The matter in a nutshell: Tøyenbadet, Oslo’s new big bath, is soon ready for opening, five years after the old bath closed its doors. The plant cost NOK 2.37 billion to build, almost NOK one billion more than planned. Tøyenbadet has seven new pools, water slides, diving pool, saunas, hot tub, multi-purpose hall and stands. The building project has focused on a low climate footprint, with solar panels and a system for collecting rainwater on the roof. The sports council in Oslo, Anita Leirvik North, says that the city council will now work to get a swimming facility in place in the west of the city. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. Tøyenbadet closed its doors in 2019. Five years later, Oslo’s new large swimming pool is soon ready for opening. – This is something that I am sure the whole city will greatly enjoy. That’s what the sports council in Oslo, Anita Leirvik North, from the Conservative Party, says. On Tuesday, news got a sneak peek at the new Tøyenbadet, which will soon be ready to open. A final date has not been set, but the doors will open in the last quarter of 2024, according to Oslo municipality. Photo: Rolf Petter Olaisen / news Photo: Rolf Petter Olaisen / news Photo: Rolf Petter Olaisen / news Photo: Rolf Petter Olaisen / news More expensive than planned, Tøyenbadet has got seven new pools. Four indoors and three outdoors. There are also water slides, a plunge pool, saunas, a hot tub, a multipurpose hall and stands. But building one of Norway’s largest sports facilities costs money. The price tag is NOK 2.37 billion. Almost one billion more expensive than planned. – It’s a fantastic facility, but at the same time it costs money to build in this way, says Oslobygg’s managing director, Eli Grimsby. HAPPY: CEO of Oslobygg Eli Grimsby is happy that the new Tøyenbadet can be opened soon. Photo: Rolf Petter Olaisen / news Tøyenbadet is a large and complicated project that has taken many years to build. Grimsby explains that both the war in Ukraine and the corona pandemic have meant that Oslo’s new large swimming pool has become much more expensive than planned. – That we are actually able to deliver, we are very, very happy about that. But it has been demanding. Rainwater and solar cells Getting as low a climate footprint as possible has been important in the construction project, according to Grimsrud. On the roof of Tøyenbadet you will find both a solar panel and a system that collects rainwater. – We have been able to take that rainwater into the facility, so that it can be used in our pools, says architect Halvard Waage. CLIMATE FRIENDLY: Responsible architect Halvard Waage from the architectural firm Asplan Viak explains how rainwater should be used in the pools at Tøyenbadet. Photo: Rolf Petter Olaisen / news A total of 2.2 million liters of water are needed to fill all the pools at Tøyenbadet. With purified rainwater, there is no need to use water from the water reservoir in Oslo, explains Waage. – The water we see now circulates constantly, and it is very rarely replaced. GREEN: The roof at Tøyenbadet will both collect rainwater and generate electricity using solar cells Photo: Tove Lauluten / Oslobygg KF Looking west In recent years, several municipal baths have appeared on the eastern edge of Oslo. The Sports Council says that the city council will now work to get a swimming facility in place in the west of the city. – I think it is now time that we manage to achieve that, North asserts. PROUD: Oslo Sports Council Anita Leirvik North believes all of Oslo will enjoy the Tøyenbadet, but hopes that the west end will soon also get a new bath. Photo: Rolf Petter Olaisen / news She is now waiting for a report that will come towards the end of the year. – Here we will hopefully get some answer as to where we can place a pool in west Oslo. Published 27.08.2024, at 19.48 Updated 27.08.2024, at 19.53
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Soon ready for opening – join us for a sneak peek at the new Tøyenbadet – Greater Oslo
