Yrjönkatu Swimming Hall
Helsinki, Uusimaa
A beautifully restored historic swimming hall where nude swimming is welcome on separate women’s and men’s days. The first floor combines a swimming pool with electric saunas, while a separate second-floor ticket adds rest cabins and more sauna experiences.
Nudity policy
Optional nude swimming; separate gender days
Swimming may be with or without a swimsuit. Women’s days are Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday; men’s days are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The public lobby and cash desk are not nude areas. Staff of different genders may work in the bathing and changing areas on any day.
Children are welcome, but entering the pool requires being able to swim; non-swimmers may not enter even with a guardian. Children aged seven and over follow the gender-designated days. Additional second-floor services and saunas require a separate admission product and may be full.
Facilities
- Sauna: Two electric saunas with first-floor admission; second-floor admission adds wood-heated and infrared saunas, subject to operational notices.
- Steam room: A small steam sauna is part of the separately ticketed second-floor facilities.
- Pool: The main first-floor pool allows swimming with or without a swimsuit.
- Showers: Washrooms are at the end of the first-floor pool; shower facilities are also available for the upper-floor service.
- Restaurant/Cafe: Uimasalonki serves second-floor customers; access requires the appropriate second-floor ticket.
Two electric saunas with first-floor admission; second-floor admission adds wood-heated and infrared saunas, subject to operational notices. A small steam sauna is part of the separately ticketed second-floor facilities. The main first-floor pool allows swimming with or without a swimsuit. Washrooms are at the end of the first-floor pool; shower facilities are also available for the upper-floor service. Uimasalonki serves second-floor customers; access requires the appropriate second-floor ticket.
Access & visiting
Public single-visit tickets are available without membership or an overnight stay. Standard first-floor admission covers the main pool and its electric saunas; second-floor admission costs extra and is sold to people present, subject to capacity. Visits are normally two hours, including changing; confirm the current published timetable and service notices.
Age & supervision
The city explicitly welcomes children and publishes no minimum admission age. Pool users must be able to swim, even when accompanied; children aged seven and over must follow the gender-designated swimming days.
Age policy sourceWhen to go
Year-round; check the operator’s current hours, maintenance notices and any special-day rules before visiting.
Directions & Parking
Getting there
Use the courtyard gate at Yrjönkatu 21 B in central Helsinki. The operator places the main entrance about 20 metres inside the courtyard; the door on the far right is the swimming-hall entrance. Ticket sales are to the left after entering, on the first floor. Choose the appropriate women’s or men’s day before travelling.
Parking
The city states there is no parking immediately beside the hall. It identifies the adjacent Forum shopping-centre garage as a nearby paid option; that is public commercial parking, not an on-site hall facility. Pick-up and drop-off may stop outside the courtyard gate, subject to local controls.
Finding the naturist area
Buy your first-floor or second-floor ticket at the hall’s cash desk. The main pool, lockers and dressing cabins are on the first floor, with washrooms and two electric saunas at the end of the pool. Nude swimming is allowed within this bathing area. For the additional rest cabins, restaurant and upper saunas, obtain second-floor access rather than simply taking the stairs on a basic ticket.
Where naturism applies
Nudity is allowed in the swimming-hall bathing areas, not the street, courtyard arrival, lobby or cash desk. The public pool follows separate women’s and men’s days. The building also contains other sports, office and private-hire floors; these do not inherit the pool’s nude-swimming policy.
- Check the gender-designated day and any current sauna maintenance notice.
- Second-floor admission can sell out, and tickets are sold only to people who are present.
- Bring your own towel or check hire availability; bathing clothing is optional for swimming.
Access guidance checked 2026-11-11. Follow current signs and any instructions from the venue or land manager.
Sources & last check
Location, facilities and nudity policy checked against these sources on . This is a desk check, not an on-site inspection.
- City of Helsinki — Yrjönkatu Swimming Hall
- City of Helsinki — pool, nude swimming rules and second-floor facilities
- City of Helsinki — entrances, address and parking
- City of Helsinki — public admission prices
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