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Allas Sea Pool is a marine
spa A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (and sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa towns or spa resorts (including hot springs resorts) typically offer various health treatments, which are also known as balneoth ...
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Katajanokka Katajanokka ( sv, Skatudden) is a neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland, with around 4000 inhabitants in 2005. The district is located adjacent to the immediate downtown area, though in the first major town plan for Helsinki from the mid-18th cent ...
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. It was opened on 1 September 2016 on the site of the former Kanavaterminaali building. The spa has three pools built on top of the sea: a children's pool, a warm pool and a seawater pool, as well as a
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'' 1 September 2016. Accessed on 2 September 2016. The main building of Allas Sea Pool was completed in spring 2017. The building has a roof terrace spanning its entire roof. With 1500 places Allas Sea Pool is the largest terrace in Helsinki. The spa is intended to be open all year round.


History

There had been proposals of a spa in Katajanokka to the Finnish Bureau of Sports and Exercise already in 2006. Construction of Allas Sea Pool was given a permit in August 2015. The Ministry for Labour and Entrepreneurship supported the project with 329 thousand euro. The city of Helsinki, Finnvera and Tekes gave the project a loan of 3 million euro in total. In addition, the project was financed with group funding, which gathered 810 thousand euro. Over 400 people participated in the group funding. One of the pools was built on the Teijo docks of Western Shipyard in
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, where it was transferred by sea to Katajanokka in a little under one day. The target number of visitors in Allas Sea Pool is 320 thousand per year. In 2017 the spa reached 142 thousand visitors.Allas Sea Poolin ensimmäinen vuosi oli menestys – altaita tulossa lisää
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See also

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Cafe Regatta Cafe Regatta is a café in Taka-Töölö, Helsinki, Finland. The café building is a small red log cabin that has been located in the same place on the Merikannontie street, on the shores of the Taivallahti bay, for 135 years. There are several a ...


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