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Koroistenniemi Trail

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0.1 km

Route

Koroisten ulkokuntoilulaitteet

0.0 km|Free

Outdoor GymsVapaasti käytettävissä. Hiljaisuus klo 22-7. Esteeellinen.

Description

National Urban Parks programme – Koroistenniemi+

Description

Koroistenniemi Trail is a very short marked loop of about a tenth of a kilometre on the Koroistenniemi peninsula in Turku, Southwest Finland, where the Aura River meets the Vähäjoki. The peninsula sits inside Finland’s national urban park network; for the cathedral-period story, earthworks, and how the place is framed as part of Turku’s wider riverside park, the National Urban Parks programme’s Koroistenniemi article is the clearest official overview. The City of Turku’s completed 2021 resident-budget project added attractive information boards and improved small paths so people can explore the nature and cultural heritage of Koroinen more widely on their own, together with underwater restoration of Vähäjoki for fish spawning. Turku’s main Luontopolut hub still lists Pomponrahka, Kyyrlä-Toijainen, Katariinanlaakso, and Ruissalo as its dedicated long nature trails, so think of Koroistenniemi as a historic river-meadow visit you can combine with other waterside routes rather than a separate all-day forest hike. On the ground you see earthworks, dry moat lines, church and outbuilding foundations, and a large cemetery tied to Finland’s thirteenth-century bishopric; visitors are steered along signed approaches so the archaeological soils are not cut up by shortcutting across banks. A small outdoor exercise point, Koroisten ulkokuntoilulaitteet, sits near the Koroinen shore, useful if you are threading together a longer Aurajoki outing. The same riverbank knot also meets longer Turku trail geometry: Helenan polku and Pietarin polku walking networks, the Paavonpolut long-distance hiking corridor, and Aurajoen melontareitti for kayaking all pass this neighbourhood, making it easy to lengthen a day along the Aura without doubling back through the city centre. Turku is the home municipality, and Southwest Finland is the wider region.

Length & route

The trail is only about 0.1 km as one tiny loop on the peninsula beside the rivers; your visit naturally spreads onto the wider meadows, earthworks, and riverbank viewpoints that the heritage boards describe. Surfaces are short sections of gravel or beaten earth rather than rugged forest paths; stay on marked approaches around the protected monument zone. Lighting was extended along roughly two kilometres of the broader Koroisten riverside path between Halistenkoski and the railway bridge, but Turun Sanomat notes that luminaires were deliberately omitted across the archaeological core to protect night-time values at the medieval site.

Getting there

The easiest approach is along Vanha Tampereentie toward Koroinen. A gravel lay-by sits at the Catilluksentie and Koroistentie crossing with roughly 300 m of walking to the shore monument; a larger car park at Prisma Tampereentie is about a kilometre away on foot according to Aurajoen Matkailutie’s Outdooractive listing authorised for that DMO. Föli buses reach the area with roughly 600–800 m walking from stops. Expect temporary works notices when Turku upgrades lighting or shoreline structures along the wider riverside route.

Good to know

The resident-budget project combined shoreline clean-ups, invasive species control, trout spawning gravel in Vähäjoki, guided volunteer days, and lecture-style public events so locals could co-steward the habitat. As an ancient monument, digging, scraping artefacts, or lighting fires on archaeological layers is prohibited; follow every on-site instruction and carry litter out.

History

Koroistenniemi has been protected as an ancient monument since 1905. In 1229 Pope Gregory IX authorised moving Finland’s bishop’s seat from Moisio in Nousiainen to this Aura–Vähäjoki headland, where a fortified bishop’s residence, wooden cathedral succeeding an earlier church, bell tower, and cemetery with more than three hundred burials formed the country’s ecclesiastical hub until the late thirteenth century. Declining sea access for deep-draft ships and land uplift shifted commerce toward the growing harbour of “New Turku”, and administrative power followed Kuusisto and riverside harbours by the end of the 1280s, leaving the earthworks and stone foundations visible today.

Managed by

Turku

Official Maintenance

GPX data from: © Metsähallitus, 2024

Trail info

Walk the monument approaches in the direction indicated by on-site guidance; the micro-loop itself can be walked in either direction.

Route direction

wooden information boards and posted guidance around the protected archaeological soils

Route Signs

Open / Good Condition

Activities allowed

Hike / Walk

Activity

Terrain & conditions

0.1 km

Distance

About 15–30 minutes for the formal loop and immediate viewpoints; allow an hour if you read every board, photograph the confluence, and stroll the shore meadows.

Est. Time

Dirt / Gravel

Surface

Loop

Route Type

Partial Shade

Shade

Light Traffic

Traffic

2021

Renovation years

Location

60.46643°N, 22.28813°E

Approximate location

FinlandCountry

Southwest FinlandRegion

TurkuCity

KoroinenVillage

Hiking TrailsCategory

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Answers to your questions

Our data was researched from Turku, and other trusted sources, in March 2026. Our route / place GPX data comes from Metsähallitus / Lipas, last updated March 2026. Always check their official website for safety-critical updates.

Finland Southwest Finland Turku Hiking TrailsKoroistenniemi Trail

Koroistenniemi Trail0.1 km

Route

Koroisten ulkokuntoilulaitteet

0.0 km|Free

Outdoor GymsVapaasti käytettävissä. Hiljaisuus klo 22-7. Esteeellinen.

Description

National Urban Parks programme – Koroistenniemi+

Description

Length & route

Getting there

Good to know

History

Managed by

Turku

Official Maintenance

GPX data from: © Metsähallitus, 2024

Trail info

Location

Walk the monument approaches in the direction indicated by on-site guidance; the micro-loop itself can be walked in either direction.

Route direction

wooden information boards and posted guidance around the protected archaeological soils

Route Signs

Open / Good Condition

Location

60.46643°N, 22.28813°E

Approximate location

FinlandCountry

Southwest FinlandRegion

TurkuCity

KoroinenVillage

Hiking TrailsCategory

Activities allowed

Hike / Walk

Activity

Terrain & conditions

0.1 km

Distance

About 15–30 minutes for the formal loop and immediate viewpoints; allow an hour if you read every board, photograph the confluence, and stroll the shore meadows.

Est. Time

Dirt / Gravel

Surface

Loop

Route Type

Partial Shade

Shade

Light Traffic

Traffic

2021

Renovation years