Hostel and Museum Ship s/s Bore

Nice consept and very friendly and cozy. You can really feel like you were in a ship. Rooms are old cabins and look like them. Nothing fancy or luxory. If you need multiple fluffy pillows and soft bed this might not be place for you. Bore serves as a place to sleep and have a breakfast before activities of the day. Location is a bit far from center in my opinion but I assume there is quite good place to park your car.

It was a great experience... the place is great with a touch of life at sea. Very relatable experience being an ex-seafarer it brings back the memories of my previous job. Thankful enough. The staff in the information/front desk and cafeteria are all doing great.

S/S Bore certainly has a colorful history. Now serving as a hotel, restaurant, and museum ship at the Forum Marinum maritime museum. Only a small part of the ship is open to museum visitors, which is perfectly understandable. S/S Bore used to be the Kristina Regina cruise ship, and that part is nicely exhibited with some original interior cabins, offering a peek into old-fashioned cruise ship life. An interesting addition to the Forum Marinum experience.

A charming hotel with friendly service! The bed was a bit stiff and the bathroom drain smelled for a while after showering, but the room felt clean so it didn’t bother me too much. The breakfast offered a small selection of breads, coldcuts/cheese, yoghurt, granola, fruits, oatmeal, boiled egg and coffee/tea. It felt fresh and was served in a cozy dining room with a view of the port. The tasty tea selection was a plus! The location is close to the castle and Viking Line but kind of far from the town (ca 30 min walk). The service and charm made it all worth the price. (There was a sauna but I never tried it).

We had two cabins on Deck 5. The larger one had a separate small lounge. Both cabins were very good and clean. The sheets were especially nice. The breakfast was good, served from a buffet. It's a nice experience onboard a ship built in 1960 and surely in that way the most interesting accommodation in that city. The only minor minus is perhaps the fact that the air conditioning was a bit loud. For persons boarding the early ferry connection to Sweden the location is just ideal. I can fully recommend this hostel, which in my opinion is actually more like a hotel.

A unique hostel to stay at with lovely staff. The breakfast selection was minimal and not all the showers were available for use, perhaps because the hostel was quiet the weekend we stayed. It is a bit of a walk into old-Turku, but it’s a lovely walk along the river and there are plenty of buses and scooter-shares around! And fortunately, the free morning saunas have re-opened!

Me and my friend thought that it would be cool to stay on an old boat. But its not a cool place at all! The rooms are extremely small and dusty, and looked like they have'nt been maintained at all. The window could'nt open and the room was so hot. Me and my friend ended up almost not sleeping at all. We ended up checking out early the next day. This place is a disgrace and absolutely NO ONE should stay here.

✌Glutenfree Options✌Some contamination risk! Confusing 3 star stay at Bore Hostel but anyway an overall 5 star due to it's run by students in the hotel- and restaurant industry. I booked Bore Hostel for two reasons - GPS says it's just a 3 minutes walk to where I was going, when visiting Turku/Åbo. Very convenient indeed I thought, but boy was a wrong! Second reason was because the historical ship Bore plays a huge part of my childhood, traveling between Sweden and Finland and I would love to explore the ship how I remembered it back then. To begin with, I entered Bore and followed the reception signs but it was obviously closed. A bummer as I was promised I can leave my heavy bag in their luggage storage upon arrival to Turku, some hours before check-in at 3pm. So I left the ship with the heavy bag on my shoulder and headed the direction GPS was showing, where I was going, just a 3 minutes walk from Bore but ended up in a dead end instead, by the long fence at the quayside. I turned back, passing by Bore and after a long walk by and around the fence I finally found the right track which now was the right 3 minutes walk to my destination. Later, when I was back at Bore a while earlier than check-in, I went up the gangway to explore the boat deck and valla - there was the reception! Surprise surprise No signs anywhere outside by the two entrances, nothing at all! Bummer, annoying, disappointing as I didn't have to carry my bag for hours if there was a proper reception sign, correctly placed on the right place, showing the way. But nope. Also signs informing about the direction outside the ship and also around the fence so you don't have to wander around in a completely unnecessary detour. But wait, the real trap is on the way back where it's so easy to get lost, inside the fence, as the opening on the opposite side is so wide so you don't realize entering the huge area. Well, Finland is known for being the country without information so it is like it is! 🤷‍♀️ Lesson learned. I stayed for two night and the cabin was really confusing - no side table by the bed, no chairs or a little stool, only one outlet for charging and it was placed high up on the wall by the cabin door, the adapter and tablet was overheating after a while so I must take it out to cool down, lot of curtains and a painting in glass and frame, the bed was so narrow I expected to fall to the floor in my sleep but of course, that's how the cabin beds looked like back then. Also there are other more spacious cabin options available, no prob to upgrade if one want a bigger bed. The shower room in the cabin was extremely tiny but ok, 5 big hooks altogether. The bathroom cabinet was designed for rocking boat rides as there were no stabilizers in those days. I remember stormy seas very well, everyone was seasick up except me. Thought it was so boring when everyone was sick in their cabins as it was so exciting swaying around in the long corridors, a thrill being tossed there and back to the sides, rocked up and down. The bed and night sleep was after all surprisingly good, I slept very good. The dining room was beautiful and the breakfast buffet was ok, nothing special but ok. It was also ok I brought my own glutenfree bun and not their glutenfree option. I checked out at 5.50am and they prepared a take away breakfast for me, to be picked up in the 24/7 reception. It was a filling breakfast and I really appreciated the smoothie made of only Finnish berries.👍 The fridge in the common kitchen was clean and fresh and can be used for your food items, tape and marking pen on the counter beside the fridge. A kettle and other things for your needs is provided and also a book shelf with lots of books, magazines and board games as well. Enjoy the Finnish English dictionary! The sustainability concept is obvious, the bins are made separately for different kind of trash to be recycled. The staff was positive and helpful, the students are doing a good job. Should I stay there next time I'm back in Turku/Åbo? Maybe, maybe not. Time will tell