... or was it Mäntsälä? In any case, I ended up at the Riihimäki swimming hall. Had not been here before, but wow, what a nice surprise. Only 50 minutes from home, and a completely refurbished hall, airy, nice new design, quiet & empty. Two Finnish saunas, and nicely hot and another that's a bit milder, plus a Turkish bath. Recommended!
In the pools there was a very nice surprise for a Finnish community-run swimming hall: an outdoor pool. Well, not entirely outdoor, it was in covered space but in outside air. A warm pool, with nice waterjets. Nicely done!
Inside there was a cold plunge pool, jacuzzi, the main 25 meter pool, a kiddie pool, therapy pool, and a waterslide. And there's a jumping platform in the 25 meter pool. There's a small pool also inside the bookable private sauna complex.
Here's the official web page and the Wikipedia article.
Here's the entrance (first, not very impressive) and the sports field side front (second, quite nice):
This article has also been published in Planetswimmer.com here. For more sauna and swimming stories, check out planetswimmer.com and saunablogger.cool websites! Or all blog articles from Blogspot or Planetskier web site. And of course the full Planetskier skiing article series at planetskier.net. Photos and text (c) 2025 by Jari Arkko. All rights reserved.
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