onsdag 17 februari 2010

Swiming Opportunities

During hot summer days the inhabitants of Linköping seek refuge in the cooling water, that you find in lakes and man made pools in and around the fair city.

The most popular one is Tinnerbäcksbadet, or “Tinnis” as it is called. The facillity's popularity is partially due to its central location, partially due to its large size. Tinnis is located a couple of hundred meters from the city center on the same grounds as the swimming hall. If you pay some extra money you get access to the inside parts as well. The outdoors area consists of an artificial lake and a 25-meter pool. There is a water slide at the lake and there are also paddling boats available for renting, when you are not swimming there are vast grass areas to just chill out on. The entrance fee for a day is 40 kr for adults (18 yrs and up), and 30 for 17 and below.



Inside the swimming hall you find, among other things, a “wave pool”, an artificial stream, a 5 meter high jumping tower and saunas. The price to get in varies from 75-85 kr (3 hours or whole day) for adults and 40-55 kr for youths.

Both of the villages that you can reach by taking the regional train one station east or west has been given an outdoors swimming facility. Himnabadet in Linghem (to the east) and Valkebobadet in Vikingstad (to the west) are in every important sense very similar. They both have the pools of different size, one 50-meter long with a maximum depth of almost 3 meters, and two smaller. A positive thing about these places are that the can be a bit less crowded than "Tinnis" on really beautiful days. The prize to get in is also generally a bit lower, about 20-30 kr.

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