Editing Pirates of the Baltic Sea (section)

====Turku====

The closest Finnish city to Åland, with a population of 200 000. Turku is the oldest city in Finland and a former capital. Located at the mouth of the Aura river, Turku is spread over both banks of the river.

Turku has been officially declared the "Food Capital of Finland", because it holds a number of Finland's oldest and most high quality restaurants, and a historically famous fish market held twice a year. The word turku originally meant “market place” and still does in some Finnish dialects.

The city is a renowned high tech centre. The Turku Science Park hosts over 300 companies from the fields of biotechnology and information technology, as well as several institutions of higher learning that work closely with the business sector.
The Port of Turku spans a wide area on the southern coastline of the city. Because of the port's location at the southwestern corner of Finland the harbour provides the most efficient route to serve the Baltic Sea. Turku Harbour is one of the most important shipment points in the country, handling over four million tons of cargo and a corresponding four million passengers per year.
Turku has a history of industrial shipbuilding, but the shipyard there specializes in huge cruise ships and ferries, and is of little interest to the Buccaneers.

Turku is also the home port of Boat Club Sea Devils that the Buccaneers have a conflicted relationship with.