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On this page, we update the current changes and exceptional schedules of the sports services of the city of Äänekoski. You can find the normal opening hours on each sports center's own website. 

Customers driving to the Alkula gym - be careful in the kindergarten area!

The parking area for the Alkula gym is in the courtyard of the old kindergarten, not in the parking area of ​​the new arched area. The arched area and the parking spaces are reserved for kindergarten staff on weekdays between 6 am and 17 pm. There are no spaces for staff during this time.

Please follow the traffic rules on the curve: you have noticed that the curve area is one-way. In addition, special care must be taken when driving in motor vehicles near the daycare center. Especially during the busiest time for children to pick up their belongings between 15 and 16.15:XNUMX p.m., there are children under school age in the parking area.

Spring Water Wizard's exceptional schedules

  • Maundy Thursday 17.4. open 12-18
  • Good Friday 18.4. CLOSED
  • Saturday, April 19.4th, open 12-18pm
  • Easter Sunday 20.4. open 12-18
  • Easter Monday 21.4. CLOSED
  • May Day, Wed 30.4 April, open 12-18
  • May Day Thu 1.5. CLOSED
  • Sundays CLOSED in May-June
  • Ascension Day 29.5. CLOSED
  • SUMMER MAINTENANCE BREAK Thu 19.6. - 12.8.2025
  • OPENING IN AUTUMN Tue 12.8.

Application deadline for summer 2025 standard shifts is April 16.4.2025, XNUMX.

The application for regular shifts at Äänekoski's outdoor and indoor sports facilities for the summer of 2025 is approaching. Application period 17.3.-16.4.2025.

  • SEARCH FOR OUTDOOR EXERCISE FACILITIES for the period 12.5. - 5.10.2025
  • SEARCH FOR INDOOR EXERCISE FACILITIES for the period 2.6. - 6.8.2025

Read more From the Sports Facilities Hours website

Application deadline for standard shifts for winter 2025-2026 is May 15.5.2025, XNUMX.

The standard application period for the Äänekoski indoor sports facilities for the winter season 2025-2026 is April 14.4 - May 15.5.2025, XNUMX.

APPLICATION PERIOD 12.8.2025 - 24.5.2026

Read more From the Sports Facilities Hours website

Expressions and free exercise advice for unemployed job seekers

In 2025, the city of Äänekoski will offer unemployed job seekers from Äänekoski free consultations at the VesiVelho swimming pool on the first Friday of every month, as well as free exercise advice. Read more. The next reporting period for the unemployed is Friday, March 7.3.2025, XNUMX.

The Suojärvi winter swimming area is back in use

Status 10.2.2025: Suojärvi winter swimming area is in use again! Water samples are clean and swimming is safe. Please use it to update your key at Suolahti Comprehensive School. All of the school's electric locks at entrances A, B, F and E include the option to update. The coding takes place in the electric lock reader, not in the normal lock where the key turns. The key is coded when a yellow light is visible. It doesn't matter if a red light comes on after the yellow light. A red light at the end means that the key in question does not have access to the school building. 

The next moonlight swim in VesiVelho

Moonlight evenings continue in VesiVelho with candles 

  • Fri 14.3.2025 at 20-22 

Pool time ends 30 minutes before. Reserve a quiet place for yourself. For adults only. Normal swimming fee.
In cooperation with the swimming hall Häränvirta Talviuimarit ry

Customer service hours of sports services in Suolahti

  • In the Suolahti Library club room on Mondays from 12 to 14 p.m.
  • Next time Mon 17.2.
  • Purchase of gym cards, payment by bank card recommended.
  • Discount cards (seniors, unemployed, students, children) and payment vouchers (ePassi, Smartum, Ederend) cannot be purchased in the online store, but you can also make these purchases during customer service hours
  • You can buy access rights to all gyms at the VesiVelho swimming pool. 
  • Purchase gym cards conveniently 24/7 from Asio's online store aanekoski.fi > asio.fi > onelinekalender > aanekoski-kauppa https://aanekoski.asio.fi/onlinekalenteri/aanekoski-kauppa/guest.php?page=

VesiVelho's new opening hours from 2.12.2024 December XNUMX

Guided pool jumps in Vesivelho 2025

  • Mon at 18 p.m. (Note! changed time)
  • Wednesday at 11.30:XNUMX a.m. (get a pool jump card in advance from the cashier)
  • The Hydrohex virtual aqua gym is free to use

The change in value added tax from 10% to 14% affects the prices of sports services

The change in the value added tax rate from 10 percent to 14 percent affects the prices of sports facilities, swimming fees and gym fees from 1.1.2025 January XNUMX. The VAT change has been added to the prices after the turn of the year.

New special groups

Balance group for people with an increased risk of falling

  • Thursdays starting February 6.2th at 10.30:11.30-XNUMX:XNUMX in the gym of the Äänekoski Sports Center 
  • registrations for instructors 040 190 2748 / Anu or 040 359 0496 / Heidi

Free exercise counseling available for 6 months

  • In use Fitbit's Inspire 3 activity bracelets for exercise counseling customers
  • Give yourself a healthy gift and sign up for the municipality's free exercise counseling, together we will prepare for you step by step more exercise and freshen up your everyday life
  • Contact our sports counselor 040 190 2748 / Anu, let's arrange the first meeting

Suolahti swimming pool closed for renovation from 25.11.2024 

Suolahti swimming hall is closed from 25.11.2024 due to renovation! After the renovation, the swimming hall is scheduled to be in use in April 2026. Swimming hall series and season tickets purchased at the hall are valid directly at VesiVelho swimming hall. See newsletter Suolahti swimming hall renovation.

Suolahti swimming hall's gym has been moved to the shelters during the renovation in Alkula

The gym of the Suolahti swimming pool has moved to Alkula's old daycare center from November 29.11.2024, XNUMX during the renovation of the swimming pool. 

At the same time, Alkula switched from physical keys to door codes. There is no access to the premises with a physical key. You can obtain a new access pass It's from the online storeAll gym cards (door codes) can also be purchased at the Vesivelho swimming pool cashier.

NOTE! We ask customers to be careful when driving around kindergarteners. Use the courtyard of the old kindergarten for parking. Access to the gym takes place directly through the changing rooms, which open onto the front yard of the old kindergarten. The former curates have been converted into changing rooms, men and women into different changing rooms. Shower facility. Lockable cabinets. Spacious fitness facilities. The same good gym equipment base.

Entry to the Konginkangka and Sumiainen gyms is door-coded

The entrance to Konginkangka's gym, Sumainen health center's gym and weight room has been changed to door coded. The iLoq key is no longer needed.

  • New or former gym customer, a new right of way will be purchased as a priority in the future From the Asion 24/7 Online online store . Alternatively, the purchase can also be made at Konginkanka and Sumiainen libraries or at the cash desks of swimming halls. In the swimming pools, you can also pay by bank card and with the most well-known exercise benefits. 
  • New: Single-entry purchase option from the online store. Single-entry cannot be purchased from libraries or swimming pools. 

Asemakatu has been closed for use as a sports facility on Monday, May 27.5. from

The old school building on Asemakatu has been a demolition site since Monday, June 3.6.2024, 27.5. The sports facilities were taken out of use as of Monday, May XNUMX. 

Gym has been moved to the old Therapy House on Suojarinne (Suojarinne 8). Entrance through the skate hall door from the old sand court side. 

In wrestling mode You can use the wrestling mat located on the ground floor of the Sports Hall. The ground floor of the Sports Hall is also suitable for practicing martial arts. The Therapy Hall also has a small 8x8 martial arts mat.

Gym shifts At the end of Suolahti, applications will be made for Suolahti Comprehensive School to either use the old hall at Telakka or the new gymnasium at the comprehensive school.

For more information, Jaana Kiiskinen, Physical Services Manager jaana.kiiskinen@aanekoski.fi, 040 551 4016

Change to the senior card from 1.1.2024 January XNUMX

From 1.1.2024 January XNUMX, the Senior Card also entitles you to one or two events in the program of cultural activities, depending on the length of the card. The card is no longer valid for movies. Attached is the link for autumn To the software of cultural activities 

The lower door of the gymnasium was made accessible

12.1.2024

The entrance to the back door of the lower floor of the gymnasium has been renovated and a handicap opening has been built into the outer door. There is also no longer an inner door after the hallway. 

  • Right side reader: Normal access for gym customers and club key holders takes place through the reader on the right side of the door.
  • Left side reader: Since the rear exterior door is a right-of-way door, barrier-free opening is built into the keys upon request. The accessible button works with a key and is located on the left side of the door. In the future, gym customers who need access for barrier-free opening, please inform the swimming cashier about this when you buy the key. You can make a request for valid keys by doing business at the cash desk of the Vesivelho swimming pool or by calling 0400 115 345 during cash desk opening hours from February. 

We hope that customers who do not need disabled access to avoid using the button during the winter, because the delayed opening of the door allows cold to enter the entire corridor for a long time at a time. 

Sports

Indoor exercise

The city of Äänekoski offers versatile sports venues for practicing different forms of exercise. Whether it's basketball, ice hockey, swimming or even bowling, it's good to practice in the facilities of the city and private service providers. We have the most energy-efficient ice rink in Finland. The new overpressure hall serves the football players of the entire province. Äänekoski has two swimming halls and numerous swimming spots. You can skate and scooter in the new indoor skate park!