quickly move in there if I got the chance. In Turku there are many pink houses, where I could live.

My Pink Market Square calls me at least in my pink dreams.