Steam saunas in Bielefeld, Germany
H2O Saunawelt Herford
The Saunawelt at H2O Herford is the sauna area of Herford's leisure pool, about 14 km north-east of Bielefeld. It has eleven saunas, from a 45 °C steam bath and a salt sauna with graduation wall to the 100 °C Saari and Blockhaus Aufguss saunas, plus the Lumikide snow room at around -10 °C. Aufguss sessions follow a daily plan, the whole sauna area is textile-free and Tuesday is women's day. A day ticket costs 38 € and includes the pool.
JärveSauna
JärveSauna is the sauna park of Stadtwerke Gütersloh beside the Welle leisure pool, about 16 km south-west of Bielefeld. Its seven heat rooms include a hexagonal Kelo sauna at 95 °C, a half-sunken earth sauna with a wood-fired stove at 100 °C, a glass-fronted lake sauna, a steam bath and a tecaldarium, with Aufguss programmes, a cold plunge pool and a natural bathing lake. Sweat rooms are entered nude, Thursday is women-only, and a day ticket costs 28.40 €.
VitaSol Therme SaunaPark
The SaunaPark of the VitaSol Therme in Bad Salzuflen, about 17 km east of Bielefeld, covers more than 6,000 m² and is run as a textile-free sauna area. It has four indoor saunas and a steam bath plus three Kelo log saunas in the garden, with hourly Aufguss sessions in the Wald and See saunas and a natural pond beside the SeeSauna for cooling off. It opens daily from 9 am to 10 pm, to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays; a day ticket including the brine thermal pools costs 35 €.
Sauna-Oase im Gartenhallenbad
The Sauna-Oase is the sauna area of the municipal Gartenhallenbad in Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock, about 15 km south-east of Bielefeld, reached through its own changing rooms. It has a Finnish sauna, a steam bath and a sanarium built in 2024, with Aufguss sessions and a plunge pool, and the whole sauna area is textile-free. Monday is women's sauna and Thursday from 4 pm men's sauna. Single entry costs 15.50 €; the sauna is closed on Sundays and NRW public holidays.
H2O Saunawelt Herford
The Saunawelt at H2O Herford is the sauna area of Herford's leisure pool, about 14 km north-east of Bielefeld. It has eleven saunas, from a 45 °C steam bath and a salt sauna with graduation wall to the 100 °C Saari and Blockhaus Aufguss saunas, plus the Lumikide snow room at around -10 °C. Aufguss sessions follow a daily plan, the whole sauna area is textile-free and Tuesday is women's day. A day ticket costs 38 € and includes the pool.
JärveSauna
JärveSauna is the sauna park of Stadtwerke Gütersloh beside the Welle leisure pool, about 16 km south-west of Bielefeld. Its seven heat rooms include a hexagonal Kelo sauna at 95 °C, a half-sunken earth sauna with a wood-fired stove at 100 °C, a glass-fronted lake sauna, a steam bath and a tecaldarium, with Aufguss programmes, a cold plunge pool and a natural bathing lake. Sweat rooms are entered nude, Thursday is women-only, and a day ticket costs 28.40 €.
VitaSol Therme SaunaPark
The SaunaPark of the VitaSol Therme in Bad Salzuflen, about 17 km east of Bielefeld, covers more than 6,000 m² and is run as a textile-free sauna area. It has four indoor saunas and a steam bath plus three Kelo log saunas in the garden, with hourly Aufguss sessions in the Wald and See saunas and a natural pond beside the SeeSauna for cooling off. It opens daily from 9 am to 10 pm, to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays; a day ticket including the brine thermal pools costs 35 €.
Sauna-Oase im Gartenhallenbad
The Sauna-Oase is the sauna area of the municipal Gartenhallenbad in Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock, about 15 km south-east of Bielefeld, reached through its own changing rooms. It has a Finnish sauna, a steam bath and a sanarium built in 2024, with Aufguss sessions and a plunge pool, and the whole sauna area is textile-free. Monday is women's sauna and Thursday from 4 pm men's sauna. Single entry costs 15.50 €; the sauna is closed on Sundays and NRW public holidays.