Turku barracks

[2] The original plans for the barracks were made by Carl Ludvig Engel, but it was built on a commission from Nikolai Sinebrychoff.

[1] During the Finnish Civil War, in connection of the conquest of Helsinki on 12 April 1918, the Turku barracks caught fire and was almost completely destroyed.

[5] The Finnish state donated the Turku barracks to the city of Helsinki in an exchange in 1934.

[2] Up to the completion of the Kamppi Center in 2005 this building served as Helsinki's main bus station, after which it was in use as the City of Helsinki planning office's exhibition space called Laituri, which operated in the building until 2018.

Following the remodelling, designed by Sarc Architects, the building houses three cinema auditoriums (all underground), as well as various restaurants, an outdoor terrace and an events space.

The Turku barracks' auxiliary building is the only remaining building in the complex. It served as Helsinki's main bus station in 1935-2005 and since 2023 as the Cultural Barracks.