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Swim Tour – Part 1. Helsinki

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Allas Sea Pool Photo credits: Pool photos by Marinetek Finland Oy, skyhard.fi I hosted a swimming enthusiast from London last week. And what a week it was! We started our tour together at Allas Sea Pool.  This unique complex is situated in the heart of the city by the Helsinki Market Square. Allas offers opportunities for swimming, sauna, eating, exercise and culture. Swimmers welcome floating swimming pools and round-the-year swimming with warm water and open ice pools. Allas is part of a larger trend … Read More

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Day 17 Wonderful Uutela Outdoor Area

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  I took five foreign guests with me to Uutela beach. Our joint interest is to promote and increase participation in watersports in the EU. #GetWet is the motto of our project, so it was natural for me to enter the chilly Baltic. 🙂 I got Eduard to put on my much-too-small wetsuit and follow me to the water with SUP paddle board. The others stayed on shore, maybe thinking we were really cold. But we weren’t at all and … Read More

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Day 12 Kaitalampi douze points

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Kaitalampi is very popular among open water swimmers. It’s 0,2 km narrow and 1,3 km long pond. Quite peaceful, very beautiful and only 25 km from Helsinki. I planned to swim longer, and water being 14 °C, I borrowed my friend’s wetsuit and felt anguish wearing it….A Canada goose followed us, when we headed to the other end of the pond. She was just curious, not at all aggressive. Lucky us. There are buoys for swimmers and so Kaitalampi is … Read More