Other
Ice hockey
Rauma's ice hockey team lukko (http://www.raumanlukko.fi/) is in finland's top league. home games are played in winter at the ãijã¤nsuo arena kivikylã¤n tuhtitupa, nortamonkatu 23. tickets from lippupalvelu (http://www.lippupalvelu.fi). the traditional arch-enemy is ãssã¤t, a team from pori.
Otanlahti Beach
Suvitie. this is fairly long stretch of sandy beach located a few kilometres out of town. beach volleyball and swimming are popular. also, this is where the annual rmj festival was held until 2007, after which it was moved to pori.
Sauna
Free seaside public saunas a couple of times a week from june to august. for details on opening times and locations, see town of rauma web pages at (http://www.rauma.fi/kuva/...).
ice skating
An indoor rink is available for ice skating about twice a week, except in the summer. In winter, there are also a dozen outdoor rinks of various quality levels. You need to bring your own skates. More information from the town website, (http://www.rauma.fi/kuva/...)
Theatre
Rauma city theatre at alfredinkatu 2, tel. +358-2-83769900. finnish-language theatre. for program, see home pages at (http://www.raumanteatteri.fi/).
Skiing
Cross-country skiing in winter at lã¤hdepelto, kodisjoentie 91. cross-country skiing routes of up to 6 kilometres in winter, lighted until 22. in summer, a nice place to go for a run in a forest.
The Culture and Leisure Centre operates an information service called Fyyr which helps to find things to do and see, and may be able to help with more information about any of these opportunities. Their service is available in Finnish and English, at Nortamonkatu 5, tel. +358-2-8343510, and on their website at (http://www.rauma.fi/kuva/).
Rauma Regional Tourist Office will also be able to help especially with the more touristy services. Their office is at Valtakatu 2, tel. +358-2-83787730 and +358-2-83787731.
Movies
On those rainy days you can catch a movie at iso-hannu cinema (http://www.isohannu.fi/) savilankatu 4.
Swimming
Swimming hall is located at hankkarintie 8, tel. +358-2-8343572. swimming 25 metre lanes and sauna will cost a few euros. in the summertime, open-air swimming pool at otanlahti sports centre otanlahti beach, suvitie.
Festivals
Rauma Blues
(http://www.raumablues.com/) a small blues festival, often with some world-class artists, in july.
Rauma Summer Jazz
(http://www.jazzr.fi/) a small jazz festival with bands from around finland, in august.
Rauma Biennale Balticum
A biennial showcase of art around the baltic sea, in june-september, every even-numbered year.
Despite it's small size, Rauma hosts numerous festivals, mostly during summertime.
Rauma Lace Week
pitsiviikko is perhaps the best time to visit rauma if you want to see something special. the usual time for lace week is at the end of july. you should check the dates from city of rauma web site (http://www.rauma.fi). one of the nights is themed the night of black lace mustan pitsin yã¶, which starts as a cultural happening and usually degrades very quickly into a massive on local scale bar-crawling exercise.