Åbo saluhall - delikatesser och bakverk

Are you a foodie and thinking of travelling to Turku? Then you should definitely plan a visit to the Turku Market Hall, or Kauppahalli as it is called in Finnish. Here you will find everything from fish and seafood to Karelian pies and pastries. We took the opportunity to try two local specialities that we highly recommend!

Fish, seafood and other delicacies

We love seafood, so it's often the most appealing when we browse in a market hall. In the Turku market hall, we found, among other things, the shop Herkkunuottawhere there was plenty of fresh, smoked and pickled fish, but also rum, oysters, pâtés and various fish cakes. Very exciting to botanise here!

We got to taste an absolutely awesome mess made from pike roe. It may sound unusual, but it was really soooo good! This mess is almost a must to try if you happen to be in the neighbourhood! Of course, you will find many other delicacies in the market hall as well, such as meat, sausages, cheeses, Karelian pies and Russian blinis.

I fiskdisken på Herkkunuotta — At the Herkkunuotta fish counter in the Turku market hall.

Snittar med grovt bröd och gäddröra från Herkkunuotta — Herkkunuotta slices with pike rum scrambled eggs

Confectionery and restaurants in the Turku Market Hall

Piece of cake, located inside the Turku Market Hall, is considered to be the best pastry shop in Turku, and if you like pastries, you can really get your fill here. We tried a chocolate and blueberry pastry that is a speciality of this particular bakery - yummy!

But there was a lot of other stuff too, as you can see in the picture. There are also several lunch restaurants inside the market hall and along one of the long sides there is seating in what looks like real train carriages.

Bakverk på Piece of Cake i Åbo saluhall — Pastries at Piece of Cake in Turku market hall

Choklad- och blåbärsbakelse på Piece of cake — Chocolate and blueberry pastry at Piece of cake

More to see and do in the neighbourhood

There is much to see and do in and around Turku. For example, we can advise on Turku Castle, if beer tasting at the School, if good restaurants around Turku and if Turku archipelago in winter splendour. In addition, there is of course much to see and what to do in Helsinki. Even more tips for Finland can be found below.

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Lennart says:

Exciting with different food cultures!

20 January 2016 - 8:44

Ama de casa says:

Oh so much good! Lucky for me that breakfast is happening now... 🙂 ...

20 January 2016 - 10:19

Mr Steve says:

Shopping in a real market hall is a pure pleasure.

20 January 2016 - 9:36

Ditte says:

It's been a long time since I visited the market hall in Turku, so thanks for the reminder. I will definitely go here on my next trip there. A lot of things seem to have changed, but there have always been lovely goods there.
Enticing pictures with lots of goodies!

20 January 2016 - 11:23

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Lennart, it is always exciting to experience food when travelling! 🙂

Steve, isn't it!? 🙂

Ama de casa, it's dangerous to be hungry when you walk around such places, haha 😉.

Ditte, interesting that you can see that a lot has changed! It was not a huge market hall, but really fresh and attractive shops and restaurants. Yum! 🙂

20 January 2016 - 11:57

Helena says:

It sounds like a good market hall! And those pastries don't look bad at all!

20 January 2016 - 12:49

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Helena, the market hall may not have been huge, but the counters in the shops were very inviting!

BP, I haven't done that either... but we have discovered that there is really good food here! And the pike rum scramble was awesome, I'll keep dreaming about it 🙂.

20 January 2016 - 16:31

BP says:

I have never associated Finland with gourmet food. Starting to change my mind I must say. What great pictures of the delicacies. I'm especially curious about that pike rum scramble. Thanks for the food experience:-)

20 January 2016 - 16:05

Alexandra says:

Market halls! ? Of course it's wonderful, even if you don't have the opportunity to buy something to take home, it's an experience to just look and dream and be inspired. Fish is what the Finns are good at!

20 January 2016 - 17:15

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Alexandra, it is an experience to look around. Some things you may be able to buy with you... But if you get to taste a little, it's not bad either 😉.

20 January 2016 - 18:38

Matts Torebring says:

You go on, and I'll stay in the patisserie... there were many good things there.

20 January 2016 - 20:56

Anonymous says:

Walking around a real market hall with lots of different delicacies is amazing!

20 January 2016 - 22:16

nils-åke hansson says:

Don't tell the kalakukko bread with fish in it was offered in Kopio. We thought we were buying coffee bread but it was pies more like food bread. We really like Finland after visiting it three times.

20 January 2016 - 23:05

Travel Friday says:

I go for the goodies, as usual... Haha! And again, congratulations on your radio debut! http://resfredag.se/resfredag-i-blekinge-lans-tidning/

21 January 2016 - 5:10

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Matts, haha, yes there was a lot of good stuff there! 😉

Anonymous, it's a favourite for us too! 🙂

Nils-Åke, no we did not see that, sounds interesting! However, we have been offered really good archipelago bread several times. Glad you like Finland, we are starting to do that too! 🙂

Annika, thank you! And congratulations yourself, fun with all the publicity! Yesterday, funnily enough, we were on the radio again, in Swedish YLE 🙂 .

21 January 2016 - 7:19

Henny says:

Now I am looking forward to a motorhome tour in Finland. I have mostly only good memories from this neighbouring country that we were initially so sceptical about. Market halls are always worth a visit. We are not far from a visit to Tornio on the border with Sweden. There I usually buy their coarse rye bread, sauna sausages and liquorice when I get the chance.

23 January 2016 - 10:43

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Henny, we really feel that Finland must be incredibly nice for motorhome trips in the summer! We can definitely imagine travelling here again and exploring more!

24 January 2016 - 9:26

Maria says:

The market hall is really lovely to walk around in! 🙂

29 January 2016 - 23:05

Aaa says:

So nice to see your own hometown through someone else's eyes!

15 February 2016 - 20:07

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