The closest swimming hall that I have NOT been to is now almost two hours drive away, and this evening I went there. Kaarina swimming hall is a small community hall, 25 meters long pool with just four lanes. But two younger/older children pools and one therapy pool, so that was a surprise. Overall a nice visit.
The official web page for the hall at the Kaarina city web pages is here. Tickets are 7€ for adult visits, full price list is here.
There was a surprise at the end, though. Fortunately this happened when all of us were already out of the pool and dressing up as the facility was closing. An electrical break occurred, darkening the entire Kaarina area. (Reported by Yle here.) There was some emergency lighting in the swimming hall so it was easy to exit. But, the environment looked very spooky with no lights:
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