Skanssi is a
shopping center
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The first known collec ...
located in the
Skanssi
Skanssi (Finnish language, Finnish; ''Skansen'' in Finland-Swedish, Swedish) is a Districts of Turku, district in the Uittamo-Skanssi ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is in the southeast of the city, and consists mostly of industrial are ...
district of
Turku
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
,
Finland
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. It is located along
Highway 1
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(
E18) near the
Kaarina
Kaarina (; sv, S:t Karins, i.e. " Saint Catherine's") is a small town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Southwest Finland region and is a neighbouring town of Turku, which is the capital of Southwest Finland, therefore Kaarina ...
town and the distance to the center of Turku is about .
The shopping center was inaugurated on April 17, 2009,
and it is the second largest shopping center in the
Turku region.
The shopping center has a gross floor area of 130,000 square meters and a leasable area of 40,000 square meters. It has
parking space
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for 2,500 cars.
The mall has about 100 stores, with six anchor stores including
K-Citymarket
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,
H&M, Stadium,
Intersport
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It has a presence in 5800 locations and in 65 countries.
History
In 1924, La Hutte company, ...
,
Clas Ohlson
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and
XXL Sports & Outdoor.
Awards
In 2019, the Skanssi shopping center was awarded the Best Marketing Campaign of the Year award by the Nordic Council of Shopping Centers (NCSC) Finland Awards. Skanssi won the best marketing campaign category with its 2018 summer campaign. In 2019, the Trade Committee of the Turku Chamber of Commerce awarded the Trade of the Year award to Skanssi. The award was given for taking responsibility from the construction stage onwards and for communicating it systematically. At the beginning of 2019, the Finnish Shopping Center Association awarded Skanssi with the Trade of the Year award. The award was given to Skanssi for rebranding its
brand image
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.
See also
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Hansa (shopping centre)
Hansa ( fi, Hansakortteli, sv, Hansakvarteret) is a shopping centre in the city centre of Turku, in Finland. It is located in the city's VII District, next to the main Market Square. The shopping centre hosts a total of 156 businesses, incl ...
*
Mylly Mylly (lit. mill) is a shopping centre in Raisio, Finland. The shopping centre has bit over a hundred shops, banks, and other services on an area of around , and is as such the largest shopping centre in the Turku region and fourth largest in Finla ...
References
External links
Skanssi - Official Site(in Finnish)
{{Shopping centres in Finland
Shopping centres in Turku
Shopping malls established in 2009