Yrjönkadun uimahalli
The Yrjönkadun uimahalli is an indoor swimming pool in the Yrjönkatu in the Kamppi district in central Helsinki .
The building was designed by the Finnish architect Väinö Vähäkallio in the style of Roman thermal baths . It was officially inaugurated on June 4, 1928, making it the oldest indoor swimming pool in Finland. For several decades it was also the only public swimming pool in the country. It has been managed by the City of Helsinki since 1967, which started renovating it in 1997. After completing the two-year work, it was reopened in October 1999.
There are different opening times for men and women as the swimming pool is actually a nude bath . Swimwear has been allowed to swim in since September 2001, but gender segregation has been maintained. The bathroom is a popular meeting place for the gay scene.
The British daily The Guardian named the swimming pool one of the five best bathhouses in its Five best… series in the September 29, 2007 issue. In 2008 it received at the conference organized by the Tourist Board of Helsinki annually vote Best of Helsinki the award for Best Nordic Oddity (dt. Best Nordic Oddity ).
literature
- Aino Niskanen: Väinö Vähäkallio ja hänen toimistonsa. Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki 2005, ISBN 951-22-7642-9 ( PDF; 10,648 KB ).
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Where The Boys Are: Helsinki, FINLAND ; Bump! Links for Helsinki ; The Lesbian Finland: Where to go in Helsinki
- ↑ The Guardian: Five best… bathhouses (accessed April 18, 2008)
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Yrjönkatu Swimming hall, Best Nordic Oddity 2008
Coordinates: 60 ° 10 ′ 5.5 ″ N , 24 ° 56 ′ 19.8 ″ E