Tampere. I was just here for a cottage visit ... but this time in a conference, staying at a hotel ... and visiting the hotel sauna and a local swimming pool for fun. Nice trip. Always love Tampere!
The hotel I was at was Scandic Tampere Asema, just by the station. Not even the only Scandic by the station, there are many :-) I chose this hotel because it was close enough for my conference and fit in the corporate price bucket ... but mostly because it was available. Busy times in Tampere in the spring, it seems.
View from the hotel room is at the top of this article.
There's a sauna at the hotel, just a sauna no pool. Actually, two saunas. But you have to book them when you arrive, and it is private use only, not entering at common times. Ok.
The saunas run on "always hot" stoves, ones that you have to open a lid to let the sauna room get heated. This happens almost immediately.
More sauna pictures:
Hotel itself and the routing table for the rooms (they badly need an addressing plan redesign):
The next day I visited Pyynikin uimahalli (the swimming hall of Pyynikki). It is practically in the city center. The pool is 25 meters, plus there's a kiddie pool, cold plunge pool and a tiny jacuzzi. But, the building is quite nice, you can see the city from the windows... not bad. On the main wall of the pool area there's a very nice mosaic artwork by Olavi Valavuori, of four naked characters. Nicely done.
The swimming hall is originally from 1956, and when built it was one of the first community swimming halls in the country.
Overall a very nice experience. Insides were also renovated in the 2010s, so the dressing rooms and other areas were quite good. Recommended. More information also in Wikipedia.
This article has also appeared here. Read all swimming stories at planetswimmer.com and sauna articles at saunablogger.cool. Or all blog articles from Blogspot. Photos and text (c) 2026 by Jari Arkko. Sauna and pool photos have been taken when the facility was empty or closed.
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