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Turku City Theatre (Itäinen Rantakatu 14)

Arriving: We recommend arriving by public transport, bike, or on foot

  • Local transport schedules and stops can be found at: https://reittiopas.foli.fi/?locale=en 
  • The theatre does not have its own parking lot, but cars must be left in the parking spaces behind the Government Building, for example.
  • The theatre’s accessible parking spaces are located near the main doors on Itäinen rantakatu.

Accessibility:

  • All of Turku City Theatre’s premises, except for the auditorium loft, are accessible.
  • There is a wheelchair accessible toilet in the theatre’s public areas
  • A local induction loop for hearing can be borrowed
  • More information: https://tkteatteri.fi/en/accessibility/  

Performance-specific accessibility information:

Querelle – I need my nails done (opening ceremony), 2nd floor foyer

  • Indoor space: individual seating
  • Age recommendation: for all ages
  • Language: English
  • Registration: Pre-booked tickets must be claimed at the door 15 minutes before the start of the performance, and any unclaimed tickets will be released for others
  • The space is wheelchair accessible

Leena Kela – End of Days, The Nook

  • Indoor space, seated grandstand
  • Age recommendation:  for all ages
  • Language: English
  • Registration: Pre-booked tickets must be claimed at the door 15 minutes before the start of the performance, and any unclaimed tickets will be released for others
  • Doors close when the performance starts
  • Wheelchair seats can be reserved from the Turku City Theatre sales service at: 02 262 0030

Miradonna Sirkka – Non-stop paradise, The Nook

  • Indoor space, seated grandstand
  • Age recommendation: K-18
  • Language: English
  • Registration: Pre-booked tickets must be claimed at the door 15 minutes before the start of the performance, and any unclaimed tickets will be released for others
  • Doors close when the performance starts
  • Wheelchair seats can be reserved from the Turku City Theatre sales service at: 02 262 0030
  • The performance features conventional nudity and tattooing.


Harold Hejazi – Omniscient Harjus, The Nook

  • Indoor space: seated grandstand
  • Age recommendation:  for all ages, especially children
  • Language: English
  • Registration: Pre-booked tickets must be claimed at the door 15 minutes before the start of the performance, and any unclaimed tickets will be released for others
  • Doors close when the performance begins
  • Wheelchair seats can be reserved from the Turku City Theatre sales service at: 02 262 0030

The Old Liquor Factory, Manilla Culture Factory, Itäinen Rantakatu 64 B

Arrival: We recommend arriving by bike, public transport, or on foot

  • Local transport schedules and stops can be found at: https://reittiopas.foli.fi/?locale=en 
  • There is one accessible parking space in the courtyard and the path from the courtyard to the theater floor is a gentle hill
  • There is parking space for bicycles in the courtyard

Accessibility:

  • Manilla’s Old Liquor Factory is accessible.
  • There are accessible toilets on the theater floor and in The Old Liquor Factory
  • There are also gender neutral toilets
  • There is no hearing induction loop in the Old Distillery
  • More information: https://www.manillantehdas.fi/in-english 

Performance-specific accessibility information:

Gaëtan Rusquet: The rivers chasing us, The Old Liquor Factory

  • Indoor space: Seating available during the performance if needed
  • Age recommendation:  for all ages
  • Language: None
  • No pre-registration, audience can move freely during the performance.
  • The space is wheelchair accessible
  • You can enter and leave the performance freely

Marita Bullmann: untitled (Turku): untitled, The Old Liquor Factory,

  • Indoor space: individual seating
  • Age recommendation: K-18
  • Language: None
  • No pre-registration
  • The space is wheelchair accessible

stvn girard: Swallow the sun, The Old Liquor Factory

  • Indoor space: seating available if needed
  • Age recommendation: K-18
  • Language: None
  • No pre-registration
  • The space is wheelchair accessible

Jamie Lewis-Hadley: We Will Outlive The Blood You Bleed,The Old Liquor Factory

  • Indoor space: seating available if needed
  • Age recommendation: K-18
  • Language: None.
  • No pre-registration
  • The space is wheelchair accessible
  • The performance contains bleeding

Sara Cowdell: it’s a CATASTROPHE, The Old Liquor Factory, Danasali

  • Indoor space: seating available if needed
  • Age recommendation: K-18
  • Language: English
  • No pre-registration
  • The performance is a long-term performance, with free entry and exit throughout the performance.
  • The space is wheelchair accessible

Tehdas Teatteri (Itäinen Rantakatu 64b)

Arrival: We recommend arriving by bike, public transport, or on foot

Accessibility:

  • The theatre space and main stage are accessible through the main doors.
  • Parking for bicycles and 1 accessible parking spot in the courtyard
  • There is an accessible toilet in the lobby
  • All toilets are gender neutral
  • There is no hearing induction loop
  • For more information, visit: https://www.tehdasteatteri.fi/in-english/ 

Performance-specific accessibility information:

George Rallis: Savanoma, Tehdas Teatteri

  • Age recommendation: 16+
  • Language: English

First part of the performance starts at 18:00-21:00

  • Indoor space: individual seats
  • Language: English
  • No pre-registration. The first part of the performance is a long-lasting performance, where entry and exit from the space are free.

Second part of the performance starts at 21:00-22:30

  • Indoor space: seated grandstand
  • Registration: Pre-booked tickets must be claimed at the door 15 minutes before the start of the performance, and any unclaimed tickets will be released for others
  • Doors close at the beginning of the 2nd part of the performance
  • The performance deals with blood.

Dariusz Fodczuk: Dialogue With a Son, Tehdas Teatteri

  • Indoor space, seated grandstand
  • Age recommendation 16+
  • Registration: Pre-booked tickets must be claimed at the door 15 minutes before the start of the performance, and any unclaimed tickets will be released for others
  • Language: English
  • Doors close when the performance starts
  • The space is wheelchair accessible

Jade Blackstock: Limbs, Jokistudio

  • Indoor space: seating available if needed
  • Age recommendation: K-18
  • Language: None.
  • Registration: Pre-booked tickets must be claimed at the door 15 minutes before the start of the performance, and any unclaimed tickets will be released for others
  • Doors close when the performance starts.
  • Jokistudio is wheelchair accessible via the freight elevator.

The Art House Turku (Nunnankatu 4)

Arriving: We recommend arriving by public transport, bike, or on foot

  • Local transport schedules and stops can be found at: https://reittiopas.foli.fi/?locale=en 
  • The courtyard is not accessible by car and the Art House does not have its own parking spaces.
  • You can enter the courtyard by bicycle and there are dedicated bicycle parking spaces on the factory wall and in front of the F-building.
  • More information: https://taiteentalo.fi/en/visit-us/ 

Accessibility:

  • The courtyard of the Art House is not completely accessible, the paths through Hämeenkatu, Nunnankatu and the Brinkkala courtyard are unevenly paved.
  • Performances can be accessed through the main door of the wheelchair accessible factory, there is a button next to the door to open the door.
  • The basement is accessible through the main door (A3), at the end of the corridor there is a ramp to the left to the basement.
  • The 2nd floor of the factory can be reached via the main door using a spacious, accessible elevator, but the elevator door is heavy, the elevator button is high and the door does not open automatically
  • A wheelchair accessible toilet is located on the first floor, the toilet is on the right. Other toilet facilities are located on the second floor.
  • More information: https://taiteentalo.fi/vieraile/esteettomyys/ (in finnish)

Performance-specific accessibility information:

Miradonna Sirkka (& Aleksi Kinnunen, Alpi Vaalaja): Nonstop Paradise exhibition

  • Indoor space: individual seats in the exhibition
  • Age recommendation: for all ages
  • Language: English
  • Free access to the exhibition during opening hours
  • The space is wheelchair accessible

Pilvi Porkola & Reality Research Center: SOHVA – Discussions about Utopias -Video exhibition

  • Indoor space: individual seats in the exhibition
  • Age recommendation:  for all ages
  • Language: English
  • Free access to the exhibition during opening hours
  • The space is wheelchair accessible

Fresh Start Club Night: Performances as part of the Fresh Start club program:

Anna Maskava: Milk and Vodka

  • Indoor space: individual seats
  • Age recommendation: K-18
  • Language: English
  • The space is wheelchair accessible

Hanna Ijäs: The Body Harvest

  • Indoor space: individual seats
  • Age recommendation:K-18
  • Language:English
  • The space is wheelchair accessible

Anabela Veloso: Crafting a Nation

  • Indoor space: individual seats
  • Age recommendation: K-18
  • Language: English
  • The space is wheelchair accessible

Kino Kilta (Nunnakatu 4)

Arriving: We recommend arriving by public transport, bike, or on foot

  • Local transport schedules and stops can be found at: https://reittiopas.foli.fi/?locale=en 
  • The courtyard is not accessible by car and the Art House does not have its own parking spaces.
  • Bicycles are allowed in the courtyard and there are dedicated bicycle parking spaces with frame locks on the Tehtaas wall and in front of the F-building.
  • More information: https://taiteentalo.fi/en/visit-us/ 

Accessibility:

  • The premises of Kino Kilta are accessible.
  • Kino Kilta is located in the Fire Department building, but its accessible entrance is through the Tehtaas main door (A3) guided by the cinema staff. There is an elevator and a passenger lift on the route.
  • If you need wheelchair access, please call the customer service number: Phone (during theater opening hours): +358 50 310 3205
  • There are two wheelchair spaces at the front of the grandstand.
  • The cinema is equipped with a hearing induction loop.
  • Kino Kilta has a wheelchair accessible toilet.
  • More information: https://www.kinokilta.fi/kino-kilta/ (in finnish)

Performance-specific accessibility information:

Film program: Film screening followed by a discussion with director Gavin Butt starting at 5:00 PM Gavin Butt & Ben Walters: This Is Not a Dream

  • Indoor space: seated grandstand
  • Age recommendation: for all ages
  • Language: English
  • Registration: Pre-booked tickets must be claimed at the door 15 minutes before the start of the screening, and any unclaimed tickets will be released for others
  • Doors close when the screening starts
  • The space is wheelchair accessible

Film program: Two-hour screening of two films Threads of Time: Esther Ferrer & The Mystery of Life – An Art Apart: Gustaf Broms

  • Indoor space: seated grandstand
  • Age recommendation: for all ages
  • Language: The Mystery of Life – An Art Apart: Gustaf Broms – English
  • Language: Threads of Time: Esther Ferrer – Spanish / English, subtitles from Spanish to English
  • Registration: Pre-booked tickets must be claimed at the door 15 minutes before the start of the screening, and any unclaimed tickets will be released for others
  • Doors close when the show starts
  • The space is wheelchair accessible

Film program: Two-hour screening of two films Simple Gestures: Janusz Bałdyga & Robin Deacon: Spectacle: A Portrait of Stuart Sherman

  • Indoor space: seated grandstand
  • Age recommendation:  for all ages
  • Language: English
  • Registration: Pre-booked tickets must be claimed at the door 15 minutes before the start of the screening, and any unclaimed tickets will be released for others
  • Doors close at the start of the performance
  • The venue is wheelchair accessible

Performance: My Lovely Daughter Erika –  Audio Experience

  • Indoor space:  seated grandstand
  • Age recommendation:  for all ages
  • Language: Finnish audio , with English subtitles
  • Registration: Pre-booked tickets must be claimed at the door 15 minutes before the start of the audio experience, and any unclaimed tickets will be released for others
  • Doors will close when the performance starts
  • The venue is wheelchair accessible

Turku City Library courtyard (Linnankatu 2)

Arriving: We recommend arriving by public transport, bike, or on foot

Accessibility:

Performance-specific accessibility information:

Marco Guagnelli: Living architectures – Performance

  • Outdoor space: seating available
  • Age recommendation:  for all ages, especially children
  • Language: None
  • Wheelchair accessible courtyard
  • we recommend weather appropriate apparel

Titanik Gallery (Itäinen Rantakatu 8)

Arrival: We recommend by bike, public transport, on foot

  • Local transport schedules and stops can be found at: https://reittiopas.foli.fi/?locale=en 
  • In front of the gallery there is a sidewalk that rises nine centimeters above street level, the nearest ramp of which is located at the Aurasilta intersection, 70 meters from the gallery.

Accessibility

  • The gallery is not accessible, more information at: https://www.titanik.fi/info/ 
  • The gallery’s toilet is available upon request, and it is relatively spacious. There is a support bar on the wall next to the toilet seat, and there is an alarm cord in the toilet.
  • The doors are not automated, and the front door is difficult to open.

Performance-specific accessibility information:

Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi: prodiGirl Species: We are the Earth – Performance

  • Indoor space: individual seats available if needed
  • Age recommendation: 16+
  • Language: English / None
  • Performance contains conventional nudity

Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi: prodiGirl Species: We are the Earth – Exhibition

  • Indoor space:individual seats available in the exhibition
  • Age recommendation: for all ages
  • Language:  English / None
  • Free entry to the exhibition during opening hours
  • The exhibition contains conventional nudity

Migration Institute of Finland (Hämeenkatu 13, 3rd floor)

Arriving: We recommend arriving by public transport, bike, or on foot

Accessibility:

  • The premises of the Migration Institute are accessible to those who use mobility aids. The institute is located on the 3rd floor, accessible by elevator. The doors are wheelchair accessible.
  • There is an accessible toilet on the premises.
  • The toilet facilities are gender neutral.

Performance-specific accessibility information:

Emil Santtu Uuttu: My Lovely Daughter Erika – Notes on the name

  • Indoor space: 1-2 seats at the same time
  • Age recommendation: all
  • Language: Finnish Audio, with English subtitles. Appendices in Finnish and English.
  • Registration:  for 1-2 people at a time, reservation for both people at the same time. Pre-booked tickets must be claimed at the door 15 minutes before the start of the performance, and any unclaimed tickets will be released for others

Sibelius Museum (Piispankatu 17)

Arriving: We recommend arriving by public transport, bike, or on foot

  • Local transport timetables and stops can be found at: https://reittiopas.foli.fi/?locale=en 
  • The parking spaces in the Sibelius Museum courtyard are reserved for the museum, except for the accessible parking spot for customers, which is located to the left of the main entrance.
  • Call the museum box office at 050 337 6906 if you need an accessible parking spot for your car.

More information: https://sibeliusmuseum.fi/en/come-visit-us/ 

Accessibility:

  • The premises on the entrance floor can be accessed with a wheelchair, rollator or cane.
  • The building is also accessible with strollers and guide and assistance dogs
  • Short stairs and a ramp leading to the concert hall

Performance-specific accessibility information:

Parsa Kamekhosh: Calling Piece – Performances

  • Indoor space: individual seats available
  • Age recommendation: for all ages
  • Language: None
  • Doors close at the start of the performance
  • The space is wheelchair accessible

Parsa Kamekhosh: Calling Piece – Installation

  • Indoor space: individual seats available
  • Age recommendation: for all ages
  • Language: None
  • Free entry to the exhibition during opening hours
  • The space is wheelchair accessible

Contemporary Art Space Kutomo (Kalastajankatu 1 B)

Arriving: We recommend arriving by public transport, bike, or on foot

  • Local transport timetables and stops can be found at: https://reittiopas.foli.fi/?locale=en 
  • The contemporary art space Kutomo is located in the courtyard of the white weaving mill building on the first floor of the property.
  • There is plenty of free parking space in the weaving mill yard.

Accessibility:

  • The old weaving mill building is not accessible. The exterior doors of the studios are accessed by stairs, with no elevator. The toilets of the contemporary art space Kutomo are not wheelchair accessible.
  • More information: https://www.ehka.net/kutomo/location 

Performance-specific accessibility information:

Aapo Nikkanen: Netrunner: Joy Machines Performances (in Finnish and English)

  • Indoor space: seating for participants
  • Age recommendation: 16 +
  • Language: Finnish and English
  • Registration: Pre-booked tickets must be claimed at the door 15 minutes before the start of the performance, and any unclaimed tickets will be released for others
  • Doors close when the performance starts
  • In the participatory performance, you will experience hypnosis

Gabriela Ariana Aldana & Lotta Petronella: Nature Reset – 2nd exercise: Oneiric Space

  • Indoor space:  in the workshop you will move in the space and on the floor level.
  • Age recommendation: 16 +
  • Language: English
  • Registration: Please claim your pre-booked seats no later than 15 min before the start of the workshop.
  • Doors close when the workshop starts

Kahvila Koroinen (Koroistentie 2)

Arrival: We recommend public transport and a bike, as Koroinen has limited parking space.

Accessibility:

  • The interior of the Koroinen café is not wheelchair accessible
  • There are toilets inside

Performance-specific accessibility information:

Aliisa Talja & Samuli Laine / WAUHAUS: What’s fermenting? – Workshop

  • Outdoor space: workshop will move indoors if necessary
  • There is seating indoors, outdoor seating if necessary
  • Age recommendation: 16 +
  • Language: Finnish
  • Registration: Please redeem your pre-booked seats no later than 15 minutes before the start of the workshop.
  • The workshop is not accessible, as it involves moving around in nature. Please bring clothing appropriate for the weather.

Ruissalon kansanpuisto ( Kansanpuistontie 76, 20100 Turku)

Arrival: We recommend arriving by public transport, water bus or car

  • Bus number 28A leaves the city centre every hour and stops at the Kansanpuisto stop 595.
  • From the stop it is approx. 350 m walk to the Kansanpuisto
  • There are also parking spaces for cars near the bus stop
  • Water bus line no. 180 operates to the Kansanpuisto either from Martinsilta or near Forum Marinum next to Suomen Joutsen.
  • More detailed timetables and stops for local transport and water buses can be found at:https://reittiopas.foli.fi/?locale=en 

Accessibility:

  • The bus and water bus are wheelchair accessible
  • The terrain of the park is fairly flat except for the steep uphill when arriving from the parking lot.
  • The park has flat asphalt walkways for walking

Performance-specific accessibility information:

Sara Wollasch: Lament

  • Outdoor space:We recommend weather-appropriate apparel
  • Age recommendation: for all ages
  • Language: None
  • The performance begins along the Aura River, which can be followed by walking along the Aura River.

Ruissalo (exact location to be announced later)

Performance-specific accessibility information:

Gabriela Ariana Aldana & Lotta Petronella: Nature Reset Workshop 1st exercise:

  • Outdoor space: We recommend weather-appropriate apparel and good shoes
  • Age recommendation: 16 +
  • Language: English
  • Registration: Please redeem your pre-booked seats no later than 15 minutes before the start of the workshop.
  • The workshop is not accessible since it includes movement in nature.