The parish of Turku Cathedral has apologized for a technical disturbance that caused the bells of the landmark cathedral to ring all night on Monday.
The cathedral bells began ringing on Monday afternoon and continued on Tuesday. Together on Tuesday, the bells ring uninterrupted for an hour.
In a tweet released on Monday, the congregation explained that there was a fault in the clock mechanism that was being investigated.
Despite attempts to shut down the system, the clocks continued to ring all night until the system was physically unplugged. The bells stopped ringing on Tuesday morning.
According to the parish, the maintenance service was called in and repairs were scheduled to be made on Tuesday.
Normally, the cathedral’s eight bells ring every 15 minutes in different variations depending on the time of day.
Originally made of wood, the church was completed in 1300 as a Catholic cathedral, and the building was gradually expanded in the 15th and 15th centuries, increasingly with stone and brick.
The building suffered major damage in the great fire of Turku in 1827, which destroyed most of the city but was reconstructed.
The cathedral is the central church of the Lutheran Archdiocese of Turku, which is considered to be the most important religious structure in Finland.