Logomo

Logomo is an old VR machine shop and a current cultural venue in Turku in close proximity to the Turku railway station. The building includes galleries, stages, a restaurant, as well as working spaces for businesses and artists. The Logomo centre, Byrå and Konttori facilities house more than 400 working employees and over 70 companies.[1] The building was opened in 2011 as a part of the Turku European Capital of Culture festivities.

One of the stages at Logomo
For the indigenous people in South America, see Lokono.
For the former industrial company, see Lokomo.
Logomo
General information
LocationTurku, Finland
AddressKöydenpunojankatu 14
Coordinates60°27′25″N 22°15′27″E
Completed2011 (original building in 1876)
OwnerLogomo Oy (Hartela Oy 61% and City of Turku 31%)
Technical details
Floor area24 000 square meters

The oldest part of the building was built in 1876 as a machine shop for the state railway monopoly VR. Since then, it has been expanded several times and in 2011 it was renovated to function as the main venue for the Turku European Capital of Culture festivities. The opening exhibitions were: "Alice in Wonderland" photographic display, Tom of Finland retrospective, "Only a game?" football themed exhibition by UEFA, video installations by Eija-Liisa Ahtila and Isaac Julien, and an exhibition on fire by Heureka "Fire!Fire!".[2]

Events

Logomo hosts a variety of conferences, concerts and other events. Currently, Logomo hosts the Turku City Theatre as their own building is undergoing renovations until the autumn of 2017.

Logomo has also served as the location of television series such as: The Voice of Finland[3] and The Voice Kids.[4]

In 2016 Logomo housed over 1000 different events, with more than 369,000 visitors passing through its doors.[1] The number of visitors has been growing consecutively for five years now.[5]

References
  1. route66 (2016-11-11). "Logomo". Visit Turku (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-08-08.
  2. "Logomo info". Turku 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  3. "The Voice of Finland". Nelonen. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  4. "The Voice Kids". Nelonen. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  5. "Logomo kasvatti kävijämääräänsä neljättä vuotta peräkkäin". ts.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-08-08.
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