PLANETSWIMMER

Welcome to the Planetswimmer blog! Stories from swimming indoors and outdoors, from ice swimming to tropical beaches. Not to mention hotel pools!

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	Pool at the Big Bear Frontier When visiting the Big Bear Lake ski areas, I stayed one night in the village, and obviously had to try their pool. Even if there was no sauna... Full story March 2018, Big Bear Frontier, Big Bear Lake, California, USA Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)

	Another visit to Kuusijärvi 1/ It is -15C 2/ I had a nice smoke sauna & dip to lake 3/ But my car... dead. Now waiting for the tow truck. Full story February 2018, Kuusijärvi, Vantaa, Finland Sauna (Smoke); Swimming (Outdoor, Ice, Water, Waterbody-Lake, Beach)

	Swim in the East Itäkeskuksen Uimahalli I visited the Itäkeskus swimming hall after many years of not being there. It is one of my favourite community swimming pools. Full story February 2018, Itäkeskuksen uimahalli, Helsinki, Finland Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Underground, Waterbody-Pool)

	February Swim I went for a swim in the Allas Sea Pool today, again. Except that now it is February, and it is -5 C outside. Full story February 2018, Allas, Helsinki, Finland Swimming (Outdoor, Ice, Beach, Water, Waterbody-Pool); Sauna (Normal)

	Sauna at the Grand Hotel Beau Rivage Janne and I visited Interlaken, and stayed at the Grand Hotel Beau Rivage. A grand, old style hotel, and I of course also wanted to visit their pool & saunas department. Full story January 2018, Grand Hotel Beau Rivage, Interlaken, Switzerland Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)

	Upper House Spa. Wow. It was worth waking up at 6:45am for this. If I wanted to visit the Upper House Spa at the 20th floor of this Göteborg skyscraper, I had go early before my meetings. Full story January 2018, Upper House, Göteborg, Sweden Swimming (Indoor, Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool); Sauna (Normal)

	Kazakhstan Sauna! It turned out that our hotel, the Uyut in Almaty had a sauna, and a small jacuzzi. The sauna was almost too hot, and there was no way to throw water on it. Full story January 2018, Hotel Uyut, Almaty, Kazakhstan Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)

	Kuusijärvi Smoke Sauna Kuusijärvi smoke sauna and beach. Great public sauna, maybe best around Helsinki (?) Full story January 2018, Kuusijärvi, Vantaa, Finland Sauna (Smoke); Swimming (Ice, Water, Waterbody-Lake, Outdoor)

	Reno Swimming I finally managed to test the pool area in the Homewood Suites hotel in Reno. It was OK, even if there was no sauna... at least there was a hot jacuzzi! :-) Full story December 2017, Homewood Suites by Hilton, Reno, Nevada, USA Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)

	December Swim I went for a sauna and swim in the Allas Seapool today. Late arrival, after 8pm... and they were already closing at 9pm. Full story December 2017, Allas, Helsinki, Finland Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool); Sauna (Normal)

	Swissotel Singapore Sauna... Closed WTF? I arrived... and needed a sauna. Or at least an excuse to completing that document. Actually, I really needed a sauna to wash off travel and to warm me up from the freezing aircon climate. Full story November 2017, Fairmont Hotel, Singapore, Singapore Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)

	No swim for you No swim for you Sir... because thunderstorm. Ok, but at least I got wet from the rain as I walked to the pool at the Swissotel & Fairmont Singapore. Full story November 2017, Fairmont Hotel, Singapore, Singapore Swimming (None)

	Memory of a Sauna Visited the Memory Hotel sauna. Free, but needs to be reserved. Sauna reservations are not my thing. But not a bad sauna at all! There's also a pool. Full story October 2017, Memory Hotel, Kista, Sweden Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)

	Santa Monica Beach For some reason, one of my favourite places in the greater Los Angeles area is Santa Monica. Maybe it is because on my first trip I stayed there, various fun memories from all my time there. Or the beach. Full story August 2017, Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica, California, USA Swimming (Outdoor, Water, Waterbody-Sea, Beach)

	Krakow Sauna I had an opportunity to visit a sauna in Poland. Obviously I took the opportunity! Full story August 2017, DoubleTree Krakow, Krakow, Poland Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)

	Black Snow Apocalypse. Now. Imagine bright, white snow, gently covering a mountain. Now imagine all that snow black, dirty. Melting hard ice, covered by an accumulation of pollution and dust from air. This is reality. Full story (TGR version) (Suomenkielinen versio) August 2017, Hintertux, Zillertal, Austria Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Health; Sauna (Normal); Swimming (Indoor, Water, Waterbody-Pool)