Given that I still had the loaner car for an extra day, I felt it was an opportunity to use reliable transport now that it was available. I drove to Salo's swimming hall (link) after work. A long drive, hour and fifteen minutes, but a nice hall!
They had *two* 25 meter pools (both six lanes), a warmer therapy pool, a water slide, a cold plunge pool, and children's pool. In the changing rooms there were two saunas, one hot and one milder. I'd argue maybe one was too over the top hot, and the other one was too mild, but nice nevertheless. Overall very nice building.
The swimming hall feels modern and nice, but it was actually built in the 1970s, just that it was completely renovated in 2007 (reference: wikipedia).
The hall is located in the a sports park that in 2025 was named according to the ex-president, Sauli Niinistö. More information about this park can be found here. There's a golf course, sports fields and arenas, dog park, frisbee golf track, padel hall, skatepark, playground, and of course the swimming hall.
For more sauna and swimming stories, check out planetswimmer.com and saunablogger.cool websites! And of course the Planetcaver, and
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