Zielona Góra pool

We had never been to the swimming pool in Zielona Góra, so we decided to change that. We planned the trip for a Friday afternoon to avoid the weekend crowds.

The Recreation and Sports Facility is located on Sulechowska Street, at the Council of Europe Roundabout, right next to national road 32 and only about 2 km from the new S3 expressway. Getting there is very convenient and there is a large parking lot available.

The pool has some strange rules that we will mention briefly, because you should know before arrival:

1. They only let in people wearing tight-fitting bathing suits (and therefore you cannot enter in shorts).
2. There is a total limit of people enjoying the pool at once (max. 500 people) and on the website they publish a live count of how many spots are left.
3. Pricing includes a family ticket option for families with at least three children. Here, however, note that to use this option, you must sign a form in which you give personal data of the family, including sensitive data such as national ID number, telephone number, email. For each child, you must show a birth certificate. I think that is a bit too much just to get a discount at the pool. We skipped the personal data declaration and used regular and reduced tickets.

At the facility there are several swimming pools, including a sports pool and a leisure pool. The main attractions are: a water balloon 15 m in diameter, a wild river, a climbing wall and slides (an "onion" slide, a half-open "salamander", a double wide slide, the longest tube slide in Poland at 210 m, and a shorter 90 m tube slide).

Attractions such as the longest water slides and water balloon have additional restrictions. In the case of the slides there is an age restriction, and to enter the water balloon you cannot wear jewelry. The balloon is open in sessions that last at least 5 minutes. Up to 20 people can take part in each session. For safety reasons, when a group of children gathers, adults are not allowed into that session, and the other way round. The balloon is an inflatable dome with 4 climbing ropes that can be used to get to the top.

To use the slides you need to climb a glass tower that rises above the surrounding woodland and pool. From the top there is an amazing view of the surroundings. Sliding is interesting - a lot of corners, light effects. Apart from the length, the slides are not substantially different from slides at other pools.

The changing rooms in the facility are shared, with a proximity wristband locking system. A small note - the locker can lock with the wristband still inside. We had that issue. To open the locker again we needed to find an attendant.

In summary, it is worth visiting Zielona Góra’s swimming pool. The biggest surprise for us was the final fee for use of the pool, which was almost half of what we would pay for the same time at Termy Maltańskie in Poznań.