Myllysaari Beach & Winter Swimming
Myllysaari
A city lakeshore beach with a public sauna, offering lake swimming in summer and ice-hole winter swimming. It is a good place to experience Finnish sauna culture.
Myllysaari lies on the lakeshore, not far east of the harbour. In summer it has a small sandy beach, a jetty, diving platforms, and changing rooms, and it is where locals come to swim and sunbathe. In winter it is the base of a winter swimming club. Once the lake freezes, ice holes are cut. Visitors can sit in the sauna until their whole body is warm, then jump into the icy water and return to the sauna to warm up again, experiencing a authentic Finnish winter tradition. Check public sauna opening hours and fees in advance, and take on winter swimming only within your limits.
Opening hours
Open all day in summer; saunas during set hours
Nearby sights
- Lappeenranta Water Tower
- Lappeenranta Harbour
- Lappeenranta Sandcastle
- Lappeenranta Orthodox Church
- Wolkoff House Museum
- Lappeenranta Fortress
- South Karelia Museum
- Saimaa Canal & Mälkiä Lock