Uimastadion Swimming Stadium is one of the most popular swimming and sports facilities in Helsinki, attracting visitors throughout the summer. Designed by Architect Jorma Järvi and completed in 1947 for the 1952 Olympic Games, the Swimming Stadium is the oldest outdoor swimming pool in Finland.
In addition to four swimming pools, the Swimming Stadium features a diving tower, a water slide, an indoor and outdoor gym, table tennis tables, and beach volley and basketball courts, among other things. The lifeguards lend out floorball sticks, table tennis rackets and balls for these sports in exchange for a deposit. You can borrow aqua jogging belts from the poolside. The main building features separate shower rooms and saunas (mild and hot) for women and men.
There are lawn areas, deckchairs and trees around the pools. The outdoor swimming pool also hosts hydrobics classes. During the final week of the season, the outdoor swimming pool is decorated with ambient lighting for the annual moonlight swims.
The changing rooms have lockers for which you will need a 50-cent coin. You can also buy a token for the locker for 50 cents at the cash desk. Swimming in shorts is prohibited, with the exception of swimming shorts. The use of large swim fins, monofins and mermaid tails is prohibited.
You can also access the pools and yard area from behind the cash desk, via the stands. In this case, you can change your clothes in the two unisex changing rooms located outside and use the outdoor showers to wash. You are not allowed to enter the shower rooms in the main building while wearing outdoor shoes.
Other important details: Photography is prohibited throughout the outdoor swimming pool area. If you wish to take photos, you need a photography permit from Sports Services.
We adhere to the principles for safer spaces. Click the link 'Rules and regulations' for more information.
You can easily check the number of visitors in real time via the link 'Current visitor count'.
How to get there: The Swimming Stadium is situated in Töölö, close to Helsinki city centre, and is accessible via excellent transport connections. The facility is easy to get to by public transport and bicycle. The Swimming Stadium does not have its own car park, but there are on-street parking spaces nearby. There are two parking spaces for people with reduced mobility in front of the Swimming Stadium. You can find bicycle parking next to the entrance.
Contact information
Summertime 2026: May 10, 2026 - Sept. 11, 2026
– Mon-Sat 6.30-20.00
– Sun 9.00-20.00 Admission ends at 20.00, swimming time at 20.30, washing time at 20.45. Leave the area by 21.00
The Big Water Slide is open from May 31st until August 9th every day between 12 am and 6 pm.
Wednesday Aug 19th is clown diving show at 6 PM
Entrance closes at 2 PM
The pools close at 2:30 PM
The showers close at 2:45 PM
The area must be left no later than 3 PM
Finnish Lifeguard Championships on Sat Aug 15th.
Swimming lanes 5 - 8 are reserved from 9 AM to 5 PM
The diving pool is reserved from 5 PM to 7 PM
Adults
- Single visit €6
- 10 visits or 1 month (30 days) €50
- season (10.5. - 11.9.2026) €144
Children (7-17 years) and others (students, unemployed people, retirees, conscripts, persons undergoing non-military service, people with disabilities, those who have applied for temporary protection and those who have already received their decision)
- Single visit €3.30
- 10 visits or 1 month (30 days) €27
- season (110.5. - 11.9.2026) €78
Children under 7 years, war veterans, members of Lotta Svärd and informal carers (proof of eligibility required)
- Free entry
Special swimming card
- €62
- Personal customer card (multi-visit, one-month, season products) €4
- Towel €8
- Swimsuit €8
- seat cover €1
- token €0,50
- Water slide (open 12:00 - 18:00) €5
customer service
+358 9 310 83428
swimming schools and supervised sports
+358 9 310 87858
swimming schools and supervised sports
+358 50 401 3629
Pools: a large pool (50 m, depth 2 m) with an aquajogging lane, a children's pool, a paddling pool, a diving pool (depth 4.5 m), a diving tower (1 m, 5 m, 7.5 m and 10 m), and springboards (2 x 1 m, 2 x 3 m). The diving tower is open on request or, during the high season, hourly from 12.00 to 18.00. The water temperature in the pools is +27 °C.
The water slide is open from 1 June to 10 August 2025, 12.00-18.00 (entry fee €5; users must be able to swim).
Cleaning method: sand filter cleaning and chlorine.
Services: Outdoor stands, a meeting room (for around 20 people) and a gym. The grounds feature an outdoor gym (David-branded equipment), an outdoor exercise area, table tennis tables, beach volley courts 1 and 2, a mini floorball rink, a one-basket basketball court, a basketball court, a playground, picnic tables, a kiosk and a café.
Lost and found: We do not provide information on lost and found items over the phone; please enquire at the cash desk. We keep found items on our premises.
The entire Swimming Stadium area is smoke-free.
Exercise classes at the Swimming Stadium
Location
The route to the main entrance
- The 3 accessible parking spaces are located outdoors over 10 m from the entrance. The width of the parking spaces is at least 3.6 m.
- The route to the entrance is smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated and it uses movement-guiding surface material.
The main entrance
- The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated.
- The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door is heavy or otherwise hard to open.
- The entrance has thresholds over 2 cm high.
- The foyer is cramped.
In the facility
- The sports facilities are located on floor 1.
- For moving around, there is a lift cramped for wheelchair users; the door opens easily manually. The floor numbers in the lift cannot be felt with fingers. (The minimum dimensions for an accessible lift are width 1.1 m and depth 1.4 m.)
- The service point has directions to the different facilities.
- The customer service/cashier's desk is located on the same floor as the entrance.
- The customer service/cashier's desk can be found easily. The desk is accessible to customers standing only.
- At the customer service/cashier's desk, you can borrow a wheelchair, shower wheelchair, rollator walker.
Dressing room, shower room and sauna
- The dressing rooms are located on the same floor as the entrance.
- The facility does not have an accessible dressing room. The men's/women's dressing rooms must be used instead. The door of the dressing room is heavy or otherwise hard to open.
- The shower room is connected to the men's/women's dressing room. The door of the shower room opens easily manually.
- The shower room has a more spacious and accessible showering spot with a seat as well as a support railing.
- The sauna is connected to the men's/women's dressing room. The door opens easily manually.
- The sauna has room for one wheelchair.
Sports facilities
- Room is available next to the pools for storing aids during swimming.
- The large/deep pool features accessible entry via a pool lift or gently-sloping steps. The steps have handrails on both sides.
- The children's pool features accessible entry via gently-sloping steps. The steps have handrails on both sides.
- A separate teaching pool is not available. Teaching is provided in various pools depending on the situation.
Seating area
- The sports facility features a spectators' seating area which has stairs. The seats have been highlighted from their surroundings with contrast.
- The seating area does not have accessible spots for wheelchairs.