Stockmann, Turku

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The Turku Stockmann department store, as seen from Yliopistonkatu.

The Turku Stockmann department store is the largest department store in the Finnish region of Finland Proper. The Turku Stockmann department store contains, in addition to Stockmann itself, an Alko store, a barbershop, a café, a kiosk, a buffet restaurant and the Academic Bookstore. The Turku Stockmann is located in connection to the Hansa shopping centre, on the avenue of Yliopistonkatu.

[edit] Turku Stockmann by floors

The Academic Bookstore (1st floor) and the One Way and electronics and freetime departments (2nd floor) as seen from Hansatori.

• The underground parking lot floor has the Stockmann Herkku food store, an Alko store, and a florist's shop Kukka Fiori.
• The street level includes the Deli café and a kiosk. The street level also includes cosmetics and ladies' wear.
• The second floor has the Stockmann Buffet restaurant and footwear, children's supplies, bags, men's wear, music, One Way, radios, TVs, telephones and sports equipment.
• The third floor has kitchen supplies, home textiles, home equipment, gifts and paper products, glass and porcelain, toys, pet supplies, cleaning and domestic supplies and plants. The third floor also has a ticket sales office and service point.

[edit] History

The first ideas to open a Stockmann department store in Turku go back to the 1960s. In 1966, Oy Stockmann Ab bought a lot from the corner of Eerikinkatu and Brahenkatu and built the foundation of a new building there. The building of the department store was delayed because of archeological diggings and finally Stockmann established a department store in the place of the old City-Sokos department store in 1982. The City-Sokos, owned by TOK, worked in the premises from 1975 to 1982.

In 1986, the store was expanded. In the same year, the legendary Hullut Päivät ("Crazy Days") discount days were started in the Turku store.

The largest renovations and expansions of the store were in the late 1990s and the early 2000s. The second floor was changed in 1997. From 1999 to 2000, the store got a total of 4420 m² more space, when the first phase of a large expansion project was completed. A new attic floor was built, containing the technical facilities previously situated on the third floor. The space previously used by the technical facilities was taken into use for sales. Also a glass ceiling on top of the escalators was built. From 2000 to 2001, the second phase of the expansion was completed, containing 560 m² more space. The Stockmann Herkku food store was expanded underneath the Yliopistonkatu avenue. After this, the Herkku store has a total area of 2710 m².