1.5 hour one-way drive just to swim? But it is a new (for me) swimming hall, and I needed a mini-vacation, so... I went. And it turned out to be worth the trip! While old, the swimming hall has been completely renovated, it was closed in fact for two years. It looks entirely new, maybe the pool area is a bit small compared to new ones but otherwise top-notch!
Very nice. Glad I went.
Inside there's clean and modern dressing rooms, a nice, spacious sauna (on both gender sides), and good shower areas. In the pool area there's a 25-meter pool (but only four lanes), a fancy cold plunge pool, a kiddie pool, and a jacuzzi.
The facility is underground in the basement.
The home page for the hall is here. The official name of the hall is Solinan uimahalli. The coordinates are N E 22.690916.
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Paimio's church, the Church of the Holy Michael:
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