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Borrowable exercise equipment and tools

Borrowable exercise equipment

You can borrow sports equipment, games and camping equipment from the sports equipment lending office located in Riihimäki library during the library's service hours, reserved equipment also during self-service hours. Liikuntavälinelainaamo has been implemented in cooperation with Riihimäki city's sports center and Riihimäki library. To borrow instruments, you need a library card.

  • You can borrow exercise equipment with a library card during library service hours. The loan period for exercise equipment is 14 days, and the late fee is in accordance with the library's valid price list. Damaged or lost equipment will be charged according to the purchase price of the equipment. Exercise equipment must be returned to Riihimäki library dry and cleaned during the library's service hours.

    It is possible to reserve exercise equipment, but Riihimäki Library does not lend exercise equipment as regional loans, and exercise equipment loans cannot be renewed. Exercise equipment cannot be reserved from other Ratamo libraries either. You can search and reserve exercise equipment in the Ratamo online library. To make a reservation, you need the Ratamo library's Library card and pin code. You can also call or make a reservation while doing business in the library.

  • Camping equipment

    3 x camping stove
    6 x travel set (1 x magnifying glass, 1 x compass and 1 x binoculars)
    1 x walking poles (adjustable length)
    2 x snowshoes
    4 x touring skates
    4 x ice claws
    4 x ski/skate poles
    2 x sliding snowshoes

    Sports equipment

    2 x frisbee golf puck set (long distance puck, approach puck and putter)
    2 x children's adjustable skis + poles
    2 x badminton rackets and shuttlecocks
    1 x badminton net
    2 x Table tennis bats and balls
    1 x adult baseball bat, flipper (right and left-handed) and ball
    1 x children's baseball bat, left hand flipper and ball
    4 x padel rackets and 3 balls
    2 x trick kickboard and helmet (size M and L)
    1 x spikeball game orginal
    2 x kick bike

    Games

    1 x HOPPSAN board game
    1 x TWISTER board game
    1 x Buggy
    1 x football croquet (4 x ball, 10 x gate and starting and goal sticks)
    2 x stick horse
    1 x stick horse fluid

    Other tools

    2 x circus equipment 1 (3 x juggling scarf and 2 x diabolo)
    2 x circus equipment 2 (3 x juggling balls 2 x juggling plate)
    2 x switches
    2 x snowboards
    4 x slider

Sewing machine and hem stitcher available for loan

You can borrow a sewing machine and a hem stitcher from the library! The devices were purchased for the library with the help of the City of Riihimäki's 2025 participatory budgeting. Please read the instructions before borrowing the machine.

  • You need a library card to borrow a sewing machine and hemstitch.

    • The machine loan period is 14 days.
    • You can reserve the machine.
    • The machine loan cannot be renewed.
    • The only place to borrow and return devices is Riihimäki Library, which means you cannot borrow devices to other Ratamo libraries.
    • The machines come with a small collection of needles, bobbins, sewing and overlock threads, and other supplies. However, we recommend using your own threads.
    • The machine comes with an instruction manual. Please follow these instructions.
    • As a borrower, you are responsible for threading and using the machines yourself.
    • Please leave the bobbins of your sewing machine empty after sewing.
    • Please return the machine preferably to the library's customer service desk.
    • After returning the machine, the library will check that all parts are included in the package.
  • The sewing machine is Singer Heavy Duty

    Includes: 1 sewing machine + instructions (A3), safety instructions (7 pages), foot control, power cord, protective cloth, carrying bag. Accessories: 3 replacement needles, seam guide (thin iron), 2 spool holders, large and small, spool holder, 3 lower bobbins, spool holder seal, seam ripper, 3 special feet, screwdriver (triangular iron).

    The overlocker is a Pfaff admire 1000

    Includes: 1 hemstitcher + instruction manual (34 pages), foot control, power cord, carrying bag, 4 spools of thread (1 dark and 3 light). Additional parts: screwdriver, small wrench, tweezers, 4 wire screens, 4 spool holders, 4 spool supports, needle threader (metal). Weight 9 kg.

Outdoor chess

An outdoor chess area was built in Lounaspuisto, next to the library, as a result of a participatory budgeting vote. You can get the chess pieces by borrowing the key to their storage box from the library.

The key must be returned to the library after the game. 50 euros will be charged for an unreturned key.

Loanable tools

Through participatory budgeting, a tool lending point was added to the Riihimäki City Library. You need a library card to borrow tools. To select tools, the library conducted a two-part customer survey in spring 2024, one in which people could vote on the tools to be purchased with post-it notes in the library and the other was an electronic zef survey online. The budget allocated for the tool lending point was €1000.

  • Various tools can be borrowed from the library. To borrow, you need a library card. Borrowable tools are located in the library's equipment warehouse, so they can be borrowed during the library's service hours, and reserved tools can also be borrowed during self-service hours. The loan period is 14 days and the late fee is in accordance with the library's valid price list. Equipment can also be reserved, but the loan cannot be renewed.

    The customer himself is responsible for the safe and proper use of the tools he borrows. For a broken or lost tool, compensation according to the purchase price of the tool will be charged from the customer. The tools must be returned to the Riihimäki library cleaned and dry during the library's service hours.

  • The tools loan desk has the following tools

     

    • impact drill
    • hygrometer
    • structural indicator
    • distance measuring device
    • line laser
    • spirit level
    • screwdriver set
    • summer
    • measuring tape

    The tools are located in the library's tool storage. For a broken or lost tool, compensation according to the purchase price of the tool will be charged from the customer. The tools must be returned to the Riihimäki library cleaned and dry during the library's service hours.

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