Skanssi


Skanssi was the second shopping center that I visited after I arrived in Turku. It is located a bit outside the center of Turku but still easy to reach by car or bus. From the student village, it is quite easy with one change from 50, 51, 53 or 54 you just have to change to bus number 9 and that is pretty much it.
Skannsi offers a bigger variety of shops than Hansa Kortelli and most of the stores are bigger than the ones in Hansa as well.
My favorite shop was the Outdoor XXL shop because it was nice for me to get in touch with the Finnish sports and the way to prepare for going outdoors. It was amazing to see for me how easy it is to buy a knife there. In Germany, something like this would never be possible. It appeared even a bit crazier when I saw the weapons on the wall and all the optics. This was simply something totally new for me.

So far I was in Skanssi something around 5 or 6 times since I arrived in August. I choose this place mainly because of the variety of shops which makes it easy to buy everything in one place.


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