Pirkkolan liikuntapuisto / Opastuspiste 2

Pirkkola is situated midway through Keskuspuisto (Central Park) and, with its outdoor recreation routes, fields, and buildings, serves as the functional centre of Keskuspuisto. The wooded sports park covers an area of 66 hectares. The Pirkkola swimming and ball games hall, representing functionalism and completed in 1968, was the starting point for the development of sports parks, which was central to Helsinki's sports facility construction from the 1960s onwards. Pirkkola Sports Park was implemented based on the proposal of architecture firm Kaija and Heikki Sirén. Extensive renovations to the swimming and ball games hall were completed at the end of 2002, and the hall was opened to the public in January 2003. Sports: ice skating, ice hockey, football, gym, powerlifting, skiing, fitness training, volleyball, athletics, swimming, table tennis, gymnastics, cheerleading, badminton, public skating. Other: café in the lobby of the swimming and ball games hall. There are two separate parking areas on different sides of the sports park. The so-called ice rink parking area is located along Pirkkolantie, specifically at Plotinrinne 1. The so-called swimming hall parking area is located at Pirkkolan metsätie 6.