Kumpula Outdoor Swimming Pool is a popular sports facility that attracts visitors throughout the summer. It is located via excellent transport connections some five kilometres from Helsinki city centre.
In addition to the various pools and the diving tower, you can also find a café, playground, outdoor gym and beach volley and basketball courts in the area. Swimming in shorts is forbidden, with the exception of swimming shorts.
Kumpula Outdoor Swimming Pool was built as a training pool for the Olympic Games of 1952, and it is the third oldest public outdoor pool in Finland.
How to get there: There is a parking area near the pool. You can also access the beach by public transport or a city bike.
Contact information
Summertime 2024: May 27, 2024 - Aug. 18, 2024
- Mon-Sat 6.30-20.00 Admission ends at 20.00, swimming time at 20.30, washing time at 20.45. Leave the area by 21.00.
- Sun 9.00-20.00 Admission ends at 20.00, swimming time at 20.30, washing time at 20.45. Leave the area by 21.00.
The jump towers (5m, 7m, 10m)
The springboards (1m, 3m)
Café
Date period: May 27, 2024 - Aug. 18, 2024
- Mon-Sat 7.00-20.00
- Sun 9.00-20.00
Note! The saunas open on Wednesdays at 9.00 am due to cleaning.
Charges
Adults
- one visit €5,80
- 10 visits / 1 month €46
- 4 months card (120 days) €138
Children (7-17 y/o) and others (senior citizens, students, unemployed, disabled, conscripts and conscientious objectors, asylum or temporary protection seekers and those who have received a decision on the matter)
- one visit €3,20
- 10 visits / 1 month €25
- 4 months card (120 days) €75
War veterans, children (under 7): free of charge.
- Personal customer card (10 visits) €4
- costume €7
- Towel €7
- Seatcover / soap €1
The dressing rooms have lockable lockers. Please make sure you have a 50 cent coin as a deposit.
cashier
+358 9 310 87477
lifeguard
+358 9 310 87478
manager
Kara Koskinen
+358 9 310 24713
summer manager
Erno Konttinen
+358 40 674 1595
swimming schools and supervised sports
+358 50 401 3582
Café
+358 40 575 6825
Services: shower and sauna facilities, stands/sun terrace, 25-metre pool, children's pool, paddling pool, diving pool (4.4 metres deep), diving boards (1, 3, 5, 7.5 and 10 metres), basketball court, beach volley court, playground, café, all-season David City Line outdoor gym, and parking area.
Sanitation: sand filter sanitation and chlorine.
Other important details: A photography permit from the Sports Services is required to take photos.
Please note that we do not provide information about found goods by phone; you can ask for your lost goods by visiting us on-site.
Location
The route to the main entrance
- The 3 accessible parking spaces are located outdoors over 10 m from the entrance. The width of the parking spaces is less than 3.6 m.
- The pick-up and drop-off area is located in the vicinity of the entrance, giving easy access to the pavement.
- The route to the entrance is smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated.
- There is a steep slope on the passage.
- The passage has at least 4 steps, with handrails on one side.
- The route has a steep ramp over 6 m long with an intermediate landing, with handrails on one side.
The main entrance
- The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated.
- In connection with the entrance, there are at least 4 steps.
- The entrance has a steep ramp over 6 m long with an intermediate landing, with handrails on one side.
- The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door opens easily manually.
- The entrance has thresholds over 2 cm high.
In the facility
- The entrance, sports facilities and dressing rooms are located on the same floor.
- The service point has directions to the different facilities.
- There is an accessible toilet in the lobby or nearby public area.
- The customer service/cashier's desk can be found easily. The desk is accessible to customers standing only.
- The facility features a quiet area for guide and aid dogs.
Dressing room, shower room and sauna
- The accessible dressing room is located in connection to the men's/women's dressing rooms. The door of the dressing room opens easily manually and the doorway has a high threshold. In the dressing room, the door of the accessible section opens easily by hand.
- The accessible dressing room has sufficient room for a wheelchair and assistant. Good illumination and clear contrasts facilitate spatial perception. The numbering of the lockers is clearly legible and tangible by hand (embossed or Braille numbers). An accessible toilet is provided in connection to the men's/women's dressing room.
- The shower room is connected to the men's/women's dressing room. The door of the shower room opens easily manually.
- The shower room has a more spacious and accessible showering spot with a seat and armrest as well as a support railing.
- The sauna is connected to the men's/women's dressing room. The door opens easily manually.
- The sauna has room for one wheelchair.
Sports facilities
- Room is available next to the pools for storing aids during swimming.
- The large/deep pool features accessible entry via gently-sloping steps. The steps have handrails on both sides.
- The children's pool does not feature accessible entry (steep steps or a pool ladder).
- A separate teaching pool is not available. Teaching is provided in the large/deep pool.
- An accessible toilet is available in the pool area.
Seating area
- The sports facility features a spectators' seating area whose stairs have handrails on one side. The seats have been highlighted from their surroundings with contrast.
- The seating area does not have accessible spots for wheelchairs.