New paddling and professional swimming pools

Muscovites have access to about 170 swimming pools, including 27 that were built after 2010, in different parts of the city. This number does not include pools in hotels, hospitals or sanatoriums because these pools are not accessible to everyone.

A new pool has opened in the Krylatskoye Olympic Training Centre in the west of Moscow. This is yet another place where people can build up their health or simply go for fun. The pool is open daily from 7 am to 11 pm. It can accommodate up to 120 people at a time.

For kids and professionals: A swimming pool in Krylatskoye

This new pool is part of the programme to develop the Krylatskoye Rowing Canal that is now open as a sports complex. It was rebuilt in two stages — in 2012 and 2014. This allowed Moscow to host the ICF Canoe Kayak Sprint World Championships for the first time. At that time it was decided to build a pool there as well.

A two-storey building on 3,500 square metres is part of a swimming centre for professionals and other swimmers. It has the main pool with eight lanes (25 m long), a paddling pool for children, an area for dry swimming, a gym, a sauna and a cafeteria.  The pool is great for teaching swimming, for competition training and for hosting competitions at the national level.

Children as young as 5 are welcome in the pool. Junior groups are trained in the children’s pool, and seniors in the big one. Group training sessions are also offered for adults that can attend them regardless of their ability. Both children and adults can also learn to swim with an individual coach.

History and the present: The Luzhniki pool

The historical pool in the Luzhniki Sports Complex is undergoing reconstruction, after which it will become a multifunctional swimming centre. It will host competitions at the international level and provide training for professional swimmers.

The area of the building will increase from 19,700 sq m to 56,500 sq m. It will house a professional pool with ten 50 metre lanes, two 25 metre pools with three lanes, an aqua park, gyms, a fitness centre, a boxing club and a children’s sports complex all under one roof.

During the restoration, the architects tried to preserve the pool’s historical image as much as possible. Thus, its facades will be adorned with replicas of the stone carvings that were created by the LeSS creative group in 1956. The original colonnade will be restored as well.

Pool for all ages in Yuzhnoye Butovo

Children under 14 and seniors in Yuzhnoye Butovo will be able to swim and dive to their heart’s content in a new swimming pool. It will be built especially for them. They will be able to learn to float and take a calm swim for better health.

The building will be divided into several zones: pools and saunas will be located on the first floor and a gym on the second floor. Cloak rooms for adults and children will be included on both floors.

Hamam and hydro massage:  Health and fitness centre in Levoberezhny

Water sports will occupy a whole floor in the new health and fitness centre in the north of Moscow. It will have a 25 metre-long pool for adults and three pools for children, six, eight and 12 metres long. They will have cloak rooms with showers, a Turkish hamam bath and a tub with hydro massage.

Apart from pools, the new complex will have a hall for martial arts, a gym, rooms for group programmes, and cycling and Pilates facilities.

Pool, cosmetician and massage: Health and fitness centre in Novokosino

Eastern Administrative Area residents will have an opportunity to relax in a huge sports complex with a pool. A building with 5,000 sq m will be built on a former landfill.

The pool will be located on the first floor and include cloak rooms, cosmetic and massage salons, a cafeteria and a medical room. It will be possible to watch swimmers from a balcony on the second floor. Group classrooms are part of the project. Fitness machines will be installed on the third floor.

More pools are planned for the next three years

City authorities are planning to build another 23 swimming pools in the next three years, including:

— a health and fitness centre with a pool at 8a Starostina Street (2018)

— a sports complex (a pool, a universal gym and a workout room) at the Olympic Reserve School at 1b 9th Severnaya Liniya (2019)

— a sports complex with a pool for Special Olympic Reserve School No. 1 at 75/17 Izmailovsky Bulvar (2019)

— a sports complex with a covered ice rink, pool, extreme park and workout zone at the Nekrasovka transit hub (2020)

— a pool for Gomelsky Special Olympic Reserve School No. 4 at 25a Leskova Street (2020)

— a pool for the Youth of Moscow Fitness and Sports Association at 7 Zarechye Street (2020)