Yrjönkatu Swimming Hall
Helsinki, Finland
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The Yrjönkatu Swimming Hall in Helsinki's Kamppi district is Finland's first and oldest public indoor swimming pool, inaugurated on June 4, 1928. Designed by architect Väinö Vähäkallio in the Nordic Classicism style and inspired by Stockholm's Centralbadet, the building originally housed a 25 × 10 metre pool on its first floor alongside two saunas and dressing facilities, while the second floor offered resting cabins, additional saunas, and a café. Originally privately owned, it passed to the Finnish Sports Federation in 1954 and to the City of Helsinki in 1967. The hall maintained the Finnish tradition of nude bathing for decades before permitting swimsuits from 2001 onward, and continues to operate segregated swimming days for men and women. Following renovations from 1997 to 1999, the facility underwent further modification in 2013 when its original 1928 wooden sauna stove was replaced with a new one—now among Finland's largest—to reduce smoke damage to the neighboring Forum building.
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- indoor swimming pool
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- Helsinki, Finland
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