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Turku
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TURKU
was once the national capital but lost its status in 1812 and most of its buildings in a ferocious fire in 1827. These days it's a small and highly sociable city, bristling with history and culture and with a sparkling nightlife, thanks to the boom years under Swedish rule and the students from its two universities. Many of its Swedish-speaking contingent still consider A?bo - the Swedish name for Turku - the real capital and Helsinki just an upstart. Other useful information
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Finland,
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