Best Saunas in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Badhus Amsterdam Noord
Badhus is a social sauna in Amsterdam Noord built on Scandinavian winter-bathing habits, pairing a traditional Finnish sauna with a floating sauna, two ice baths and cold outdoor showers on the waterfront. Sauna masters lead Saunagus sessions of three rounds of heat and cold. Drop-in sessions start at 22,50 euro, the private Barrel costs 125 euro, and swimwear bottoms are required.
Badhus Amsterdam West
The West outpost of Badhus sits on the water at Noordzijde, where a traditional Finnish sauna and a floating sauna face the lake and hot showers stand on the deck. Sauna masters run the same Saunagus rounds of heat and cold as in Noord, and The View can be booked privately for 125 euro an hour. Drop-in sessions start at 22,50 euro and swimwear bottoms are required.
HIMA Icebaths
HIMA is a recovery studio on the Ceintuurbaan in De Pijp where a sauna is paired with ice baths kept between 0.1 and 3 degrees, built in the United Kingdom by Brass Monkey. Sessions are booked at 25, 55 or 85 minutes, from 19,50 euro, and an ice bath on its own costs 10 euro. The whole spa can be reserved privately for up to six people for an hour.
Sauna Deco
Sauna Deco fills a canal house on the Herengracht with Art Deco interiors salvaged from the 1920s Parisian department store Le Bon Marche, its stained-glass windows curving around the central lounge and plunge pool. Guests use two Finnish sauna cabins, a Turkish steam bath, foot baths and sunbeds across 600 m2. Every day is mixed and swimwear is not worn; entry costs 29,50 euro.
Yskamer
Yskamer is a small sauna and ice bath studio in the Negen Straatjes, built around a 90 degree sauna and an ice bath held between 2 and 4 degrees. Public sessions run 25 minutes for 19 euro or 55 minutes for 27 euro, an ice bath alone costs 9,50 euro, and the room can be booked privately for six guests at 85 euro an hour. Guests are asked to bring swimwear and a towel.
Fort Resort Beemster
Fort Resort Beemster is built into a fort of the UNESCO-listed Stelling van Amsterdam, north of the city, with nine saunas including a wood-fired Maa sauna, a Kelo sauna, a Himalayan salt sauna, a bird's nest sauna, a bat sauna, a panorama sauna, a botanical sauna, a caldarium and an infrared cabin. Sauna masters run daily opgietingen, singing-bowl sessions and scrubs. Around them are salt and herb baths, warm and cold walk-through baths, a snow shower and a natural swimming pond. Open daily 9.45 to 23.00, entry from 45 euro.
Hotel & Wellness Zuiver
Zuiver is the largest sauna complex in Amsterdam, set at the edge of the Amsterdamse Bos with eight saunas: an experience sauna, a fireplace sauna, a Japanese sauna, a colour therapy sauna, a relax sauna, a caldarium, a steam temple at 98 percent humidity and an infrared cabin. Sauna masters give at least eight free aufguss sessions a day. There is a 14 degree plunge pool and a heated outdoor pool, and day entry is 45 euro. Swimwear is worn only on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Sauna Amstelland
Sauna Amstelland sits beside the swimming pool in Uithoorn, south of Amsterdam, and charges by the hour rather than by the day: 14,50 euro for up to an hour and a half, 26,50 euro for a full visit. Inside are two Turkish steam baths, a Finnish sauna, an open-fire sauna, a eucalyptus sauna, an outdoor sauna and an infrared cabin, plus indoor and outdoor whirlpools and a pool that runs from inside to out.
Sauna Den Ilp
Sauna Den Ilp lies in a village in the polder a short drive north of Amsterdam and runs nine heat rooms: a Finnish sauna, an Aufguss Kelo sauna, a panorama sauna, a lemon sauna, a salt sauna, a herb temple, a caldarium, an infrared cabin and a steam cabin. It opens every day from ten in the morning until ten at night, and a day card costs 46 euro on weekdays and 48 euro at weekends. Swimwear is not permitted for hygiene reasons.
Sauna van Egmond
Sauna van Egmond has been heating a corner of Haarlem, twenty minutes west of Amsterdam, with a set of themed cabins: the Hutan sauna, the Meknes sauna, a peppermint sauna, the Maximus caldarium, a Klafs sanarium and a Turkish steam bath, with a swimming pool and a cold plunge to cool down. A full day costs 33,75 euro from Monday to Thursday and 35,75 euro at the weekend, with an evening rate from five o'clock.
Soak Urban Wellness
Soak Urban Wellness is built from nine converted shipping containers in Amsterdam Zuidoost, laid out as private wellness studios rather than a shared sauna floor. Each studio holds a dry Finnish wood sauna at 90 degrees and a eucalyptus steam cabin at 45 degrees, and separate cabins hold infrared saunas booked for 45 minutes from 42,50 euro. Two hours in a private studio starts at 149 euro, and the whole centre can be hired.
SpaWeesp
SpaWeesp is a wellness resort in the fields outside Weesp, a quarter of an hour east of Amsterdam, with a long list of cabins: a Finnish sauna, a Kelo opgietsauna, rose, lavender and bamboo saunas, a silence sauna, a lounge sauna, an infrared cabin and both a Turkish and a crystal steam bath, running from 45 to 90 degrees. It opens daily from ten until half past ten at night, and day entry starts at 46 euro. Monday and the last Sunday of the month are swimwear days.
Thermen La Mer
Thermen La Mer is a day spa on the water at Almere Haven, east of Amsterdam, with a Finnish Kelo sauna at about 95 degrees, a meditation Kelo sauna, a herb sauna, a Himalayan salt sauna, a steam bath and an infrared cabin. Opgietingen and rituals run daily between 11.30 and 21.30, and there are indoor and outdoor pools and hydro-massage baths. Day entry is 42 euro from Monday to Thursday and 45 euro at the weekend. Swimwear is not allowed and there are no swimwear days.
Badhus Amsterdam Noord
Badhus is a social sauna in Amsterdam Noord built on Scandinavian winter-bathing habits, pairing a traditional Finnish sauna with a floating sauna, two ice baths and cold outdoor showers on the waterfront. Sauna masters lead Saunagus sessions of three rounds of heat and cold. Drop-in sessions start at 22,50 euro, the private Barrel costs 125 euro, and swimwear bottoms are required.
Badhus Amsterdam West
The West outpost of Badhus sits on the water at Noordzijde, where a traditional Finnish sauna and a floating sauna face the lake and hot showers stand on the deck. Sauna masters run the same Saunagus rounds of heat and cold as in Noord, and The View can be booked privately for 125 euro an hour. Drop-in sessions start at 22,50 euro and swimwear bottoms are required.
HIMA Icebaths
HIMA is a recovery studio on the Ceintuurbaan in De Pijp where a sauna is paired with ice baths kept between 0.1 and 3 degrees, built in the United Kingdom by Brass Monkey. Sessions are booked at 25, 55 or 85 minutes, from 19,50 euro, and an ice bath on its own costs 10 euro. The whole spa can be reserved privately for up to six people for an hour.
Sauna Deco
Sauna Deco fills a canal house on the Herengracht with Art Deco interiors salvaged from the 1920s Parisian department store Le Bon Marche, its stained-glass windows curving around the central lounge and plunge pool. Guests use two Finnish sauna cabins, a Turkish steam bath, foot baths and sunbeds across 600 m2. Every day is mixed and swimwear is not worn; entry costs 29,50 euro.
Yskamer
Yskamer is a small sauna and ice bath studio in the Negen Straatjes, built around a 90 degree sauna and an ice bath held between 2 and 4 degrees. Public sessions run 25 minutes for 19 euro or 55 minutes for 27 euro, an ice bath alone costs 9,50 euro, and the room can be booked privately for six guests at 85 euro an hour. Guests are asked to bring swimwear and a towel.
Fort Resort Beemster
Fort Resort Beemster is built into a fort of the UNESCO-listed Stelling van Amsterdam, north of the city, with nine saunas including a wood-fired Maa sauna, a Kelo sauna, a Himalayan salt sauna, a bird's nest sauna, a bat sauna, a panorama sauna, a botanical sauna, a caldarium and an infrared cabin. Sauna masters run daily opgietingen, singing-bowl sessions and scrubs. Around them are salt and herb baths, warm and cold walk-through baths, a snow shower and a natural swimming pond. Open daily 9.45 to 23.00, entry from 45 euro.
Hotel & Wellness Zuiver
Zuiver is the largest sauna complex in Amsterdam, set at the edge of the Amsterdamse Bos with eight saunas: an experience sauna, a fireplace sauna, a Japanese sauna, a colour therapy sauna, a relax sauna, a caldarium, a steam temple at 98 percent humidity and an infrared cabin. Sauna masters give at least eight free aufguss sessions a day. There is a 14 degree plunge pool and a heated outdoor pool, and day entry is 45 euro. Swimwear is worn only on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Sauna Amstelland
Sauna Amstelland sits beside the swimming pool in Uithoorn, south of Amsterdam, and charges by the hour rather than by the day: 14,50 euro for up to an hour and a half, 26,50 euro for a full visit. Inside are two Turkish steam baths, a Finnish sauna, an open-fire sauna, a eucalyptus sauna, an outdoor sauna and an infrared cabin, plus indoor and outdoor whirlpools and a pool that runs from inside to out.
Sauna Den Ilp
Sauna Den Ilp lies in a village in the polder a short drive north of Amsterdam and runs nine heat rooms: a Finnish sauna, an Aufguss Kelo sauna, a panorama sauna, a lemon sauna, a salt sauna, a herb temple, a caldarium, an infrared cabin and a steam cabin. It opens every day from ten in the morning until ten at night, and a day card costs 46 euro on weekdays and 48 euro at weekends. Swimwear is not permitted for hygiene reasons.
Sauna van Egmond
Sauna van Egmond has been heating a corner of Haarlem, twenty minutes west of Amsterdam, with a set of themed cabins: the Hutan sauna, the Meknes sauna, a peppermint sauna, the Maximus caldarium, a Klafs sanarium and a Turkish steam bath, with a swimming pool and a cold plunge to cool down. A full day costs 33,75 euro from Monday to Thursday and 35,75 euro at the weekend, with an evening rate from five o'clock.
Soak Urban Wellness
Soak Urban Wellness is built from nine converted shipping containers in Amsterdam Zuidoost, laid out as private wellness studios rather than a shared sauna floor. Each studio holds a dry Finnish wood sauna at 90 degrees and a eucalyptus steam cabin at 45 degrees, and separate cabins hold infrared saunas booked for 45 minutes from 42,50 euro. Two hours in a private studio starts at 149 euro, and the whole centre can be hired.
SpaWeesp
SpaWeesp is a wellness resort in the fields outside Weesp, a quarter of an hour east of Amsterdam, with a long list of cabins: a Finnish sauna, a Kelo opgietsauna, rose, lavender and bamboo saunas, a silence sauna, a lounge sauna, an infrared cabin and both a Turkish and a crystal steam bath, running from 45 to 90 degrees. It opens daily from ten until half past ten at night, and day entry starts at 46 euro. Monday and the last Sunday of the month are swimwear days.
Thermen La Mer
Thermen La Mer is a day spa on the water at Almere Haven, east of Amsterdam, with a Finnish Kelo sauna at about 95 degrees, a meditation Kelo sauna, a herb sauna, a Himalayan salt sauna, a steam bath and an infrared cabin. Opgietingen and rituals run daily between 11.30 and 21.30, and there are indoor and outdoor pools and hydro-massage baths. Day entry is 42 euro from Monday to Thursday and 45 euro at the weekend. Swimwear is not allowed and there are no swimwear days.