It was a dark and rainy night when I made my way to Åkeshov sports hall for a swim :-) but the journey was surprisingly pleasant. Stockholm's public transport never cease to impress, the bus ride was smooth and comfortable, complete with USB charging ports on every seat.
Åkeshov hall itself is straightforward, you get to swim and there's minimal hassle. Except maybe for the locks. In Sweden the swimming halls don't have locks, you have to bring your own. They sell you one but I always forget to take one when I leave for a trip to Sweden, so by now I have couple of dozen locker locks home :-)
But back to Åkeshov. They have two full 25-meter pools alongside a dedicated children's pool, offering plenty of space whether you're doing serious laps or bringing the family. The water was not super warm but just right I guess for doing laps. There was a sauna.. quite decent one, for Sweden :-) They were hot enough, though I always wonder about the dress code. In Finland you are strictly required to have no swimming clothes in the (gender specific) saunas. But here apparently most people but not all have pants on.
Obviously, the swimming hall isn't a flashy spa or wellness center. Dressing rooms show their age a bit, but everything was still clean and efficient. The hall itself was opened in 1959, but there must have been several rounds of renovations in between, insides felt maybe late 1980s style, and dressing rooms maybe 1990s or early 2000s. There's a community swimming club who were this time busy setting up a competition or event.
Link to their home page is here. And the Wikipedia article is 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. Pool photo by Stockholm city (taken from here), all rights reserved by them.
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