Winter swimming spots
Espoo has 11 winter swimming spots. All winter swimming spots are available to everyone. The changing rooms are maintained by the City of Espoo or local winter swimming clubs and associations. Some winter swimming spots have privately operated saunas that can be used for a fee. Winter swimming season starts 1 September and ends 30 May. The changing rooms are locked during summer and opened up again 1 September.
Changes in the use of City of Espoo’s changing rooms at winter swimming sites from 1 September 2026
With the winter swimming wristband, you can use all city-maintained heated changing rooms at winter swimming sites. A wristband was introduced for the changing room of the Westend winter swimming site in January 2026.
How to use the changing rooms with the wristband
- The winter swimming wristband costs 30 euros / season
- The wristband can be puchased at a City of Espoo indoor swimming pools.
- The wristband is valid throughout the winter swimming season (from September to the end of May).
- You can download the product to the same wristband as the multi-visit products for indoor swimming pools and gyms.
- The new wristband costs 10 euros. You do not need to purchase a separate wristband if you already have a wristband for the multi-visits products for indoor swimming pools or gyms.
- The lock of the changing room door opens with the winter swimming product downloaded to the wristband. The door lock is active between 5:00 and 24:00. From 1 September 2026, you can only enter the changing rooms with a wristband.
As a rule, the door codes used until now have worked well but vandalism and misuse of the changing rooms have increased. Supervised access control will enhance customer safety.
Water quality
Contact information and services
Up-to-date information on winter swimming spots
- Bathing water sampling results in Espoo and Kauniainen
- Water quality at beaches and winter swimming spots
- Outdoor Exercise Map(external link, opens in a new window)
- Real-time monitoring of swimming water temperature, weather conditions and visitor numbers at Espoo beaches (in Finnish)(external link, opens in a new window)