Lappeenranta Sports Services offers various criteria-based exercise cards and exercise benefits. You can find out more about the benefits via the links.

 

BMI card

The BMI card can be issued to Lappeenranta residents with a BMI (Body Mass Index) of 40 or over. After claiming the card, the customer is entitled to use the Lappeenranta and Lauritsala swimming halls and gyms, the Joutsenohalli gym and the Ylämaa gym.

Prices as of 1 January 2025
Combined swimming pool and gym card €74,  gym card only €29.

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

The card is valid for one year from the date of purchase. The card can be issued for a maximum of three years. However, in the second and third years, the BMI must be 35 or over.

 

TSEMPPI card for children and young people

The TSEMPPI card can be issued to children and young people in Lappeenranta aged 2–17 who have an ISO-BMI of 25 or over or a waistline/height ratio of over 0.50. People over the age of 15 have the opportunity to claim a swimming and gym card.

A TSEMPPI card may also be issued on the recommendation of a health care professional. For more information, ask your school nurse or child health clinic.

The TSEMPPI card for children and young people is used in the Lappeenranta and Lauritsala swimming halls and gyms, the Joutsenohalli gym and the Ylämaa gym.

The TSEMPPI card is personal.

Price list of the TSEMPPI card as of 1 January 2025:
Swimming card €34.
Swimming and gym card €46

The card can be claimed by booking an appointment for personal exercise counselling. The card is valid for one year from the date of purchase. The card can be issued for a maximum of four years.

Swimming and gym card for special groups

Issuing the card

A swimming and gym card for special groups may be issued to Lappeenranta residents who are at least in overall disability category 12 due to illness or disability or at least in disability category 10 due to a physical disability. (The disability category refers to the handicap class according to the Employment Accidents Insurance Act; Decree 1649/2009 of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.)

Persons receiving Kela’s care, disability or rehabilitation allowance, as well as persons with a valid parking card for people with disabilities or an EU Disability Card, are entitled to a swimming and gym card. The Kela card codes and medical statements mentioned below entitle you to the card. A card is not issued if the care or rehabilitation allowance has been granted on the basis of dietary costs.

The price of the card

As of 1 January 2025
 Swimming and gym card 
– for adults €74 
– for children under 18 years  €34.
Gym card €23.
Smart card €6.60.

 

Non-residents can claim the card for double price. We have a cooperation agreement with the municipality of Lemi. When applying for a card from the City of Lappeenranta, Lemi residents pay the normal price of the card themselves. The other half of the non-resident price will be paid by the municipality of Lemi.

Residents from  Taipalsaari: please be in touch with the well being  consultant ( phone: 040 669 1007)  for claiming the card.

In addition, the fee for the smart card, which is charged with a year’s license, is added to the card price the first time. The assistant enters free of charge if the need for assistance concerns both the dressing room and the pool or gym. The card is valid for the Lappeenranta and Lauritsala swimming pools and gyms, the Joutsenohalli gym and the Ylämaa gym.
The card is valid for one year from the date of purchase.

Claiming the card

The card can be claimed directly at the cash desk of the swimming pools in Lappeenranta or Joutseno or Joutsenohalli  if you have on of  the following documents:
A valid EU Disability Card, a parking card for people with disabilities or a Kela card with the code mentioned  below. 

Kela card code and diagnosis

203, Asthma or chronic obstructive lung disease

103, Diabetes

111, Epilepsy

108, Muscle disease

109 or 303, MS

110, Parkinson’s disease

112 or 188, Psychiatric disorders

202, Rheumatism

206, Coronary artery disease

201, Heart failure

You can also claim  the card if you have  a medical certificate for a disability category or a decision on a care, disability or rehabilitation allowance.  
Moreover the card can  be claimed  with the medical statements mentioned below.  

Medical statements that entitle you to the card:

Cerebral palsy (diagnosis G80): medical report

Diabetes: medical report on tablet-treated diabetes

Organ transplant patients: medical report

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

Fibromyalgia (diagnosis M79): medical report

Intellectual disability: statement from services for persons with intellectual disabilities or medical report

Muscle diseases (diagnoses G70–G73): medical report

MS (diagnosis G35): medical report

Osteoporosis: medical report

Psoriasis patients who also have rheumatism

Psychiatric illness (diagnosis F32.2 or F33.2): medical report or pension decision/B statement on psychiatric grounds*

Cancer patients: medical report, less than three years old certificate

Children under 16 years of age with e.g. ADHD, autism, epilepsy, asthma, diabetes, rheumatism, cancer or heart condition: medical report

* Persons who are granted a swimming and gym card with a B statement on psychiatric grounds must present a valid certificate to the  instructor for adapted physical activities annually in order to renew the card.

When you have the needed documents, please  make an appointment with the instructor for adapted physical activities.
Contact jenni.lehti@lappeenranta.fi or phone  0400 157 514 

Renewing the card

The card can be renewed at the cash desk of the swimming pools or Joutsenohalli. If you have been issued a card on the basis of a fixed-term decision, please contact the special sports instructor to renew the card.

 

Senior card 65+

The Senior card is intended for Lappeenranta residents aged 65 and over for independent exercise.
The  card entitles you to swim and use the gym independently once a day in  the sports facilities  mentioned below. 
The card can be used only during the time slots  mentioned.  
During the summermonths, the use of the card is restricted  to the summer opening hours.

The senior card is  always personal.A photo ID is required to verify the person’s place of residence and age. 

Price as of 1 January 2025
Senior card 12 months, €114. 
Senior card 6 months, €68.
Smart card, €6.60.

The senior card can be claimed at the cash desk of the Lappeenranta or Lauritsala swimming hall or Joutsenohalli.
A smartcard is to be bought additionally for loading the service. 

Senior card time slots during the winter season:

Swimming pools

Lappeenranta swimming pool
Mon, Wed and Thu 6–10 am and 1–3 pm
Tue and Fri 12 noon–3 pm
Sat 11 am–3 pm
Sun 11 am–2 pm

Lauritsala swimming pool
Mon and Wed 12 noon–3 pm
Tue, Thu and Fri 6–10 am and 1–3 pm
Sat 11 am–3 pm
Sun 11 am–2 pm

Gyms

Lappeenranta swimming pool gym, Pohjolankatu 29
Mon, Wed and Thu 6–9 am
Tue and Fri 12 noon–3 pm
Sat 11 am–3 pm
Sun 11 am–2 pm

Lauritsala swimming pool gym, Luukkaankatu 51
Mon and Wed 12 noon–3 pm
Tue, Thu 6-9 am
Fri 6–10 am, 1-3 pm
Sat 11 am–3 pm
Sun 11 am–2 pm

Joutsenohalli gym, Penttiläntie 17
Mon, Thu, Fri 9 am-5 pm
Tue, Thu 12–5 pm
Sat 11 am–4 pm
Sun 10 am–1 pm

Kahilanniemi gym  kuntosali, Valto Käkelän katu 3 D
Please note! The Seniorikortti 65+seniorcard  is to be updated at the Lappeenranta swimminpool cashdesk in advance
Mon 1-3 pm
Tue 12-2 pm
Fri 8-10 am

The time slots may be subject to exceptions due to events at sports venues.