Quality of life in Turku
Turku, Finland, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, commute and safety.
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Turku, Finland, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, commute and safety.
Large apartment | $1200.00 |
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Medium apartment | $950.00 |
Rent index [score] | 0.77 |
Small apartment | $730.00 |
5km taxi ride | $1.90 |
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A Cappuccino | $3.70 |
A beer | $2.40 |
A kilogram of Apples | $2.60 |
Bread | $0.97 |
Inflation [score] | 0.51 |
Lunch | $13.00 |
Monthly fitness club membership | $64.00 |
Monthly public transport | $67.00 |
Movie ticket | $15.00 |
Price of a meal at a restaurant | $83.62 |
Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.10 |
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Coworking spaces [score] | 0.10 |
Meetups [score] | 0.11 |
Meetups groups | 8 |
Meetups members | 1680 |
Number of investors | 2 |
Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 5 |
Number of upcoming meetup events | 4 |
Startup climate scene [score] | 0.25 |
Startup events | 3 |
Startup events [score] | 0.19 |
Startups [score] | 0.28 |
Total number of startups | 52 |
Venture capital [score] | 0.18 |
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Airport hub | 7 |
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Airport hub [score] | 0.12 |
Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.53 |
Traffic handling [score] | 1.00 |
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Business freedom | 90.70 |
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Business freedom [score] | 0.99 |
Freedom from corruption | 89.00 |
Freedom from corruption [score] | 1.00 |
Lack of labor restrictions | 53.70 |
Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 0.34 |
Time to open a business | 14.00 |
Time to open a business [score] | 0.85 |
Crime rate [score] | 0.98 |
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Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 3 |
Guns per 100 residents | 27 |
Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.91 |
Lack of guns [score] | 0.85 |
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.88 |
Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.85 |
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Healthcare quality [score] | 0.98 |
Life expectancy (years) | 81.08 |
Life expectancy [score] | 0.86 |
Best university in ranking | University of Turku |
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Best university ranking | 325 |
Country mean scores in PISA math test | 526.53 |
Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 524.02 |
Country mean scores in PISA science test | 545.44 |
PISA math ranking (high school) | 11 |
PISA ranking | 6 |
PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.96 |
PISA reading (high school) | 3 |
PISA science (high school) | 5 |
Percent of happy students | 0.65 |
Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.12 |
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.11 |
Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.08 |
Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.15 |
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.13 |
Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.17 |
University quality [score] | 0.11 |
Air quality [score] | 0.98 |
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Cleanliness [score] | 0.81 |
Drinking water quality [score] | 0.91 |
Urban greenery [score] | 0.94 |
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 0.85 |
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Currency for urban area | EUR |
GDP growth rate | -0.00 |
GDP growth rate [score] | 0.14 |
GDP per capita | $40346.97 |
GDP per capita [score] | 0.65 |
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.65 |
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Income tax level [score] | 0.33 |
Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.38 |
Time overhead to file company taxes | 93 |
VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.24 |
Download speed (Mbps) | 64.31 |
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Internet access (download) [score] | 0.71 |
Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.63 |
Upload speed (Mbps) | 17.14 |
Art galleries | 127 |
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Art galleries [score] | 0.68 |
Cinemas | 197 |
Cinemas [score] | 0.59 |
Comedy clubs | 204 |
Comedy clubs [score] | 0.79 |
Concert venues | 110 |
Concerts [score] | 0.64 |
Historical sites | 70 |
Historical sites [score] | 0.51 |
Museums | 84 |
Museums [score] | 0.51 |
Performing art venues | 75 |
Performing arts [score] | 0.71 |
Sport venues | 82 |
Sports [score] | 0.84 |
Zoos | 2 |
Zoos [score] | 0.41 |
LGBT Equality Index | 77.55 |
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LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.79 |
LGBT adoption rights | ✖ Step-child adoption only |
LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
LGBT blood donation regulations | ✖ Banned (1-year deferral) |
LGBT conversion therapy regulations | ✖ Not banned |
LGBT discrimination legality | ✔ Illegal |
LGBT employment discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, but requires surgery |
LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT marriage rights | Other type of partnership |
Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.76 |
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.11 |
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Median peak in meters | 55.60 |
Seaside access | 1.00 |
Water access [score] | 0.80 |
Costs of living in Turku are in the 177th place of all 248 Teleport cities. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
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Software Engineer salaries in Turku are above average. For this job type, Turku ranks 130th for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Turku.
The overall crime rate puts Turku in position 12 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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Turku (Swedish: Åbo) is the oldest city and former capital of Finland. It was settled during the 13th century, making it one of the only few – and by far the largest – medieval cities in Finland. Turku is the cradle of Finnish culture, since over the years it has played an important role as the gateway to Finland for international influence.
Bisecting Turku city centre, the river Aura is the heart and soul of the city: this is where Turku was born and a large part of city life – museums, sights, restaurants and cafés – still concentrates around the banks of the river. The river banks, together with the island of Ruissalo with its oak forests and 19th century villas, form a national urban park allowing for a pleasant stroll from, say, the national shrine of Finland, the Turku Cathedral, to the Turku Castle, which used to house Swedish Kings. Turku is at its best in summertime, when it hosts a great number of festivals, including rock festivals, chamber music festivals and a medieval fair.
In addition to the cultural sights and museums, Turku attracts visitors due to the Archipelago Sea, which stretches all the way from Turku to Åland and on to Stockholm, forming the largest archipelago in the world by the number of islands and islets.
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