On the opposite side of Uudenmaankatu from the cathedral is Vanha Suurtori, translated somewhat clunkily as “The Old Great Square”. It’s historically Turku’s market square, along the banks of the Aura, but it’s now home to a park, some old buildings (including a market hall and some arts institutions), and the Swedish-language Cathedral School (Katedralskolan i Åbo). Between my position and the square is a park, which marks where the buildings on the north side of the square used to be until they were destroyed by the Great Fire of 1827.