I haven't seen mandatory swim caps in Finland. People with long hair and who swim more, like to protect their hair and use something to cover them for that reason. The chemicals used to treat the pool water aren't very good for hair.
@7:00 i'd drink if water i was thirsty, no one will come to say to you it's bad, if you aren't using the place as a restaurant, at least that's how I take it.. but I understand that these things which I hold as matter of facts, and basic stuff, is like going to onsen in japan and you don't know which towel to use and where, at least here it's simpler. No swimsuits to sauna, focus on relaxing, if you need to eat, there's propably a cafeteria in the swimming pool place too you can get your snack.
@@laterlife2931 I remember having owned a Speedo swimsuit in my youth, about half a century ago. I know, or assume , you used the brand-name to describe a style and not just the brand. That reference to speedos is probably understood by all who have some experience of the English speaking world.
@@laterlife2931 In reality people care to look at others swimming or in sauna less than you might expect. Of course assuming that people are used to these situations. It might be different for people coming from different cultures. I remember a visit to an immigrant family in LA. They were 1st and 2nd generation immigrants from Finland. They had a Finnish sauna next to their swimming pool. I found it ridiculous and in a way perverse that after dinner when we started to move to the sauna they started to repeat that a swimsuit should be used in the sauna and swimming. It seemed to be something there were worried about and by repeating they tried to make sure I understood. Perhaps I should have said something. But I just listened and didn't say anything.
Morjens. Kyllä uimahalleissa voi uida niin pitkään, kuin jaksaa. Ei kukaan tarkkaile toistensa uinti aikaa. Uimahousuja ei saa pitää saunassa, koska jos kaikilla olisi housut kloori höyrystyisi ja aiheuttaisi oireita. Uimashortseja saa käyttää uimahallissa. Materiaali vain täytyy olla oikea. Salon uimahallissa on iso kuntosali jossa on kolme huonetta. Uimahallissa saa juoda pukuhuoneessa kunhan ei juo alkoholia. Kiitos hyvästä videosta.
@hanneskoira thanks for the feedback. I did buy some swimming shorts so I am ready to go. I just need to get the courage. By the way, do I need a swimming cap? Can I wear swimming goggles?
I would stay that public sports facilities including swimming are financed by municipalities. They are the local government level in Finland. Municipalities do get support from national budget (the national government level) but largely they get income directly from local tax revenue which depends on how much income or real estate wealth locals have. Salo has had some industrial successful periods and it isn't the poorest parts of the country. The English convention calling all levels of public administration or governance just rhe government, is confusing but unfortunately fairly common also in Finland. But I have this impression that people are more aware of the old difference between kunta ansnvaltio or even hallitus than what the language they use suggests. Hallitus has some different meanings just like the government in English.
@just42tube I read somewhere that Salo used to get EUR 60 million per year from Nokia. That could certainly build a few swimming halls. Unfortunately, that level of revenue is no longer there.
@@laterlife2931 That part of history was in my mind writing the previous comment. Though I don't have any direct connection to the place. I visited Nokia a few times in Salon at the time it was still a big employer in Salo.
@@laterlife2931 Only around 15 to 20 years ago Salo was selected/named (or something) as the most well doing municipality/town in whole of Finland. Nokia was booming, posh neighbourhoods were built, the town was growing rapidly. Since the closure of the Nokia campus, around 6,000 jobs were lost. Now the population is decreasing and unfortunately will continue to do so. There is even a ghost mall right beside the bus station. It doesn't look really good to the town looking 20-30 years ahead. Wishing all the best to Salo. The nature and countryside is beautiful, especially by the sea in places like Halikko, Perniö and Teijo.
The reason these rules are printed out so bluntly, is that there is a growing group of people not familiar with them. Not only foreigners, but even younger Finns. Finland takes equality for all very seriously, so please don't feel like this is about discrimination. 😊 The small kids are the only entitled group so to speak, because by default everyone else is an adult enough to understand why certain things are done. Kids can btw go swimming by themselves as soon as they are competent enough, so often there are quite young ones by themselves (and when they are, they also follow the adult rules). ps. I always have a water bottle with me when at the pools (my meds cause very dry mouth which in turn makes me cough easily). That much is certainly allowed, but since some people have actually treated the place as a dining area and also made a mess in the locker room, there are now rules. 😅 ps. There are sadly some groups who do not wash themselves well enough due to modesty reasons(muslims) or wanting to look at their best (Russian women).
@turpasauna I did not take it the wrong way. In fact, I was thrilled to find the rules. I went through them in detail because it is exactly the sort of information I was looking for. Having said that, I have not been back to the swimming hall but I know exactly what to do when I return.
Little late to the party but you definitely dont need a swimming cap. Last i was in swimminghall this was in turku but still there was plenty of long haired womens there also without a cap. So i dont think this is something they enforce anywhere. Also the time thing is more or less some short of recomendation no one is timing you there. And some one all raedy talked about the reason why no swimsuit's are allowed in saunas, but that is indeed sence the heat is so much higher in finnish saunas than pretty much any other so called saunas around the world that clorine from swimmingpool will react to that. Also one thing to look on those places are that normaly retired people pay less to enter those places.
@Aguiross you are not too late. It has been 2 weeks but I have not gone to the swimming hall yet. However, I did buy new swimming trunks so I am ready to go.
Small children have less control of their feelings and behavior. Even teenagers and young adult aren't so good at that. It's better to have practical useful rules than just be thinking everything as a question of equality. Kinds are different. Neurologically different. Just about all the rules, which have some limits, need to have arbitrary limits. It can be a arbitrary age limit, as it often is, but actually if there is enough ability to use some reasoning, it makes the rules to function better in practice. History has shown that often enough people can agree on what is small child in some context. It's not just about the size, it's about the development and the circumstances of each situation.
I haven't seen mandatory swim caps in Finland.
People with long hair and who swim more, like to protect their hair and use something to cover them for that reason. The chemicals used to treat the pool water aren't very good for hair.
@7:00 i'd drink if water i was thirsty, no one will come to say to you it's bad, if you aren't using the place as a restaurant, at least that's how I take it.. but I understand that these things which I hold as matter of facts, and basic stuff, is like going to onsen in japan and you don't know which towel to use and where, at least here it's simpler. No swimsuits to sauna, focus on relaxing, if you need to eat, there's propably a cafeteria in the swimming pool place too you can get your snack.
As a Foreigner, I would have been clueless without that pamphlet you detailed in this video.
@ingridthompson6512 imagine I've been here for over 3 years and I only found out about it when they handed it to me.
@@laterlife2931 😆
short period to swim outside? I've heard that some guys like it in winter too, those sadists. Must try avantouinti at some point for sure.
@ilari90 that is true. But Avanto is not a way to really exercise. It's in and out if I am not mistaken. 😆
Fortunately for you, Speedo is not the only brand for swimwear in Finland.😂
And more fortunate for other swimmers.
@@laterlife2931
I remember having owned a Speedo swimsuit in my youth, about half a century ago.
I know, or assume , you used the brand-name to describe a style and not just the brand.
That reference to speedos is probably understood by all who have some experience of the English speaking world.
@@laterlife2931
In reality people care to look at others swimming or in sauna less than you might expect. Of course assuming that people are used to these situations. It might be different for people coming from different cultures.
I remember a visit to an immigrant family in LA. They were 1st and 2nd generation immigrants from Finland. They had a Finnish sauna next to their swimming pool.
I found it ridiculous and in a way perverse that after dinner when we started to move to the sauna they started to repeat that a swimsuit should be used in the sauna and swimming. It seemed to be something there were worried about and by repeating they tried to make sure I understood. Perhaps I should have said something. But I just listened and didn't say anything.
Morjens. Kyllä uimahalleissa voi uida niin pitkään, kuin jaksaa. Ei kukaan tarkkaile toistensa uinti aikaa. Uimahousuja ei saa pitää saunassa, koska jos kaikilla olisi housut kloori höyrystyisi ja aiheuttaisi oireita. Uimashortseja saa käyttää uimahallissa. Materiaali vain täytyy olla oikea. Salon uimahallissa on iso kuntosali jossa on kolme huonetta. Uimahallissa saa juoda pukuhuoneessa kunhan ei juo alkoholia. Kiitos hyvästä videosta.
@hanneskoira thanks for the feedback. I did buy some swimming shorts so I am ready to go. I just need to get the courage. By the way, do I need a swimming cap? Can I wear swimming goggles?
Swimming cap is no needed. Goggles are allowed. All people are naked and egual.
Sekoitin Salon ja Lohjan uimahallit. Lohjalla on isompi kuntosali.
I would stay that public sports facilities including swimming are financed by municipalities. They are the local government level in Finland. Municipalities do get support from national budget (the national government level) but largely they get income directly from local tax revenue which depends on how much income or real estate wealth locals have.
Salo has had some industrial successful periods and it isn't the poorest parts of the country.
The English convention calling all levels of public administration or governance just rhe government, is confusing but unfortunately fairly common also in Finland.
But I have this impression that people are more aware of the old difference between kunta ansnvaltio or even hallitus than what the language they use suggests.
Hallitus has some different meanings just like the government in English.
@just42tube I read somewhere that Salo used to get EUR 60 million per year from Nokia. That could certainly build a few swimming halls. Unfortunately, that level of revenue is no longer there.
@@laterlife2931
That part of history was in my mind writing the previous comment. Though I don't have any direct connection to the place. I visited Nokia a few times in Salon at the time it was still a big employer in Salo.
@@laterlife2931 Only around 15 to 20 years ago Salo was selected/named (or something) as the most well doing municipality/town in whole of Finland. Nokia was booming, posh neighbourhoods were built, the town was growing rapidly.
Since the closure of the Nokia campus, around 6,000 jobs were lost. Now the population is decreasing and unfortunately will continue to do so. There is even a ghost mall right beside the bus station. It doesn't look really good to the town looking 20-30 years ahead.
Wishing all the best to Salo. The nature and countryside is beautiful, especially by the sea in places like Halikko, Perniö and Teijo.
The reason these rules are printed out so bluntly, is that there is a growing group of people not familiar with them. Not only foreigners, but even younger Finns. Finland takes equality for all very seriously, so please don't feel like this is about discrimination. 😊 The small kids are the only entitled group so to speak, because by default everyone else is an adult enough to understand why certain things are done. Kids can btw go swimming by themselves as soon as they are competent enough, so often there are quite young ones by themselves (and when they are, they also follow the adult rules). ps. I always have a water bottle with me when at the pools (my meds cause very dry mouth which in turn makes me cough easily). That much is certainly allowed, but since some people have actually treated the place as a dining area and also made a mess in the locker room, there are now rules. 😅 ps. There are sadly some groups who do not wash themselves well enough due to modesty reasons(muslims) or wanting to look at their best (Russian women).
@turpasauna I did not take it the wrong way. In fact, I was thrilled to find the rules. I went through them in detail because it is exactly the sort of information I was looking for. Having said that, I have not been back to the swimming hall but I know exactly what to do when I return.
Little late to the party but you definitely dont need a swimming cap. Last i was in swimminghall this was in turku but still there was plenty of long haired womens there also without a cap. So i dont think this is something they enforce anywhere. Also the time thing is more or less some short of recomendation no one is timing you there. And some one all raedy talked about the reason why no swimsuit's are allowed in saunas, but that is indeed sence the heat is so much higher in finnish saunas than pretty much any other so called saunas around the world that clorine from swimmingpool will react to that. Also one thing to look on those places are that normaly retired people pay less to enter those places.
@Aguiross you are not too late. It has been 2 weeks but I have not gone to the swimming hall yet. However, I did buy new swimming trunks so I am ready to go.
@@markentwist That was hilarious. I laughed out loud. Luckily, I was not in public. 🤣
Small children have less control of their feelings and behavior. Even teenagers and young adult aren't so good at that.
It's better to have practical useful rules than just be thinking everything as a question of equality. Kinds are different. Neurologically different.
Just about all the rules, which have some limits, need to have arbitrary limits. It can be a arbitrary age limit, as it often is, but actually if there is enough ability to use some reasoning, it makes the rules to function better in practice.
History has shown that often enough people can agree on what is small child in some context.
It's not just about the size, it's about the development and the circumstances of each situation.
more finland videos everyday. go to the movies. buy some popcorn. I want to see all that hsit! your golden pony boy