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20-603: Pajulahti has a history of over 80 years. It was established in 1929 as a women gymnasts' summer training place. Pajulahti has grown into an active sports and leisure center during the last few decades. Pajulahti offers sport education, training facilities, conference and meeting facilities as well as fitness and wellness services. The Sport Institute is located close to nature and next to a lake. Both indoor and outdoor sports are taught there. There are about 350 students in Pajulahti Sports Institute. Since 2006,

40-399: A national and international sports institute, that wants to participate in promoting the health and exercise of Finns, develop the training of sports instructors and to be in the forefront of raising Finnish elite sportsmen and women back among the world's best. Nastola Nastola is a former municipality of Finland . It was merged with the city of Lahti on 1 January 2016. In

60-454: A sports centre of its own. Funds for the project were raised throughout the 1920s, but it was not until spring 1929 that the federation decided to establish the sports centre. Thus it purchased a site in Nastola which already had a main building and sauna. In its early years, Pajulahti operated only in the summers. Courses were held there for leaders of women's exercise groups. In addition, it

80-402: A training pool for swimming. More accommodation was also built. In the late 1980s the main building was extended further and an indoor tennis facility and a new residential unit constructed. The sports field acquired an artificial surface in the early 1990s. The biggest change in the early 1990s was the establishment of Pajulahti's operations as an independent company. After a change in tax law,

100-595: Is the only Olympic Training Center of Finland that is also the official Paralympic Training Center. Pajulahti Sports Institute was founded in Nastola in June 1929, in the same location where the institute still operates today. The origin of the sports institute dates back to the early 1920s, when the women's section of the Finnish Workers’ Sports Federation, founded in 1919, expressed the idea of to have

120-433: Is wedged between the first and second Salpausselkäs , the former being a prominent feature in the terrain and landscape of the southern part of the municipality. In the west, it splits in two distinct ridges around the village of Villähde , and reaches it highest point in the parish village at 145 metres (476 ft) above sea level. Moving further east towards Iitti , the ridge becomes narrower and its ridgelines steepen in

140-470: The province of Southern Finland , Nastola is part of the Päijät-Häme region . The municipality had a population of 14,905 (30 June 2015) and covered an area of 382.86 km (147.82 sq mi) of which 38.67 km (14.93 sq mi) was water. The population density was 45.9761/km (119.078/sq mi). Nastola is located between two major cities: Lahti and Kouvola . Kausala ,

160-528: The Kymijärvi drainage basin , are situated to the north of the first Salpausselkä; to its south are several smaller streams of water. Arrajoki, Immilä, Koiskala, Lankila, Pyhäntaka, Ruuhijärvi, Uusikylä , Vanaja, Villähde, Kirkonkylä, Rakokivi, Seesta- Luhtaanmaa, Järvinen, Tapiola. [REDACTED] Media related to Nastola at Wikimedia Commons [REDACTED] Nastola travel guide from Wikivoyage List of former municipalities of Finland This

180-489: The Pajulahti land and buildings were transferred, was established to maintain the institute. The foundation remains Pajulahti's owner still today. The expansion of activities called for additional accommodation, housing for staff and new sports areas. The 1950s was a time of construction at Pajulahti. The next period of strong growth took place in the 1970s, when Pajulahti obtained a new main building with ball-game halls and

200-581: The Sports Institute Foundation, which funds sports education with grants, decided to avoid a situation in which it would be engaged in taxable business operations. In cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Pajulahti was formed into a limited company, "Valtakunnallinen valmennus- ja liikuntakeskus Oy" in 1996. After the formation of the company, Pajulahti has grown further and construction has been busier than ever. The late 1990s and

220-567: The administrative center of Iitti , is 26 kilometres (16 mi) away from Nastola in the direction of Kouvola. The municipality was unilingually Finnish . Ornamental items, presumed to date back to the 1200s, have been found in the village of Ruuhijärvi . Although the items are of Karelian design, scholars agree that they are not necessarily indicative of Karelian settlement in Nastola. Additionally, English, German and Scandinavian coins have been found in Immilä . Etymologic research indicates that

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240-541: The area was Uusikylä ( Swedish : Nyby ), which was also the name of an administrative unit within the Hollola and later the Asikkala parish in the 15th century. The first church in the area was built in the village of Nastola (first mentioned in 1478), which gave its name to the chapel community and the later parish. Nastola became an independent parish in 1860. Nastola was consolidated with Lahti in 2016. Nastola

260-453: The earliest settlers in Nastola originated from contemporary Asikkala and Hollola , in addition to the surroundings of lake Vanajavesi ; indeed, Ruuhijärvi, then covering most of what is now known as Nastola, became one of the quarters of the administrative parish of Asikkala in the 1500s. The name of Nastola may be of Karelian origin, referring to a Karelian male name Nasto (folk form of Anastasios). The first administrative center over

280-532: The executive director and the principal of the Sport Institute has been Lasse Mikkelsson. The director of the training centre and executive vice president is Mikko Levola. Pajulahti has both hotel and dormitory type of accommodation. There is also a restaurant. The newest attraction of Pajulahti is The Adventure Park, that was opened in June 2015. Since November 2015, Pajulahti Sports Institute has been officially Finnish National Olympic Training Center. It

300-436: The existing facilities at Pajulahti. The new institute building was completed in 1949. Pajulahti began to train sports instructors and this led to the formation of a second institute which fell within the sphere of central government financial aid. Activities now took place all year round. In 1952 the Finnish Workers’ Sports Federation decided to separate Pajulahti into an independent unit. A Sports Institute Foundation, to which

320-473: The first Salpausselkä, as well as around the lakes of Ruuhijärvi, Sylvöjärvi and Oksjärvi. The till areas are dotted with bedrock protrusions, such as the 150 metres (490 ft) high Ukonvuori hill in the east. The rocks on the south side of the Salpausselkäs tend to be lower and more rounded, and the majority of the bedrock consists of granite . All of the lakes of Nastola, which are also all part of

340-523: The following decade saw the completion of an ice hall, a swimming hall, a cafeteria, an accommodation facility and a sports hall. A highlight is the new Pajulahti Hall, which was officially opened in 2010. The hall is mainly used by footballers and athletes. Pajulahti is also used by the following sports activities: tennis, figure skating, swimming, judo, physical exercise for special groups, ice-hockey, volleyball and wrestling. Pajulahti's objectives are clear. The former women's sports centre has developed into

360-476: The opening of the gymnastics hall, the first men's courses were also held there. The activities of the Finnish Workers’ Sports Federation expanded rapidly after the Second World War . The federation decided to launch a major funding-raising effort, with the aim of building a new sports institute. The fund-raising was a great success, but rather than a new institute it was finally decided instead to expand

380-402: The surroundings of Uusikylä . The area between the Salpausselkäs is characterized by its eskers and valleys . The esker of Vahteristonmäki, reaching past lake Kymijärvi further north into Heinola , peaks at 177 metres (581 ft) above sea level in Nastola. Till is the dominant type of soil in central and northern Nastola, with clay deposits mostly being concentrated to the south of

400-409: Was also possible to enjoy a holiday at Pajulahti. Activities were adversely affected, however, by the fact that the site had no internal exercise facilities. Students were at the mercy of the weather. The centre eventually acquired its own gymnastics hall in 1937, while slightly earlier a swimming facility had been opened. Pajulahti served solely as a women's sports centre for nearly a decade, but after

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