Steam saunas in Bern, Switzerland
Bernaqua
Bern's largest leisure bath, in the Westside centre at Brünnen, combining a water park, a fitness club and a textile-free sauna landscape. The mixed area has four saunas, from the 95 °C Lavaglut Finnish sauna to a salt-crystal sauna and a bio sauna, plus a steam bath, Aufguss sessions and a roof terrace; a separate ladies' area has a candle-lit bio sauna and steam bath. A Roman-Irish bath ritual is booked separately. Open daily 9 am to 10 pm; sauna CHF 36 for two hours.
Hammam & Spa Oktogon
An oriental hammam set in the Oktogon, the eight-sided shell of a 19th-century gas holder below the Bundeshaus terrace, spread over four floors: changing rooms, a wet floor with the hammam, steam and cleansing rooms (two reserved for women), a quiet floor with bistro and a treatment floor. Guests wear the traditional pestemal. The hammam ritual costs CHF 53, entry from age 16. It reopened on 17 October 2026 after renovation; Monday is a day of silence.
Solbad & Spa Schönbühl
A natural brine bath in Schönbühl, north of Bern, with over 600 m² of 35 °C saline water indoors and out, a textile-free mixed sauna landscape and a separate salt-ritual spa. The saunas include a Finnish sauna with Aufguss sessions every two hours, a 60 °C bio sauna, a herbal steam bath and an earth-fire sauna reached through a tunnel. The spa is women-only on Thursdays. Sauna entry with the brine bath is CHF 46.
Wislepark Wellness
The 450 m² wellness area of the Wislepark sports centre in Worb, east of Bern, with a Finnish sauna, a bio sauna, a steam bath, a plunge pool, foot baths and rest rooms, plus an oriental hammam that can be booked as a private spa. It is a mixed nude zone, except on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, which are split into women's and men's sessions. Day entry is CHF 28 with no time limit, from age 18.
Sauna Weyermannshaus
The last municipal sauna in the city of Bern, on the ground floor of the Weyermannshaus indoor pool: a sauna, a steam bath, a cold-water plunge pool and a rest room, with its own changing room apart from the pool. Days alternate between mixed, women-only and men-only sessions. Entry with the pool is CHF 18. Hours are longer from November to March. The city plans to close it in spring 2027, when rebuilding of the Weyermannshaus complex begins.
Hotel Schweizerhof Bern & Spa
The spa of the five-star Hotel Schweizerhof opposite Bern station has a sauna, a steam bath, a heated vitality pool with loungers, a rest room with waterbeds and a Technogym fitness room, plus Swissline treatments. Outside guests can buy spa entry on request, subject to availability, and the hotel sells wellness and fitness memberships. Open from 11 am daily (9 am on Sunday) until 8 pm, or 9 pm on Friday and Saturday.
Fitnesspark Time-Out Ostermundigen
A Migros fitness park in Ostermundigen with a bathing and sauna area: a 35 °C natural brine pool, a whirlpool and a mixed sauna landscape with Finnish sauna at 80–90 °C, sanarium, crystal sauna and eucalyptus steam bath, cold plunge pool and an open-air zone. Women have a separate sauna area of their own. Sauna ceremonies are part of the programme. A CHF 39 day ticket covers gym and wellness; there is no wellness-only entry.
Let's Go Fitness Bern City
A central fitness club on Effingerstrasse, near Bern station, with a wellness area of Finnish sauna, bio sauna at 60 °C and eucalyptus steam bath at 42 °C, an open-air terrace, a cold-water tub and a gush shower. Sauna access is included in gym membership only; there are no single sauna entries. The gym itself is open daily from 5 am to 11 pm, while the sauna runs on weekdays until 9 pm and on weekends until 5 pm.
Bernaqua
Bern's largest leisure bath, in the Westside centre at Brünnen, combining a water park, a fitness club and a textile-free sauna landscape. The mixed area has four saunas, from the 95 °C Lavaglut Finnish sauna to a salt-crystal sauna and a bio sauna, plus a steam bath, Aufguss sessions and a roof terrace; a separate ladies' area has a candle-lit bio sauna and steam bath. A Roman-Irish bath ritual is booked separately. Open daily 9 am to 10 pm; sauna CHF 36 for two hours.
Hammam & Spa Oktogon
An oriental hammam set in the Oktogon, the eight-sided shell of a 19th-century gas holder below the Bundeshaus terrace, spread over four floors: changing rooms, a wet floor with the hammam, steam and cleansing rooms (two reserved for women), a quiet floor with bistro and a treatment floor. Guests wear the traditional pestemal. The hammam ritual costs CHF 53, entry from age 16. It reopened on 17 October 2026 after renovation; Monday is a day of silence.
Solbad & Spa Schönbühl
A natural brine bath in Schönbühl, north of Bern, with over 600 m² of 35 °C saline water indoors and out, a textile-free mixed sauna landscape and a separate salt-ritual spa. The saunas include a Finnish sauna with Aufguss sessions every two hours, a 60 °C bio sauna, a herbal steam bath and an earth-fire sauna reached through a tunnel. The spa is women-only on Thursdays. Sauna entry with the brine bath is CHF 46.
Wislepark Wellness
The 450 m² wellness area of the Wislepark sports centre in Worb, east of Bern, with a Finnish sauna, a bio sauna, a steam bath, a plunge pool, foot baths and rest rooms, plus an oriental hammam that can be booked as a private spa. It is a mixed nude zone, except on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, which are split into women's and men's sessions. Day entry is CHF 28 with no time limit, from age 18.
Sauna Weyermannshaus
The last municipal sauna in the city of Bern, on the ground floor of the Weyermannshaus indoor pool: a sauna, a steam bath, a cold-water plunge pool and a rest room, with its own changing room apart from the pool. Days alternate between mixed, women-only and men-only sessions. Entry with the pool is CHF 18. Hours are longer from November to March. The city plans to close it in spring 2027, when rebuilding of the Weyermannshaus complex begins.
Hotel Schweizerhof Bern & Spa
The spa of the five-star Hotel Schweizerhof opposite Bern station has a sauna, a steam bath, a heated vitality pool with loungers, a rest room with waterbeds and a Technogym fitness room, plus Swissline treatments. Outside guests can buy spa entry on request, subject to availability, and the hotel sells wellness and fitness memberships. Open from 11 am daily (9 am on Sunday) until 8 pm, or 9 pm on Friday and Saturday.
Fitnesspark Time-Out Ostermundigen
A Migros fitness park in Ostermundigen with a bathing and sauna area: a 35 °C natural brine pool, a whirlpool and a mixed sauna landscape with Finnish sauna at 80–90 °C, sanarium, crystal sauna and eucalyptus steam bath, cold plunge pool and an open-air zone. Women have a separate sauna area of their own. Sauna ceremonies are part of the programme. A CHF 39 day ticket covers gym and wellness; there is no wellness-only entry.
Let's Go Fitness Bern City
A central fitness club on Effingerstrasse, near Bern station, with a wellness area of Finnish sauna, bio sauna at 60 °C and eucalyptus steam bath at 42 °C, an open-air terrace, a cold-water tub and a gush shower. Sauna access is included in gym membership only; there are no single sauna entries. The gym itself is open daily from 5 am to 11 pm, while the sauna runs on weekdays until 9 pm and on weekends until 5 pm.