Oulu Swimming Pool is an indoor swimming pool in the
Raksila
Raksila is a District of the city centre area of Oulu, Finland. It is bounded by the Oulu railway station to the west, the Oulu Cemetery in the Intiö district to the north, the Finnish national road 4 to the east and the Finnish national road 22 ...
neighbourhood in
Oulu
Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: ...
,
Finland
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. It is the biggest of the three indoor swimming pools in Oulu and one of the biggest in Finland.
The swimming pool designed by architect Risto Harju was completed in 1974.
The main pool is a pool with eight lanes. In addition to the main pool there are a lap pool, children's pools, a pool with a water slide and an activity pool. The
diving tower
Diving most often refers to:
* Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water
* Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes
Diving or Dive may also refer to:
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has got platforms at ten, seven, five and three metres.
The pool came to national light in 2018, when an unknown man repeatedly defecated in the water.
References
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[{{cite book , last=Manninen , first=Turo , year=1995 , title=Oulun kaupungin historia VI , language=Finnish , publisher= Oulun kaupunki , trans-title=History of the City of Oulu VI, pages=205, 322 , isbn=951-9234-48-9]
[{{cite web , url= http://www.ouka.fi/oulu/english/swimming-pools , title= Swimming Pools , author= , date= , website= , publisher= City of Oulu , accessdate=14 August 2014]
[{{cite web , url= https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000005659250.html , title= Sarjakakkaaja iski uimahallissa – altaassa sattumalta ollut ulostetutkija tyrmistyi , author= , date= , website= , publisher= City of Oulu , accessdate=5 August 2020]
Raksila
Sports venues in Oulu
Swimming venues in Finland