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The following shops are grocery stores:
• Sale
• S-Market
• Prisma (also department store)
• K-Market
• K-Extra
• K-Supermarket
• K-Citymarket (also department store)
• Siwa
• Valintatalo
• Euromarket
• Lidl
• Minimani (also department store)
• Halpa-Halli
The bigger shops are usually slightly cheaper
than the smaller ones, but the smaller ones are
also often open longer than the bigger ones.
To find your nearest grocery store, check these
webpages:
• > Toimipaikat (Sale,
S-Market, Prisma)
•
> Kaupat
(K-Market, K-Extra, K-Supermarket,
K-Citymarket)
•
(Siwa, Valintatalo,
Euromarket)
•
(Lidl)
• (Minimani)
• (Halpa-Halli)
Note that grocery bags cost about 10 – 20
cents, but they are roomy, sturdy and reusable.
They also double nicely as trash bags. You pack
your own bags when you pay at the cashier in
the grocery store. Alcohol is not sold in grocery
stores except for beer and cider. All other
alcoholic beverages are sold at Alko
). Alcohol is not sold in stores
before 9.00 and after 21.00. The age limit for the
purchase of beer and wine is 18, for stronger
drinks 20. Most bottles and cans can be returned
to grocery stores and in return you will get some
money back (pant/pantti). Note that bottles
bought from Lidl can only be returned to Lidl
and bottles from Alko can only returned to Alko.
Second hand Shops
There are second hand shops in both Åbo
and Vasa. For temporary Sunday flea markets
check your local newspaper or the newspaper
Turkulainen (in Åbo) under Kirpputorit . You can
also look for flea market groups on Facebook.
At you can look for flea
markets and second hand shops in different
cities. Many of the second hand shops sell
clothes, but some also have kitchen utensils and
furniture for instance.
Lost property
The Lost Property Office
(Hittegodsbyrån/Löytötavaratoimisto)
Åbo Police Station
Eriksgatan 40–42
20100 Åbo
Phone: +358 (0)295 445 179
The Lost Property Office
(Hittegodsbyrån/Löytötavaratoimisto)
Vasa Police Station
Korsholmsesplanaden 45
65100 Vasa
Phone: +358 (0)295 415 517
The Lost Property Office holds everything found
in public areas. Some department stores, hotels,
and companies also have their own ’lost and
found’ departments. At least in Åbo there are
also some private lost and found companies
who work with certain bars, restaurants and
bus companies for instance. Everything that is
found in these places can be picked up from the
private lost property offices.
Varsinais-Suomen Löytötavaratoimisto Oy
(Private Lost Property Office)
Martinsgatan 7
20810 Åbo
If your luggage was lost or damaged during the
flight to Finland, look up the contact information of
the airline in question through the website of the
specific airport you arrived at. All this information is
available at the website of the Finnish Civil Aviation
Administration, .