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Pirkkola ball hall
Pirkkola ball hall with futsal/handball goals and basketball baskets lifted in place.
Pirkkola ball hall
Municipal service, Culture and Leisure Division, City of Helsinki. Source: www.hel.fi
Contact information
Pirkkolan metsätie 6, 00630 Helsinki
Address:
+358 9 310 87917 (call)
Phone number:
No email provided
Email:
No home page provided
Facility supervisors, +358 9 310 87917 (call)
Contact person:
Manager, Teijo Korva, +358 9 310 87915 (call)
Contact person:
Only available for booked shifts: - Mon-Fri 7.00-22.30 With reservation - Sat-Sun 9.00-22.30 With reservation
Opening hours:
Exceptional opening hours: -
Opening hours:
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Pirkkola ball hall
Accessibility details
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The route to the main entrance
If necessary, the escort can stop in front of the front door. The disabled parking lot is located about 10 meters from the front door.
The 4 accessible parking spaces are located outdoors over 10 m from the entrance. The width of the parking spaces is at least 3.6 m.
The route to the entrance is rough.
The main entrance
The entrance is hard to perceive but illuminated
The doors connected to the entrance are hard to perceive. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door opens easily manually.
The entrance has thresholds over 2 cm high.
In the facility
The sports facilities are located on floor 2.
For moving around, there is a lift, which can hold a wheelchair that is difficult to perceive; the door opens easily manually. The floor numbers in the lift cannot be felt with fingers. (The minimum dimensions for an accessible lift are width 1.1 m and depth 1.4 m.)
The service point has directions to the different facilities.
The facility has an accessible toilet on the entrance floor.
The customer service/cashier's desk is located on the entrance floor.
The customer service/cashier's desk can be found easily. The desk is accessible to customers standing only.
At the customer service/cashier's desk, you can borrow a shower wheelchair.
Dressing room, shower room and sauna
The dressing rooms are located on the entrance floor.
The facility has a separate accessible dressing room. The door opens easily manually. The doorway has no threshold.
The separate accessible dressing room features a dressing bench and sufficient room for an assistant. Good illumination and clear contrasts facilitate spatial perception. The numbering of the lockers is clearly legible. An accessible toilet is connected to the dressing room.
An accessible shower room is available in connection to the separate accessible dressing room. The door opens easily manually. The doorway has no threshold.
The shower room has a more spacious and accessible showering spot with a seat as well as a support railing.
An accessible sauna is available in connection to the separate accessible dressing room. The door opens easily manually.
The sauna has room for one wheelchair. It is possible to move onto the lowest bench from the wheelchair. The upper benches can be accessed through easily navigable steps with handrails.
Sports facilities
In the multipurpose sports facility, you can engage in sports such as aerobics, artistic gymnastics, athletics, badminton, basket ball, dancing, floorball, football, gym exercise, handball, rhythmic gymnastics, running, swimming, table tennis, volleyball, yoga.
Disabled sports are not organized in the ball hall, as the hall is located on the second floor of the building. The elevator can only accommodate one wheelchair at a time and there is no other barrier-free access to the hall.
The sides of the sports facilities/fields feature room for moving aids. The sides of some fields have room for storing aids.
Seating area
The sports facility features a spectators' seating area which has stairs and the steps have contrast markings. The seats have been highlighted from their surroundings with contrast.
The seating area does not have accessible spots for wheelchairs.
Parasports
The multi-purpose arena has facilities for a variety of parasports, such as table tennis.
Table tennis: The passageway to the table tennis space is at least 1.3 meters wide. The legs of a standard-sized table tennis table are in the corners of the table. The playing space is less than 4 meters high. Next to the playing area, there is room for storage of a regular wheelchair / powerchair. There is a resting place for guide dogs and assistance dogs near the playing field.