# Logomo

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For the indigenous people in South America, see [Lokono](/source/Lokono). For the former industrial company, see [Lokomo](/source/Lokomo).

**Logomo** is an old [VR](/source/VR_Group) machine shop and a current cultural venue in [Turku](/source/Turku) in close proximity to the [Turku railway station](/source/Turku_railway_station). The building was opened in 2011 as a part of the Turku [European Capital of Culture](/source/European_Capital_of_Culture) festivities.

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]

## History

The oldest part of the building was built in 1876 as a machine shop for the state railway monopoly [VR](/source/VR_Group). 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](/source/European_Capital_of_Culture) festivities. The opening exhibitions were: "Alice in Wonderland" photographic display, [Tom of Finland](/source/Tom_of_Finland) retrospective, "Only a game?" football themed exhibition by [UEFA](/source/UEFA), video installations by [Eija-Liisa Ahtila](/source/Eija-Liisa_Ahtila) and [Isaac Julien](/source/Isaac_Julien), and an exhibition on fire by [Heureka](/source/Heureka) "Fire!Fire!".[2]

## Events

Logomo hosts a variety of conferences, concerts and other events. Currently, Logomo hosts the [Turku City Theatre](/source/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](/source/The_Voice_of_Finland),*[3] *[The Voice Kids](/source/The_Voice_Kids)*,[4] and Finland's national selection process for the [Eurovision Song Contest](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest), *[Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu](/source/Uuden_Musiikin_Kilpailu)*, in 2019, 2022[5] and 2023.[6]

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.[7]

## References

1. route66 (2016-11-11). ["Logomo"](https://www.visitturku.fi/en/logomo) (in Finnish). *Visit Turku*. Retrieved 2017-08-08.

1. ["Logomo info"](http://www.turku2011.fi/en/logomo_en). Turku 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2017.

1. ["The Voice of Finland"](http://www.nelonen.fi/ohjelmat/the-voice-of-finland). Nelonen. Retrieved January 1, 2017.

1. ["The Voice Kids"](http://www.nelonen.fi/ohjelmat/the-voice-kids). Nelonen. Retrieved January 1, 2017.

1. Golightly, Thomas (2021-11-16). ["Finland: UMK 2022 to Take Place on February 26th"](https://eurovoix.com/2021/11/16/umk-2022-feburary-26/). *Eurovoix*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211116121328/https://eurovoix.com/2021/11/16/umk-2022-feburary-26/) 16 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-11-16.

1. ["All about the UMK23 event"](https://yle.fi/aihe/a/20-10003550). *yle.fi*. [Yle](/source/Yle). 2022-10-25. Retrieved 2022-10-25.

1. ["Logomo kasvatti kävijämääräänsä neljättä vuotta peräkkäin"](https://www.ts.fi/uutiset/842835) (in fi-FI). *[Turun Sanomat](/source/Turun_Sanomat)*. Retrieved 2017-08-08.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.logomo.fi) (in Finnish)

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