Welfare and Leisure

Welfare and Leisure

Social Welfare and Health Care

Social welfare and health care services in Kokemäki are provided by the Wellbeing Services County of Satakunta. Kokemäki’s local health centre is located at:

📍 Tulkkilantie 4, 32800 Kokemäki

🔗 More information: satakunnanhyvinvointialue.fi/in-english

Leisure

A wide variety of leisure activities help you maintain a good balance between work and free time. Kokemäki offers plenty of opportunities for sports, culture, and events.

Library

The Kokemäki Library provides extensive library services and hosts events, themed days, and exhibitions. In addition to the main library, there is also a smaller branch in Kauvatsa.

📍 Main Library: Haapionkatu 13, 32800 Kokemäki
📞 +358 (0)40 488 6175, ✉️ kirjasto[a]kokemaki.fi

📍 Kauvatsa Library: Lähteenmäen koulutie 70, 32920 Kauvatsa
📞 +358 (0)40 488 6174, ✉️ kauvatsan.kirjasto[a]kokemaki.fi

🔗 More info (in Finnish)

Swimming Hall

The Kokemäki Swimming Hall was renovated in 2005. Facilities include:

• 4-lane 25 m fitness pool (depth 115–210 cm, 27 °C)
• Children’s pool (depth 95 cm, 30 °C)
• Cold water pool (7 °C)
• 4 water massage showers
• Water exercise platform
• Disabled lift

📍 Koulupolku 5, 32800 Kokemäki
📞 +358 (0)40 488 6177 (during opening hours)
🔗 More info and opening hours in Finnish

Indoor Sports Halls

Kokemäki has several indoor halls for sports such as floorball, badminton, basketball, and other indoor activities.

Locations:

• Tulkkila Sports Hall, Haapionkatu 10, 32800 Kokemäki
• Riste Gymnasium, Risteentie 408, 32830 Riste
• Kokemäki Unified School – Yhteiskoulu Campus (Lower Yard Gymnasium), Tulkkilantie 9B
• Kokemäki Unified School – Yhteiskoulu Campus (Upper Yard Gymnasium), Tulkkilantie 9B
• Tuomaala Campus Gymnasium, Torisevantie 17, 32810 Peipohja
• Vanha Yhteiskoulu Mirror Room, Tulkkilantie 16B

Tulkkila Sports Park

Facilities include:

• Bark jogging track
• Running track
• Artificial turf field (50 × 80 m)
• Disc golf course
• Multi-sports arena
• Playground
• Parking area

In 2023, the Kokemäki Children’s Traffic Park was opened, maintained by the Kokemäki Lions Club.

📍 Ruonanpää 14, 32800 Kokemäki

Pitkäjärvi Sports and Recreation Center

Located by Lake Pitkäjärvi, the area includes:

• Nature trails of varying lengths
• Leisure center
• Golf hall
• Disc golf courses
• Baseball field
• Grass field
• Dance stage
• Ice arena (Teljä Areena)
• Beach, campsite, and accommodation

📍 Urheilutie 15, 32810 Peipohja
🔗 More information

Culture

Kokemäki has a rich cultural history, reflected in its museums, churches, and year-round events.

Kokemäki Agricultural Museum

Finland’s first granary-based museum. Located next to the church, the three-storey stone granary houses farming tools, trade equipment, miniature models, and a weapons collection.

🕒 Open in summer; other times by appointment. Free entry.
📞 Library and Culture Manager: +358 (0)40 488 6176
📍 Sonnilan kirkkotie, 32800 Kokemäki

St. Henry’s Chapel

Home to Finland’s oldest surviving wooden pulpit, now protected under an octagonal chapel completed in 1857.

🕒 Free admission; guided tours in summer.
🔑 Keys available from the Kokemäki Library
📍 Risteentie 28, 32800 Kokemäki

Kokemäki Outdoor Museum

Consists of 15 traditional buildings from across Satakunta, relocated to this site in 1962–63.

🕒 Open in summer; other times by appointment. Free entry.
📞 Library and Culture Manager: +358 (0)40 488 6176
📍 Kauvatsantie 161, 32800 Kokemäki

Electricity Museum

Housed in the former main transformer station of Kokemäen Sähkö Oy, in operation until 1997.

🕒 Open daily, June–August
📍 Seuratalonrinne, 32800 Kokemäki

Leather Courier Museum

Located in the former Lähteenmäki School building. Open in summer.

📍 Lähteenmäen koulutie 70, 32920 Kauvatsa
📞 Inquiries: +358 (0)40 240 3275

Seamstress’s Home Museum

Showcases early 20th-century crafts and 1960s atelier outfits. Open by appointment only.

📍 Kotiniementie 43, 32830 Riste
📞 +358 (0)400 538 549