The heat|Stadika’s last day of opening attracted a lot of people to the land swimming pool.
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The swimming stadium will be closed this year on Sunday 8 September.
Some hope that the land swimming season would continue longer as the summer weather continues.
The team manager says that extending the season would be difficult, because the inland swimming pool is mainly run by summer workers.
Alternatives to the problem have been sought over the years. According to the team manager, it is possible that we will see changes in the future.
Swimming stadium will close its doors this year on Sunday. The last possible day to take a dip in Stadika’s pools has brought triple the number of customers to the door in the morning compared to the previous Sunday.
“Oh, is this the last day?”, Sofa Hoppu asks at the corner of the children’s pool.
He has come to bathe his spouse Ville Hopun and their children I got it5, and The calm3, with. Saimi has learned to swim and couldn’t wait to leave the pool. The swimming school was cancelled, so the family arrived at the Swimming Stadium to swim.
“It’s strange and worrying that it’s this hot. This is a wonderful place, so why not stay here”, says Sohvi Hoppu.
Ville and Sohvi Hoppu came to enjoy a summer Sunday with their children. Saimi is playing in the background and Tyyne is on the way to the pool.
Taina Sihto, a regular visitor to Uimastadion, can be recognized by her hat.
In the wading pool, the side has been filled with colorful tickets.
Taina Sihto puts on water running shoes on the edge of the pool. He is a conker of the Uimastadion and has been going to the inland swimming pool for 25 years. Due to injuries, the former competitive swimmer has switched to water running.
“It is a pity that the Uimastadion is already being closed. I’m going to swim in Leppävaara, where the land-based swimming pool is open for another three weeks.”
Sihto, who lives nearby, would continue to visit Stadika if the season continued. He is happy that people are using the Uimastadion.
On Sunday, many had arrived at the Uimastadion to cool off for the last time this year.
Kelien on the other hand, Stadika would still be fine to tinker with. Why can’t the opening hours be extended even by a few weeks when the heat is enough?
“This is a matter of eternity. We have thought about it on many occasions”, Uimastadion’s team manager Katja Kuusisto sigh.
The problem is that the Uimastadion is mainly run by young students. They return to school from mid-August. In addition, in September, the sports facilities that were closed during the summer will open, where the permanent employees will move.
The swimming stadium was opened in May on Mother’s Day, when it is difficult to get enough workers because the summer workers are still busy with their studies.
Kuusisto points out that a comprehensive orientation should be organized for the employees.
“It’s not possible to take any passerby on the street as a lifeguard, because we are responsible for saving lives.”
As a physiotherapist studying Robin Järvi is working at Stadika for the first summer. In the previous week, customers have asked a few questions whether it would be possible to extend the season.
Patrik Lundqvist is the only permanent swimming supervisor among the seasonal workers. The ending season is already his tenth.
“This is the gem of the stadium,” he describes.
A passing customer goes to thank Lundqvist for the ending season. “See you in the spring,” Lundqvist sighs. Over the past decade, the faces of those who regularly go to the seaside resort have become familiar from both sides.
It’s the first summer at Uimastadion for swimming supervisor Robin Järve (left), and already the tenth for Patrik Lundqvist.
Riia-Mari Seppänen made grids on the lawn of Uimastadion on Sunday.
This year, the warm May brought a visitor record to Uimastadion. There were 50 percent more swimmers than last year. The other summer months passed with more normal readings.
Riia-Mari Seppänen has moved near the Uimastadion and is excited to visit there. In the last week, he has already been swimming four times.
“This has been the thing this summer, as well as the lattices. I used to just sunbathe, but nowadays I also go swimming.”
He had been thinking about extending the opening hours because of the hot weather.
Alternatives the problem has been searched for over the years, team manager Kuusisto says. Among other things, it has been considered whether the Swimming Stadium could only be open in the mornings in September.
The longer and warmer summers bring pressure to extend the season. The opportunity could arise if the school holidays were also moved.
“Certainly changes need to be made, and they will be made. If the school holidays are delayed, the students who become seasonal workers will go in the same cycle,” says Kuusisto.
He believes that the longing for the season to be extended to autumn is also explained by the fact that many people do not feel the cold in Finland. In winter, we take a dip in the open air.
Jonna Hurskainen and his son On Leo13, are ten-time cards with which you can visit the Uimastadion or Kumpula’s indoor swimming pool. The mother estimates that Leo has visited Stadika for the first time since he was 1 year old.
“It is completely understandable that it is closed, because the weather cannot be known. I could visit in the fall if it was open. Sometimes even in the summer I have come to run here in the hail.”
Correction 8.9. 4:51 p.m.: Katja Kuusisto’s last name was misspelled twice in the article.
Jonna Hurskainen (center), 13-year-old Leo and Taru Kirves in the Uimastadion’s stands.
Uimastadion is the oldest inland swimming pool in Finland and one of Helsinki’s most popular sports venues.
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