Serena Waterpark () is a water park located along to the Vihdintie road in the Lahnus district of Espoo, Finland. It was opened after extensive excavation and construction work in June 1989.Turkoosi keidas metsän keskellä - Helsingin Sanomat Serena is the largest indoor water park in the Nordic countries,Waterpark Serena - Radisson HotelsRussell Snyder: I, Helsinki: A Finland Visitor's Guide. Klaava Media, 2014. ISBN 978-952-7074-06-0. and it is also one of the most popular travel destinations in Southern Finland, with more than 200,000 people visiting the water park every year.Kaikki Suomen kylpylät - Suomimajoitus.fi (in Finnish)Vesipuisto Serena on koko perheen ajanviettopaikka - Rantakeidas (in Finnish)Matkailu: Joko tunnet pääkaupunkiseudun ulkouimalat? - Iltalehti (in Finnish)Mitä tehdä Espoossa - Ykkös-Lohja (in Finnish)
With the depression in Finland in the early 1990s, the water park's original owner Serenaland Oy went bankrupt, and after that, the bankruptcy estate was transferred to Tervakoski's Puuhamaa in 1992.Tervakosken Puuhamaa osti konkurssiin menneen Serenalandin - Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish)Puuhamaa vakavoituu hankkimalla Serenan - Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish) The current owner is Spanish Aspro Ocio S.A., to whom Puuharyhmä Oyj, which previously owned it, was sold in March 2007.Taloussanomat: Puuhamaa myytiin Espanjaan - Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish)Espanjalaisyhtiö ostaa Puuharyhmän - MTV Uutiset (in Finnish)Espanjalaisyhtiö osti Puuhamaan - Turun Sanomat (in Finnish)
The water park features a variety of water slides, patios and hot tubs, children's pools and sparkling rapids, and the sauna departments are located in a part of the water park excavated inside the rock. There are also restaurants and cafés in the area. The Serena Ski Center is open in winter. There are six cottages for rent all year round.
The Serena Pop & Rock music festival was held in the area for the first time in 2014.Serena Pop & Rock Festival 2014 - Stadissa.fi (in Finnish)
See also Hotel Korpilampi, a hotel near the waterpark Visulahti, another Finnish waterpark in Mikkeli
References
External links
Official Website (in English)