Herbal saunas in Cologne, Germany
AGGUA Troisdorf
AGGUA in Troisdorf, on the Agger east of Cologne, holds a sauna and lounge certified SaunaPremium by the Deutscher Sauna-Bund. Seven heat rooms are the Baumhaussauna at 80 °C, the Pfahlhaussauna at 95 °C with varied infusions, a two-part Kommunikationssauna, a Kräutersauna, the Panoramasauna at 65 °C with automated Aufgüsse, a Lichttherapie-Sauna and a Dampfbad. Mondays are a Damensauna, except on public holidays and Rosenmontag.
Agrippabad – Sauna
The Agrippabad sauna landscape sits in the middle of the old town on Kämmergasse, run by KölnBäder. Six heat rooms cover a Finnische Aufguss-Sauna at 90 °C, a Blockhaussauna, the AquaViva-Sauna, the mild 50 to 60 °C Backsauna, the SabbiaMed sand-and-light room and a Dampfbad, with a Brechelbad steaming fresh herbs and pine needles. Cooling comes from an Eisbrunnen and a Kalttauchbecken, and there is a 6 by 11 metre pool and a roof terrace looking at the cathedral. Monday is Damentag.
Aqualand Köln
Aqualand at the Fühlinger See pairs a large slide and bathing world with a Saunawelt of fourteen heat rooms. They include the 100 °C Infernosauna, the Osmanischer Hamam, a Banjasauna, the Mühlensauna, a Heusauna, a Salzsauna, Sauna Colonia and two steam baths. Outdoors there are a cold Bergsee and a warm Saunasee, plus Kalt- und Warmtauchbecken and a Kneipp basin. The sauna area may not be entered in swimwear. A combined day ticket is 37.50 €.
Claudius Therme
Claudius Therme sits in the Rheinpark opposite the old town, fed by its own thermal mineral spring. The sauna landscape runs across three areas, among them a Finnish-Siberian Saunadorf with a Kelosauna, an Erdwallsauna and an original Russian banja, plus a Panoramasauna facing the cathedral, a Kräuterdampfbad and the oriental Serailbad. Staff run 24 Aufgüsse a day, and a Heiß-Kalt-Grotte pairs 35 °C thermal water with a cold pool. Open daily 9:00 to 24:00; a day ticket is 44.50 € on weekdays.
Mediterana
Mediterana in Bergisch Gladbach-Bensberg is built as an Andalusian-Moorish and Indian-Arabic wellness world. Thirteen saunas and steam baths include the Finca Sauna at 85 °C, the Himalaya Salzstollen, the Rosentempel, the Catalanisches Kräuterbad and the Rajasthanihaus, with hourly ceremonies, live music and scent rituals. Dress rules differ by world: the saunas are textilfrei while the Therme requires swimwear. Saunawelt opens 10:00 to 22:30, and to midnight on Friday and Saturday.
Neptunbad
Neptunbad is an Art Nouveau bathhouse in Ehrenfeld, now a sports spa with two sauna worlds. The listed historic wing holds the Jugendstilsauna, a Laconium, the Kaiserbad and a 50 °C Dampfbad; the Asian wing adds an Aufgusssauna at the large pool, a Buddhasauna, a Kerzensauna, a Kräutersauna, a Damensauna and a Sentobad with a cascading onsen and zen garden. Saunas and pools are used textile-free. Open daily 9:00 to midnight, from 31.50 € for three hours.
Park-Sauna im CaLevornia
Park-Sauna is the sauna landscape of the CaLevornia leisure pool in Leverkusen, set in its own garden park. Five cabins run at different heats: an Aufgusssauna at 90 °C, a Kräutersauna at 70 °C, a Kommunikationssauna at 80 °C, a Citrus-Trockensauna at 70 °C and an Erdsauna at 80 to 100 °C, with an Eisbrunnen for cooling and infusions on the hour. The sauna opens Tuesday to Sunday 9:00 to 22:00 and closes Mondays, with Tuesday reserved for women. A day ticket including swimming is 29 €.
Groov-Sauna im Zündorfbad
The Groov-Sauna belongs to the Zündorfbad on the Rhine in the south-east of Cologne and is the greenest of the KölnBäder saunas, with a 4,000 m² sauna park, a pond and an original Mongolian yurt. Four heat rooms are a Finnische Aufguss-Sauna at 85 to 95 °C, a Kräutersauna, a KELO-Blockhaussauna and a Dampfbad. Cooling is by Tauchbecken, Eisbrunnen and Erlebnisduschen, and a Rheinzimmer with a fireplace serves as a rest room. Thursday is Damentag.
Stadionbad – Sauna
The Stadionbad sauna in Lindenthal, next to the Cologne stadium, is one of the KölnBäder sauna landscapes. Four heat rooms cover a Finnische Aufguss-Sauna, a Kräutersauna, a Sanarium with Valo colour-light bathing and a Dampfbad, with infusions poured using pure essential oils. Cooling is by Tauchbecken, Eisbrunnen and outdoor cold showers. Tuesdays are reserved for women, and a TIN* sauna day for trans, inter and non-binary guests runs on the second Friday of each month.
AGGUA Troisdorf
AGGUA in Troisdorf, on the Agger east of Cologne, holds a sauna and lounge certified SaunaPremium by the Deutscher Sauna-Bund. Seven heat rooms are the Baumhaussauna at 80 °C, the Pfahlhaussauna at 95 °C with varied infusions, a two-part Kommunikationssauna, a Kräutersauna, the Panoramasauna at 65 °C with automated Aufgüsse, a Lichttherapie-Sauna and a Dampfbad. Mondays are a Damensauna, except on public holidays and Rosenmontag.
Agrippabad – Sauna
The Agrippabad sauna landscape sits in the middle of the old town on Kämmergasse, run by KölnBäder. Six heat rooms cover a Finnische Aufguss-Sauna at 90 °C, a Blockhaussauna, the AquaViva-Sauna, the mild 50 to 60 °C Backsauna, the SabbiaMed sand-and-light room and a Dampfbad, with a Brechelbad steaming fresh herbs and pine needles. Cooling comes from an Eisbrunnen and a Kalttauchbecken, and there is a 6 by 11 metre pool and a roof terrace looking at the cathedral. Monday is Damentag.
Aqualand Köln
Aqualand at the Fühlinger See pairs a large slide and bathing world with a Saunawelt of fourteen heat rooms. They include the 100 °C Infernosauna, the Osmanischer Hamam, a Banjasauna, the Mühlensauna, a Heusauna, a Salzsauna, Sauna Colonia and two steam baths. Outdoors there are a cold Bergsee and a warm Saunasee, plus Kalt- und Warmtauchbecken and a Kneipp basin. The sauna area may not be entered in swimwear. A combined day ticket is 37.50 €.
Claudius Therme
Claudius Therme sits in the Rheinpark opposite the old town, fed by its own thermal mineral spring. The sauna landscape runs across three areas, among them a Finnish-Siberian Saunadorf with a Kelosauna, an Erdwallsauna and an original Russian banja, plus a Panoramasauna facing the cathedral, a Kräuterdampfbad and the oriental Serailbad. Staff run 24 Aufgüsse a day, and a Heiß-Kalt-Grotte pairs 35 °C thermal water with a cold pool. Open daily 9:00 to 24:00; a day ticket is 44.50 € on weekdays.
Mediterana
Mediterana in Bergisch Gladbach-Bensberg is built as an Andalusian-Moorish and Indian-Arabic wellness world. Thirteen saunas and steam baths include the Finca Sauna at 85 °C, the Himalaya Salzstollen, the Rosentempel, the Catalanisches Kräuterbad and the Rajasthanihaus, with hourly ceremonies, live music and scent rituals. Dress rules differ by world: the saunas are textilfrei while the Therme requires swimwear. Saunawelt opens 10:00 to 22:30, and to midnight on Friday and Saturday.
Neptunbad
Neptunbad is an Art Nouveau bathhouse in Ehrenfeld, now a sports spa with two sauna worlds. The listed historic wing holds the Jugendstilsauna, a Laconium, the Kaiserbad and a 50 °C Dampfbad; the Asian wing adds an Aufgusssauna at the large pool, a Buddhasauna, a Kerzensauna, a Kräutersauna, a Damensauna and a Sentobad with a cascading onsen and zen garden. Saunas and pools are used textile-free. Open daily 9:00 to midnight, from 31.50 € for three hours.
Park-Sauna im CaLevornia
Park-Sauna is the sauna landscape of the CaLevornia leisure pool in Leverkusen, set in its own garden park. Five cabins run at different heats: an Aufgusssauna at 90 °C, a Kräutersauna at 70 °C, a Kommunikationssauna at 80 °C, a Citrus-Trockensauna at 70 °C and an Erdsauna at 80 to 100 °C, with an Eisbrunnen for cooling and infusions on the hour. The sauna opens Tuesday to Sunday 9:00 to 22:00 and closes Mondays, with Tuesday reserved for women. A day ticket including swimming is 29 €.
Groov-Sauna im Zündorfbad
The Groov-Sauna belongs to the Zündorfbad on the Rhine in the south-east of Cologne and is the greenest of the KölnBäder saunas, with a 4,000 m² sauna park, a pond and an original Mongolian yurt. Four heat rooms are a Finnische Aufguss-Sauna at 85 to 95 °C, a Kräutersauna, a KELO-Blockhaussauna and a Dampfbad. Cooling is by Tauchbecken, Eisbrunnen and Erlebnisduschen, and a Rheinzimmer with a fireplace serves as a rest room. Thursday is Damentag.
Stadionbad – Sauna
The Stadionbad sauna in Lindenthal, next to the Cologne stadium, is one of the KölnBäder sauna landscapes. Four heat rooms cover a Finnische Aufguss-Sauna, a Kräutersauna, a Sanarium with Valo colour-light bathing and a Dampfbad, with infusions poured using pure essential oils. Cooling is by Tauchbecken, Eisbrunnen and outdoor cold showers. Tuesdays are reserved for women, and a TIN* sauna day for trans, inter and non-binary guests runs on the second Friday of each month.