Espoonlahti on my mind

... or at least the Espoonlahti swimming hall :-)

I've only been here a couple of times, it is kind of far away from where I live. 

There's a 50-meter pool with 8 tracks, a kiddie pool, and a half of a track with a shallow bottom (maybe for training beginners). In the dressing and shower rooms there's two fairly large saunas, well designed ones with plenty of space both high up and further down.

The facility was built in 1983, and with the 50-meter pool can be used for competitions. There's also seating for viewers. It used to be the premier swimming hall in Espoo, and the only one with the long pool. Today it is the third most popular one, after Leppävaara's and Matinkylä's newer halls. (And sadly, Tapiola's historic swimming hall should be a popular one as well, but it has fallen into a cycle of unrepairable problems.)

The Espoonlahti hall is getting a bit dated, though, very basic dressing rooms and cabinets, tiling in the swimming pool is getting a bit discolored, no outdoor water features, no jacuzzis, no cold pools. Hopefully it gets a renovation at some point.

More information from the City of Espoo webpage or Wikipedia.

A view to the hall from the parking lot. Plenty of trees, that's nice:

The building itself is a bit boring design:

For more sauna and swimming stories, check out planetswimmer.com and saunablogger.cool websites! And of course the Planetcaver, and Planetskier blogs for other stories in Blogspot and TGR! The photos and text (c) 2025 by Jari Arkko. All rights reserved. I never take photos of saunagoers or swimmers, all photos are taken from the outside or when the facility is closed or empty.