Many of us have waited long for the City’s sports facilities to open this spring. Now, the Joensuu Areena, training ice rinks, the Rantakylä swimming pool, gyms in rural areas and the indoor exercise areas of the city centre and rural areas with hours booked in advance are being re-opened. The locker rooms and toilets of outdoor sports facilities and recreation centres are also open and it is possible to make reservations for the Vekarus lodge.

All indoor exercise areas are only available with an advance reservation, apart from the gyms of rural areas. Indoor exercise areas and holders of regular reservations will be provided with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare’s guidelines on hand and cough hygiene and adequate safety distances. Hand sanitiser is also made available whenever possible. However, it is not possible to wash your hands at every location, so it is important to wash your hands before arriving at a location.

Information about any possible area-specific restrictions or instructions will be announced separately at a later date.

Rantakylä swimming pool, Pataluodonkatu 2

• open from 8 June onwards
• sauna and gym not available
• swimwear and towel rentals not available
• restricted number of people permitted at a time
• opening hours*
  • public: 8:30 am–4 pm on Mon, Wed and Fri, 11:30 am–7 pm on Tue and Thu
  • high-risk groups: 8:30 am–10 am on Mon, Wed and Fri
  • *hours reserved for sports teams outside these hours

Recreational swimming pool Vesikko, Uimarintie 1

• closed until further notice

Gyms in rural areas

• open from 1 June onwards
• access with a key for holders of monthly or seasonal cards

Joensuu Areena, Mehtimäenaukio 2

• open from 1 June onwards for sports teams and the sports academy
• advance reservations only, no single ticket sales

Indoor ice rinks, Kisapolku 4

• training halls open from 3 June onwards
• advance reservations only

Gymnasiums and sports halls in the city centre and rural areas

• open from 1 June onwards
• advance reservations only