Why this ride
From Turku it runs 250 km to Turku; allow about 4 h 02 of riding. The stops in between: Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki, Old Rauma, back through Old Rauma and back through Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Turku day out · Old Rauma
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 250 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 02
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Turku
Turku is the oldest city in Finland, and it was the capital until 1812, when the Russian tsar moved the government to Helsinki, closer to St Petersburg. The old name is Åbo, from the Swedish, and the city still has a significant Swedish-speaking community. The heart of the town is the Aura river, which runs through the centre to the sea, lined with restaurants and boats, and the great stone cathedral, Finland's national shrine, stands on a hill above it. The medieval cathedral dates from the late thirteenth century, and its tower, which has burned and been rebuilt several times, is a well-known landmark.
Read the complete Turku write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Turku is where the day begins. Next is Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki.
2. Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki
In the countryside of Satakunta, west Finland, a low forested ridge hides thirty-odd heaps of stone laid down more than three thousand years ago. Sammallahdenmäki is a Bronze Age burial site, with granite cairns up to several metres across, built by people who lived along what was then the coast. When these cairns were raised, the sea lapped nearby. Since then the land has been rising, still lifting after the weight of the ice sheet, and the shore has retreated kilometres, leaving the graves stranded on the hill among spruce and pine. UNESCO added the site to its list in 1999.
Read the complete Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki comes up 32 km in. Next is Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki.
3. Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
At least 79 km in you reach Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki. Next is Old Rauma.
4. Old Rauma
Rauma smells of tar, sea air and woodsmoke, or at least it does in the old quarter, where over six hundred wooden houses crowd along narrow streets that have changed little in layout since the Middle Ages. Old Rauma is the largest unified wooden town in the Nordic countries, and it was added to the World Heritage list in 1991. The houses are low, painted in ochres, reds and soft greens, with tidy yards, carved doors and little cobbled lanes, and many of them are still lived in, which gives the place a lived-in rather than museum feel.
Read the complete Old Rauma write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Old Rauma, about halfway. Next is Old Rauma.
5. Old Rauma
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Old Rauma write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Old Rauma sits at 126 km, about halfway. Next is back through Old Rauma.
6. back through Old Rauma
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Old Rauma write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Old Rauma comes up 158 km in. Next is back through Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki.
7. back through Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
189 km in you reach back through Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki. Next is back through Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki.
8. back through Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki, late in the day. Next is Turku.
9. Turku
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Turku write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 250 km.
Leg by leg
Turku to Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki
Turku → Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki is 107 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki to Old Rauma
Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki → Old Rauma is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Old Rauma to back through Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki
back through Old Rauma → back through Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki to Turku
back through Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki → Turku is 107 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
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