Textile-free saunas in Cologne, Germany
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 €.
Marivent Sauna
Marivent Sauna is the sauna wing of the Wellness-Park Siegburg on Zeithstraße, east of Cologne. A ceremony is held every full hour in changing cabins with different scents, and the sauna range includes a Kelo log-cabin sauna. Saunas and pools are used strictly without swimwear under a declared FKK rule, and guests must bring at least two large towels, bathing sandals and a bathrobe. The restaurant area opens daily from 12:00, and from 11:00 at weekends.
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.
Gartenhallenbad Wesseling
The Gartenhallenbad in Wesseling, on the Rhine south of Cologne, runs a four-room sauna beside its pool. It has a Finnische Sauna at 80 to 100 °C, a Blockhaussauna at the same heat, a Bio-Sauna at 60 to 65 °C and a Dampfbad at 42 to 45 °C, with a cold-water plunge pool outdoors. Infusions are poured in the Blockhaussauna on the half hour, from 15:30 to 20:15 on weekdays and 10:30 to 17:15 at weekends. The saunas are to be used without bathing clothes; a sauna kilt or towel is allowed.
Mauritius Therme
Mauritius Therme occupies 3,500 m² beside the Mauritiuskirche near Neumarkt, attached to the Mauritius Hotel but open to day visitors. Seven saunas and a steam bath surround pools that include a Dead Sea salt basin and two whirlpools, and an Aufgussplan lists the day's ceremonies. The seven saunas must be used without swimwear, while the pools may be used either way. Open Monday to Sunday 10:00 to 23:00, admission from age 12; a day ticket costs 29 € Monday to Saturday and 32 € on Sundays.
Wellness Hof Hahn
Wellness Hof Hahn spreads a sauna and bathing landscape over 25,000 m² of open country at Kerpen-Sindorf, with its own hotel and restaurant. Seven heat rooms run from a 45 °C Dampfbad and two 65 °C Eukabäder through a 60 °C Farblichtsauna and 70 °C Meditationssauna to the Vulkansauna, Kristallsauna and 85 °C Felsensauna. The house is an FKK site, including at the pools. Open from 9:00 daily, to 23:00 or midnight; a day ticket is 34.50 €.
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 €.
Marivent Sauna
Marivent Sauna is the sauna wing of the Wellness-Park Siegburg on Zeithstraße, east of Cologne. A ceremony is held every full hour in changing cabins with different scents, and the sauna range includes a Kelo log-cabin sauna. Saunas and pools are used strictly without swimwear under a declared FKK rule, and guests must bring at least two large towels, bathing sandals and a bathrobe. The restaurant area opens daily from 12:00, and from 11:00 at weekends.
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.
Gartenhallenbad Wesseling
The Gartenhallenbad in Wesseling, on the Rhine south of Cologne, runs a four-room sauna beside its pool. It has a Finnische Sauna at 80 to 100 °C, a Blockhaussauna at the same heat, a Bio-Sauna at 60 to 65 °C and a Dampfbad at 42 to 45 °C, with a cold-water plunge pool outdoors. Infusions are poured in the Blockhaussauna on the half hour, from 15:30 to 20:15 on weekdays and 10:30 to 17:15 at weekends. The saunas are to be used without bathing clothes; a sauna kilt or towel is allowed.
Mauritius Therme
Mauritius Therme occupies 3,500 m² beside the Mauritiuskirche near Neumarkt, attached to the Mauritius Hotel but open to day visitors. Seven saunas and a steam bath surround pools that include a Dead Sea salt basin and two whirlpools, and an Aufgussplan lists the day's ceremonies. The seven saunas must be used without swimwear, while the pools may be used either way. Open Monday to Sunday 10:00 to 23:00, admission from age 12; a day ticket costs 29 € Monday to Saturday and 32 € on Sundays.
Wellness Hof Hahn
Wellness Hof Hahn spreads a sauna and bathing landscape over 25,000 m² of open country at Kerpen-Sindorf, with its own hotel and restaurant. Seven heat rooms run from a 45 °C Dampfbad and two 65 °C Eukabäder through a 60 °C Farblichtsauna and 70 °C Meditationssauna to the Vulkansauna, Kristallsauna and 85 °C Felsensauna. The house is an FKK site, including at the pools. Open from 9:00 daily, to 23:00 or midnight; a day ticket is 34.50 €.