Posankka - Turku, Finland
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Smurffaaja
N 60° 27.523 E 022° 17.373
34V E 570926 N 6703193
Is it duck? Is it piglet? -Find it out! Onko se possu? Onko se ankka? Ota siitä selvää!
Waymark Code: WM14365
Location: Finland
Date Posted: 04/05/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
Views: 14

[EN] Posankka is a statue designed by Alvar Gullichsen in the area of the Turku Student Village, which depicts a cross between a rubber duck and a marzipan pig. The statue is 7.5 meters long, 4.35 meters wide and 5 meters high, and is made of steel-reinforced hardplastic.

Posankka was completed in 1999. When completed, it first flew on May Day to float on the Aura River and was later moved to its current location in front of the spa hotel Caribia, on Helsinginkatu. Posankka was commissioned by the Pro Cultura Foundation as part of the Turku Sculpture City project.

Gullichsen says he got the idea for Posankka after seeing large-scale plastic sculptures of Bugs Bunny and other cartoon characters in the Warner Brothers store in London.

At Christmas, Posankka will be wearing an elf hat and a student hat on May Day. The Scouts scarfed Posankka on April 19, 2010 in honor of Scout Week.
In April 2019, Posankka was named the official city animal of Turku.

Next to Posankka is the paid parking lot of the Caribia spa hotel where you can park your car in the Park. Do not take pictures while driving a car on the road.
My own memory is when I was there watching the arrival of Posankka towed to the Aura River nearby Suomen Joutsen sailing ship. I filmed the event then with a film camera. The story goes that you can somehow get into pothole under Posankka and the youth of the area have held many party there.


[FIN] Posankka on Alvar Gullichsenin suunnittelema, Turun ylioppilaskylän alueella sijaitseva patsas, joka kuvaa kumiankan ja marsipaanipossun risteymää. Patsaan pituus on 7,5 metriä, leveys 4,35 metriä ja korkeus 5 metriä, ja se on valmistettu teräsvahvisteisesta lujitemuovista.

Posankka valmistui vuonna 1999. Valmistuttuaan se lipui vappuna ensin kellumaan Aurajokeen ja siirrettiin myöhemmin nykyiselle paikalleen kylpylähotelli Caribian edustalle, Helsinginkadun varteen. Posankan tilasi Pro Cultura -säätiö osana Turun veistoskaupunkihanketta.

Gullichsen kertoo saaneensa idean Posankasta nähtyään Warner Brothersin kaupassa Lontoossa suurikokoisia muovisia veistoksia Väiski Vemmelsäärestä ja muista piirroshahmoista.

Joulun aikaan Posankalle puetaan päähän tonttulakki ja vappuna ylioppilaslakki. Partiolaiset huivittivat Posankan 19. huhtikuuta 2010 partioviikon kunniaksi.

Huhtikuussa 2019 Posankka nimettiin Turun viralliseksi kaupunkieläimeksi.

[source: wikipedia (visit link) ]

Posankan vieressä on Caribia kylpylähotellin maksullinen parkkipaikka jossa voi pitää autoa parkissa. Älä jää kuvaamaan tieltä autosta.
Oma muistoni on kun olin paikalla katsomassa Posankan saapumista hinattuna Aurajokeen Suomen Joutsen purjelaivan kohdalle. Kuvasin tapahtuman silloin filmikameralla. Tarina kertoo että Posankan alle pääsee jostain kivenkolosta ja siellä on alueen nuoriso pitänyt monet juhlat.
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