Sport halls
SYKETTÄ sport facilities
SYKETTÄ has three own sport facilities: Studentia (Yliopistonranta 3), Snellmania (Yliopistonranta 1) and Opistotie (Opistotie 2). These facilities include 2 large sports halls and 4 gyms. These halls and gyms are open for your use with a valid SYKETTÄ sticker. You may use the co-operations facilities only when we have some instructed classes or get to know -classes in their sport halls in our SYKETTÄ sports calendar.
Studentia sports hall
Studentia is located at the University of Eastern Finland’s Savilahti campus (Yliopistonranta 3, the same building with ISYY office Lukema ) and offers large sports hall and a gym for use. You need a valid SYKETTÄ-sticker to enter the Studentia building. There are caretakers at the door asking for stickers. You don’t need any extra key to enter.
Studentia’s sports halls include:
– a large hall, which may be divided into three smaller halls
– a gym at the Studentia’s second floor
OPENING HOURS – SPRING 2019 (1.1. – 31.8.)
Monday: 8 am – 7 pm
Tuesday – Friday: 7 am – 7 pm
Saturday – Sunday: Not in use for SYKETTÄ-movers
There is one sauna at the Studentia sports halls.
Sauna is warm: From Monday to Friday at 2 pm to 7 pm
WOMEN: Mondays and Wednesdays
MEN: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
Snellmania Gym
Snellmania Gym is situated in Savilahti, university campus in Snellmania-building, 2nd floor. The address is Yliopistonranta 1.
OPENING HOURS – SPRING 2019 (starting from 1.1.)
Monday – Friday 7am – 7pm
Saturday 10am – 2pm
Opistotie sports halls
Savonia University of Applied Science’s Opistotie sports hall is located 
in the campus’ sports wing. In the wing there are large hall and two gyms:
– A large hall that may be divided into three smaller sections
– A gym with free weights
– A health Gym
OPENING HOURS – SPRING 2019 (1.1.->)
Monday – Friday, from 7 am to 9 pm
Saturday – Sunday from 9 am to 9 pm
– You may entry only with an electronic key.
– You may use the sports facilities until 9pm and you have to leave the building until 9.30 pm.
– There are saunas both in the men’s and women’s locker rooms and they are warm: from Monday to Friday at 14.15-20.15
Location and electronic key
The facilities are located at Opistotie 2. Entrance for the Sports hall is from the “patio”, there is a separate front door. You will find some small arrows inside the Opistotie campus which will guide you to to the Sports hall.
There are saunas at the Opistotie Sports hall locker rooms (for women and men), which are available at 3 pm – 8 pm.
How to get a key or activate one you already have?
1 – If you already have an electronic key (Technopolis key, if you study in Microkatu campus), you can activate it via SYKETTÄ selling points (Cafe Savotta, ISYY campus office Lukema, KUTOP bookstore)
2 – Sometimes the key is broken (=when using it, the reader by the door won’t show any light). If that is the case, you need to contact Pekka Vedenpää. Please make sure that the key really is broken (the reader by the Opistotie door won’t respond to it) before doing it.
* Contact Pekka: pekka.vedenpaa@savonia.fi, 044 785 6342
3 – If you do not have an electronic key, you can get it only from ISYY campus office Lukema or bookstore KUTOP.
– Bookstore KUTOP, Opistotie 2: Mon-Thu 8-15, Fri 8-13
– ISYY campus office Lukema, Yliopistonranta 3: Mon, Tue, Thu 10-15, Fri 10-13.
– From 1.8.2017 onwards you must pay 20 € deposit to get the electronic key. You will get the deposit back when you return the electronic key. Check HERE for more information!
Please take with you your SYKETTÄ sticker. The key is valid for Opistotie sports hall and also for the two Gyms that are at the Opistotie sport facilities.
–Notice: If you have the old key (= for which you didn’t pay the deposit) the previously signed commitment is still valid, meaning that if you lost or don’t return your key you must pay 50 € as the commitment states.
PEOPLE WHO USE SPORT FACILITIES AT OPISTOTIE!
APPEALING TO SAFETY REGULATIONS, YOU CAN’T MOVE ANY OF THE STUFF FROM THE SPORTS HALL AT THE CORRIDOR AS A LONG-TERM STORAGE. EVERY USER HAS TO MOVE EVERYTHING FROM THE CORRIDOR BACK TO SPORTS HALL AFTER YOU QUIT YOUR GAMES. THIS CORRIDOR IS EMERGENCY EXIT AND THE INSURANCE DOESN’T COMPENSATE IF THE CORRIDOR IS BLOCKED FOR EXAMPLE DURING FIRE.
Please also return all the equipment you use to their right place in the gyms and in the hall.
Partners sports facilities around the city
Element Studio
Maaherrankatu 21, 70100 Kuopio
p. 050 911 2850
e.palaute(at)elementstudio.fi
Those classes that are included at the SYKETTÄ-sports calendar, are part of the cost for group classes. For other services at the Element Studio, there is an own cost for them.
When you come to the classes at Element Studio, please show at the desk your sports or student card and a SYKETTÄ -sticker on it. It’s good to come early at the classes, please don’t show up late.
More info from their Webpage: http://elementstudio.fi/
Kunnonsali
Ajurinkatu 16, 70110 Kuopio
Viihdekeskus IsoCee, basement floor
p. (017) 552 3322
kuopio@kunnonsali.fi / vastaanotto@kunnonsali.fi
Rauhalahti Spa
Katiskaniementie 8, 70700 Kuopio
p. 030 608 3100
Please show your SYKETTÄ sticker at the reception! You can reach Rauhalahti easily by a car or a bike (from Savilahti and Technopolis 4 km, from Opistotie 6 km) or with the bus number 7, which drives from the city centre (Tulliportinkatu) through Niiralankatu and Savilahdentie and all the way to the Katiskaniementie.
Pole Center
Puusepänkatu 5 C 1, 70100 Kuopio
p. 040 631 7222
info@polecenter.fi