Lappeenranta Sports Services offers various criteria-based exercise cards and exercise benefits. 

BMI Card

The BMI Card is available to residents of Lappeenranta whose BMI (Body Mass Index) is 40 or higher.

After purchasing the card, the cardholder can use:

• Lappeenranta and Lauritsala swimming pools and their gyms

• Joutseno Hall gym

• Kahilanniemi gym during the sports services' free training hours

• Ylämaa gym

• Sammontalo gym

Price

• Swimming pool and gym card: €118.60

• Smart card: €7.50

The card can be purchased by booking an appointment for personal exercise counselling.

The card is valid for one year from the date of purchase. The card can be used for a maximum of three years. During the second and third years, the BMI must be 35 or higher.

TSEMPPI Card for Children and Young People

The TSEMPPI Card is available to children and young people aged 2–17 who live in Lappeenranta and whose BMI-for-age (ISO-BMI) is 25 or higher, or whose waist-to-height ratio is above 0.50.

Young people aged 13 and over can purchase a swimming pool and gym card.

The TSEMPPI Card can also be issued based on a recommendation from a healthcare professional. For more information, ask your school nurse or child health clinic.

The TSEMPPI Card for children and young people can be used at:

• Lappeenranta and Lauritsala swimming pools and gyms

• Sammontalo gym

• Joutseno Hall gym

• Ylämaa gym

The TSEMPPI Card is personal and cannot be used by anyone else.

Price

• Swimming pool card: €35.40

• Swimming pool and gym card: €47.80

• Smart card: €7.50

The card can be purchased by booking an appointment for personal exercise counselling.

The card is valid for one year from the date of purchase. The card can be used for a maximum of four years.

Special-Needs Swimming and Gym Card

Eligibility for the Card

The Special-Needs Swimming and Gym Card may be granted to residents of Lappeenranta whose overall degree of impairment caused by an illness or disability is at least 12, or whose degree of impairment caused by a physical disability is at least 10.
The degree of impairment refers to the impairment classification under the Finnish Accident Insurance Act (Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Decree No. 1649/2009).

People who receive Kela care allowance, disability allowance or rehabilitation allowance, as well as people who have a valid Disabled Parking Permit or an EU Disability Card, are entitled to the Swimming and Gym Card.

The Kela codes and medical certificates listed below qualify the holder for the card. The card is not granted if care allowance or rehabilitation allowance has been awarded solely on the basis of dietary expenses.

The Special-Needs Swimming and Gym Card entitles the holder to use:

• Lappeenranta Swimming Hall and Lauritsala Swimming Hall and their gyms

• Joutsenohalli gym

• Kahilanniemi Gym during the Sports Services' free training sessions (Mon 13:00–15:00, Tue 12:00–14:00 and Fri 8:00–10:00)

• Ylämaa Gym

• Sammontalo Gym

Card Fees

Swimming and Gym Card:

• Adults, 12 months: €118.60

• Adults, 6 months: €70.70

• Children under 18: €35.40

Smart card: €7.50

People who live outside Lappeenranta can purchase the card at double the normal price.
Lappeenranta has cooperation agreements with the municipalities of Lemi and Taipalsaari, which means that residents of these municipalities pay the normal card price.
Residents of Lemi: You can purchase the card in the normal way; see the instructions below. Please tell the cashier that you are a resident of Lemi.
Residents of Taipalsaari: Please contact the municipality's sports advisor at 040 685 0096 to arrange the purchase of the card.
The first time you purchase the card, there is also a €7.50 smart card fee. The annual access rights are loaded onto the smart card.An assistant may enter free of charge if assistance is required both in the changing-room facilities and in the pool area or gym.

The card is valid at the Lappeenranta and Lauritsala swimming halls and gyms, as well as at the Joutsenohalli and Ylämaa gyms. It can also be used during the free training sessions at Kahilanniemi (Mon 13:00–15:00, Tue 12:00–14:00 and Fri 8:00–10:00).

The card is valid for one year from the date of purchase.

Purchasing the Card

The card can be purchased at the reception desk of a swimming hall or Joutsenohalli by presenting a valid:

• EU Disability Card

• Disabled Parking Permit, or

• Kela card with one of the qualifying codes listed below.

If you purchase the card through an adapted physical activity instructor, you will need either a medical certificate stating the degree of impairment or a decision granting care allowance, disability allowance or rehabilitation allowance.

The card can also be purchased through an adapted physical activity instructor using one of the medical certificates listed below. To purchase the card through an adapted physical activity instructor, make an appointment:

Phone:  0400 157 514 or jenni.lehti@lappeenranta.fi

Renewing the Card

The card can be renewed at the reception desk of a swimming hall or Joutsenohalli.
If your card was granted on the basis of a fixed-term decision, please contact an adapted physical activity instructor to renew the card.

Kela Card Codes That Qualify for the Card

Medical Certificates That Qualify for the Card

• Cerebral palsy (diagnosis G80): medical statement

• Diabetes: medical statement confirming tablet-treated diabetes

• Organ transplant recipients: medical statement

• Progressive diseases of the central nervous system (diagnoses G10–G13): medical statement

• Fibromyalgia (diagnosis M79): medical statement

• Intellectual disability: statement from intellectual disability services or a medical statement

• Muscular disease (diagnoses G70–G73): medical statement

• Multiple sclerosis (diagnosis G35): medical statement

• Osteoporosis: medical statement

• Psoriasis with coexisting rheumatic disease

• Psychiatric disorder (diagnosis F32.2 or F33.2): medical statement or pension decision / B-certificate issued on psychiatric grounds*

• Cancer: medical statement; the certificate must be less than three years old

• Children under 16 with, for example, ADHD, autism, epilepsy, asthma, diabetes, rheumatic disease, cancer or heart disease: medical statement

* People who are granted the Special-Needs Swimming and Gym Card on the basis of a B-certificate issued for psychiatric reasons must provide an up-to-date certificate to an adapted physical activity instructor every year in order to renew the card.