Swimming beaches
In summer, the most popular beach is in Siilinlahti. The Siilinlahti beach has changing rooms + toilets, a kiosk (refreshments + SUP board hire), a large dock area + diving platform and children’s play areas during the bathing season. There is also an open-air swimming pool in winter.
The most popular public swimming area in South Silicon Lake is Simpa Beach, which has a shelter, toilets and a jetty. In winter there is an open-air swimming area.
There are also 15 local swimming areas, some with changing rooms and a pier: Leppäkaarre, Ahmonlampi, Sulkava, Kuuslahde school beach, Iso-Varpanen, Saarinen lake, Pöljä museum beach, Kaleton, Väänälänranta, Simpa beach, Jälä-Toivala, Jännevirta, Honka-Jälä, Pyylampi, Pennasenlampi.
For more detailed information on the locations of the bathing sites, see the map service (search with the word “uimapaikka”) and the Siilinjärvi Municipality app.
Small bathing sites in pictures (1)
Water quality monitoring is carried out by the Environment Agency. The link above provides information on, for example, the blue-green algae situation at our bathing sites.
Winter swimming sites
The open water swimming activities at the Siilinlahti beach swimming pool are organised by the Siilin Latu ry, through which keys to the maintenance building can be rented. The building has warm changing rooms and toilets. The changing rooms are being renovated and will be completed in mid-November.
Key rental is handled by Jorma Häkkinen tel. 044 210 3317.
A new sauna for winter swimmers, Lauteet Oy, opened in Siilinlahti in January 2022. You can find out more about the sauna on the LauteetSauna website.
The other open-air swimming spot in the city centre is at the end of Kanavatie, which is also run by the Siilin Latu.
In Vuorela, Vuorela Kunto ry is responsible for the management of the open-air swimming area and key rental at Simpa beach.
The sauna heats up on Mondays and Thursdays from 15.00 to 21.00.
The fee for the spring season is 50 € (including the membership fee for the condition of Vuorela)
Keys are handed over and received by Pirkko Savolainen tel. 0400 918 044. A deposit of €10 will be refunded when the key is returned.
Note: the group is full, so no new swimmers can be accepted.
VuoKu will start the multifunctional sauna building project in April 2022, when the old sauna building will be demolished. The season will end in mid-April. So next autumn there will be no sauna at all.