Finnish saunas in Antwerp, Belgium
Molenhoeve
Molenhoeve is a sauna and wellness resort in Broechem (Ranst), east of Antwerp, set in a 10,000 m² garden. Its heat rooms include a two-level loft sauna where saunameesters pour daily opgiet (Aufguss) sessions, a Finnish log cabin, a dry sauna, a eucalyptus-mint sauna, a salt sauna, infrared and a steam bath, with heated indoor and outdoor pools, a cold outdoor pool and two jacuzzis. Swimwear is only allowed on its swimwear days. Closed Tuesdays; a day ticket costs €39 and booking is required.
Saunatopia
Saunatopia is the 5,500 m² sauna complex of the Fitopia sports club in Edegem, south of Antwerp. It has six saunas, walk-through baths, indoor and outdoor pools, a jacuzzi and whirlpool and a restaurant, and runs opgiet (Aufguss) sessions every day; it hosted the final of the Belgian Aufguss championship in 2025. Regular days are discreetly nude, while Tuesday is swimwear day. Open Monday to Saturday 11:00–23:00 and Sundays 10:00–20:30; day entry is €39, or €35 booked online a day ahead.
Sportoase Elshout
Sportoase Elshout is a swimming and sports centre on the Brasschaat–Schoten border, north-east of Antwerp. A compact wellness zone in the leisure pool area has a Finnish sauna, a steam room and a whirlpool, included in the leisure pool ticket (€10.50 for a non-resident adult); the fitness club has separate saunas in its changing rooms for members. The leisure pool and wellness open 8:00–22:00 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 8:00–18:00 at weekends.
Sportoase Groot Schijn
Sportoase Groot Schijn is a large sports and leisure complex in Deurne, east Antwerp, with pools, slides, ice rinks and a fitness club. Its wellness area beside the leisure pool has a Finnish sauna, a bio-sauna, a salt-stone sauna, a steam bath and an infrared bench, plus a plunge pool, a warm lagoon and a relaxation zone. The leisure pool and wellness open weekday afternoons from 16:00 to 21:00, all day on Wednesdays, and 8:00 to 18:00 at weekends.
August Wellness
August Wellness is the private spa of Hotel August, a former Augustinian convent in Antwerp's Groen Kwartier redesigned by Vincent Van Duysen. Each booking gets the whole wellness area to itself: a sauna and a hammam, ice scrubs, an outdoor shower on the sunken Cour Anglaise and a 10-metre outdoor swimming pond. It is open to non-hotel guests by reservation, daily 9:00–22:00; two hours for one or two people cost €165.
Hotel Julien Spa
Hotel Julien Spa sits in the vaulted cellars of a boutique hotel on Korte Nieuwstraat in Antwerp's old town. It has a hammam, a sauna, a hot-stone bench and a rain shower with a waterfall, and only one party is admitted at a time, so a booking gives private use of the space. The spa is open to locals as well as hotel guests, daily from 9:00 to 22:00 by advance reservation; spa access is booked separately from rooms and treatments.
Molenhoeve
Molenhoeve is a sauna and wellness resort in Broechem (Ranst), east of Antwerp, set in a 10,000 m² garden. Its heat rooms include a two-level loft sauna where saunameesters pour daily opgiet (Aufguss) sessions, a Finnish log cabin, a dry sauna, a eucalyptus-mint sauna, a salt sauna, infrared and a steam bath, with heated indoor and outdoor pools, a cold outdoor pool and two jacuzzis. Swimwear is only allowed on its swimwear days. Closed Tuesdays; a day ticket costs €39 and booking is required.
Saunatopia
Saunatopia is the 5,500 m² sauna complex of the Fitopia sports club in Edegem, south of Antwerp. It has six saunas, walk-through baths, indoor and outdoor pools, a jacuzzi and whirlpool and a restaurant, and runs opgiet (Aufguss) sessions every day; it hosted the final of the Belgian Aufguss championship in 2025. Regular days are discreetly nude, while Tuesday is swimwear day. Open Monday to Saturday 11:00–23:00 and Sundays 10:00–20:30; day entry is €39, or €35 booked online a day ahead.
Sportoase Elshout
Sportoase Elshout is a swimming and sports centre on the Brasschaat–Schoten border, north-east of Antwerp. A compact wellness zone in the leisure pool area has a Finnish sauna, a steam room and a whirlpool, included in the leisure pool ticket (€10.50 for a non-resident adult); the fitness club has separate saunas in its changing rooms for members. The leisure pool and wellness open 8:00–22:00 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 8:00–18:00 at weekends.
Sportoase Groot Schijn
Sportoase Groot Schijn is a large sports and leisure complex in Deurne, east Antwerp, with pools, slides, ice rinks and a fitness club. Its wellness area beside the leisure pool has a Finnish sauna, a bio-sauna, a salt-stone sauna, a steam bath and an infrared bench, plus a plunge pool, a warm lagoon and a relaxation zone. The leisure pool and wellness open weekday afternoons from 16:00 to 21:00, all day on Wednesdays, and 8:00 to 18:00 at weekends.
August Wellness
August Wellness is the private spa of Hotel August, a former Augustinian convent in Antwerp's Groen Kwartier redesigned by Vincent Van Duysen. Each booking gets the whole wellness area to itself: a sauna and a hammam, ice scrubs, an outdoor shower on the sunken Cour Anglaise and a 10-metre outdoor swimming pond. It is open to non-hotel guests by reservation, daily 9:00–22:00; two hours for one or two people cost €165.
Hotel Julien Spa
Hotel Julien Spa sits in the vaulted cellars of a boutique hotel on Korte Nieuwstraat in Antwerp's old town. It has a hammam, a sauna, a hot-stone bench and a rain shower with a waterfall, and only one party is admitted at a time, so a booking gives private use of the space. The spa is open to locals as well as hotel guests, daily from 9:00 to 22:00 by advance reservation; spa access is booked separately from rooms and treatments.