Pirkkolan liikuntapuisto / Opastuspiste

Pirkkola is located halfway through Keskuspuisto (Central Park) and, with its outdoor routes, pitches and buildings, is the functional centre of Keskuspuisto. The forest-covered sports park covers an area of 66 hectares. Representing functionalism, the Pirkkola swimming and ball games hall, completed in 1968, was the starting point for the development of sports parks, which was central to the construction of Helsinki's sports facilities from the 1960s onwards. Pirkkola sports park was implemented based on the proposal by the architectural firm Kaija and Heikki Sirén. Extensive renovations of 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, power training, cross-country skiing, fitness training, volleyball, athletics, swimming, table tennis, gymnastics, cheerleading, badminton, public ice skating. Other: a cafe in the lobby of the swimming and ball games hall. There are two separate parking areas in different parts 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.