Hanna Varis

Turku Christmas Calender

Every day, Hanna's

colorful

artwork opens up on the calendar's doors to cheer up Christmas



Each picture is accompanied by a story about the background of the work. They will appear on these pages in December.

A time traveler ..

defies time conceptions when traveling. Would you like to get up on a dream like a swan? The Finnish Swan was first built in France in 1902 for freight traffic Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. It was purchased by the Finnish state in 1930 schooling. It worked in the Winter and Continuation War diving as the mother ship of torpedo boats. At that time the swans' masts were stripped off and on were moved by a tugboat. In 1991, the Finnish Swan became a museum of the City of Turku was moved from the bridge of Martin Bridge to its current location at Forum Marinum front year 2002. And now everyone can admire its magnificence on their walks even from the Föri ferry to the castle.


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