Best Saunas in Copenhagen, Denmark
Analog Sauna
Analog Sauna runs saunagus in Nordhavn with a view out over the sea, built around the idea of a non-digital activity for body and mind. Sessions combine guided heat and essential oils with dips in two filtered, chilled cold-water tubs and three cold showers, and there are six changing rooms. A single ticket costs 180 kr, with clip cards and monthly subscriptions, and the sauna can be booked for private events.
Butchers Heat
Butchers Heat runs a stationary sauna right by the water on Margretheholm harbour near Refshaleøen, open daily to members and with open saunagus sessions several times a week that anyone can book, plus drop-in spots when not sold out. Sessions use pure essential oils, with a dip in the sea between rounds all year round. It also runs the SaunaTruck, a converted military crew car with a wood-burning stove, which pops up around the city and can be hired.
Glaecier
Glaecier is a floating sauna community on a purpose-built houseboat at Refshaleøen, with a panoramic sauna facing the harbour and a floating pool of filtered harbour water for cooling off. Membership runs through a waiting list, but non-members can book Open Gus on Tuesday evenings (18:30 and 20:30): three aromatic saunagus rounds broken by dips in the pool. A second Glaecier club on Havnegade is due to open in early 2027.
Heat Harmony
Heat Harmony runs guided saunagus rituals in an outdoor sauna yard at Bispevej 23 in Nordvest, with cedar sauna warmth, terrace showers and filtered plunge tubs for cooling between rounds. Sessions come as Signature, Relaxed or Energized, each with three rounds of 10 to 12 minutes and three aroma oils. A single gus costs 200 DKK, a social sauna session 99 DKK, and clip cards cover several visits.
Holm8 Health Hub
Holm8 Health Hub is a sauna and cold plunge members' club in Nordhavn, with a large sauna, Icetub Pro cold plunges, and breathwork, yoga and movement sessions, plus a rooftop lounge for members. Non-members can join guided saunagus in Calm, Flow or Fire styles for 285 DKK; each has three rounds of 10 to 15 minutes with cold plunges between. Member hours are 6:00 to 22:00 daily, except Thursday from 17:00.
Hot n' Cold Nordhavn
Hot n' Cold is a year-round sauna club in Nordhavn, in the Utzon building on Kalkbrænderiløbet which it shares with the sailing clubs. It runs guided saunagus sessions of three rounds over 75 minutes, relaxing or uplifting, with essential oils, music and cold buckets between rounds. No membership is needed: a single ticket costs 200 kr, or 1,800 kr a year for members. Open every day 6:30 to 21:30, and the sauna can be reserved for private events.
Hottub Copenhagen
Hottub Copenhagen is a harbourside spot on Refshaleøen with wood-fired saltwater hot tubs at 40°C and wood-fired Scandinavian panoramic saunas. A place in the large social sauna costs 245 kr, Wednesday to Sunday, and private saunas for up to six people cost 795 to 995 kr per hour. Every booking includes towels, dry bags and use of the cold-water tubs and cold showers, and drinks are brought to the sauna when you ring the bell.
Inipi Amagerstrand
Inipi Amagerstrand is a wellness place on the Øresund shore at Amager Strand, rooted in traditional sweat lodge and saunagus rituals; Inipi is a traditional name for a sweat lodge. It offers modern sweat huts where gusmasters lead guided saunagus with cold-water dips, with open saunagus every day as well as private and group bookings.
Københavns Badeklub – Flydende sauna ved Fisketorvet
This floating sauna at Havnebadet Fisketorvet was built by the City of Copenhagen and is run by the winter bathing club Københavns Badeklub. It seats 12 and sits beside a harbour dipping zone 1.15 m deep. Members use it daily in season, and the public can book a place in the shared sauna on Tuesdays and Sundays for 130 kr per person per 1.5 hours; guests must be 18 or over, and pouring water on the stove is not allowed.
La Banchina Sauna
La Banchina is a 16-seat harbourside restaurant, café and wine bar on Refshaleøen with one sauna on site. Sessions are private, last 1 hour 45 minutes and cost 800 kr Monday to Thursday or 950 kr Friday to Sunday for up to 8 people, booked in advance; swimwear is optional. There are no showers, only a garden hose for rinsing and cooling. From October to April a drop-in Soup & Sauna Club runs every Sunday.
Plugin Heat Club
Plugin Heat Club runs facilitated 75-minute heat sessions combining sauna rounds, breathwork, music and optional cold plunges, in three formats called Deep, Club and Peak. Its larger Amager zone is at Kløvermarksvej 70, and a smaller original zone is at Vasbygade 10A in Sydhavn. Anyone can book a single session, memberships start at 395 DKK a month, and sessions are for ages 16 and up. Private sessions can be booked.
Sauna House
Sauna House is a sauna club by the water in Nordhavn with three saunas of different designs: a silent sauna, a conversation sauna with a view over the water, and a dark gus sauna for daily saunagus sessions. The cold area has cold showers, ice buckets and outdoor tubs. The saunas are for members, but guests can buy a day pass for 300 kr or a single saunagus for 250 kr. Swimwear must be worn, and guests must be 18 or over. Open daily 7:00 to 22:00.
Sauna85
Sauna85 runs saunagus in two Copenhagen backyards. The Nordvest sauna on Rentemestervej takes up to 25 guests and has separate changing rooms, lockers, cold outdoor showers and a cold plunge tub; a second, 20-person sauna sits in a garden on Yderlandsvej, Amager. Sessions last about 75 minutes, with three rounds of 12 minutes using essential oils and music. A single ticket costs 200 DKK and guests must be 15 or over.
SaunaNor
SaunaNor runs saunagus in a large mobile sauna on Göteborg Plads, next to the Sandkaj harbour bath in Nordhavn, from September to the end of April. Each 75-minute session has three 12-minute rounds led by a certified gusmaster, with breaks for swimming in the harbour. No membership is needed and a ticket costs 220 DKK; there are lockers but no changing rooms, so bring swimwear and a towel. Private saunagus with exclusive use can be booked.
Sjællandsgade Bad
Sjællandsgade Bad is a volunteer-run bathing and cultural house in a historic bathhouse in Nørrebro, run by an association since 2013. Guests pay at the door for a shower, the saunas or one of its claw-foot bathtubs (60 kr for 45 minutes), and swimwear is optional. The saunas are kept quiet and scent-free during normal hours; separately ticketed saunagus sessions of three rounds sell 17 places and include cold tubs and showers.
CopenHot
CopenHot's Little Siberia is an urban garden on Refshaleøen overlooking the old B&W shipyard, with ten fire-heated hot tubs, wood-fired saunas and big cold plunge tubs. Saunas such as the Panoramic Sauna (10 to 12 people, 1,300 DKK per hour) and the Dragon Sauna are booked privately, and guests feed the stove themselves to control the heat. Shared HotDays sessions combine tubs and a sauna for 350 DKK per person. CopenHot is closed on Monday and Tuesday.
Ni'mat Spa & Massage
Ni'mat Spa & Massage on Vendersgade calls itself Copenhagen's oldest spa, with more than 20 years of massage and wellness. Its Vandtempel (water temple) combines a hot bath, steam bath and sauna with saunagus sessions and quiet rooms, from about 350 kr, and the spa also offers hammam, jacuzzi and massage. Open Monday to Friday 9:00 to 21:00, Saturday 10:00 to 20:00 and Sunday 10:00 to 18:00.
Sofiebadet
Sofiebadet is a bathing and culture house in a bathhouse from 1909 in Christianshavn, run by an association. Its two-hour kurbad (300 kr) includes a sauna, a steam bath with salt scrub, a cold-water bucket and a cold tub, and the domed hammam hosts scrub treatments. Swimwear is compulsory, and Thursday from 16:00 is women only. Saunagus runs on Tuesday evenings (350 kr) from 11 August to 1 May, with a summer break.
Winter Island
Winter Island is a floating platform on Kalvebod Brygge, eight minutes' walk from Copenhagen Central Station, with four saunas for 8 to 10 people and the 30-person Horizon sauna, all with panoramic windows over the water. A place in a shared sauna costs 150 DKK per hour with no membership needed, whole saunas can be hired privately, and saunagus runs in Horizon. Cooling is by cold showers and splash buckets, since swimming from the island is not allowed.
Øbro-Hallen Kurbad
Øbro-Hallen is a municipal swimming hall in Østerbro whose kurbad (spa bath) has a Finnish sauna, an infrared sauna, a traditional steam bath and a Roman caldarium, plus a 38°C jet spa pool, heated chairs, a light room and hot-cold foot baths. Tickets cover a two-hour timeslot including the rest of the hall, with its pools and large shared sauna. Changing rooms are separated by gender while the spa area is shared; the minimum age is 15.
DGI Byen Saunahuset
DGI Byen's Saunahuset is an architect-designed sauna house at the Vandkulturhuset swimming centre on Vesterbro, built around a large outdoor sauna with massage stones, aromatic herbs and cold showers. It offers daily access and guided saunagus of 40, 60 or 80 minutes (150, 200 or 250 kr) that include entry to Vandkulturhuset and end with juice and snacks outdoors. Swimwear and a large towel to sit on are compulsory.
Manon Les Suites Spa
Manon Les Suites, a Guldsmeden hotel in central Copenhagen, sells a Bali-inspired Spa Day Pass to non-guests: four hours in the Jungle Fish Pool and lounge area with a sauna and a steam room. The pass costs 995 DKK per person and comes with either a 200 DKK voucher for the restaurant or pool bar, or the Guldsmeden signature breakfast, plus a spa bag with kimono, slippers and towels. Access to the Jungle Gym can be added.
Analog Sauna
Analog Sauna runs saunagus in Nordhavn with a view out over the sea, built around the idea of a non-digital activity for body and mind. Sessions combine guided heat and essential oils with dips in two filtered, chilled cold-water tubs and three cold showers, and there are six changing rooms. A single ticket costs 180 kr, with clip cards and monthly subscriptions, and the sauna can be booked for private events.
Butchers Heat
Butchers Heat runs a stationary sauna right by the water on Margretheholm harbour near Refshaleøen, open daily to members and with open saunagus sessions several times a week that anyone can book, plus drop-in spots when not sold out. Sessions use pure essential oils, with a dip in the sea between rounds all year round. It also runs the SaunaTruck, a converted military crew car with a wood-burning stove, which pops up around the city and can be hired.
Glaecier
Glaecier is a floating sauna community on a purpose-built houseboat at Refshaleøen, with a panoramic sauna facing the harbour and a floating pool of filtered harbour water for cooling off. Membership runs through a waiting list, but non-members can book Open Gus on Tuesday evenings (18:30 and 20:30): three aromatic saunagus rounds broken by dips in the pool. A second Glaecier club on Havnegade is due to open in early 2027.
Heat Harmony
Heat Harmony runs guided saunagus rituals in an outdoor sauna yard at Bispevej 23 in Nordvest, with cedar sauna warmth, terrace showers and filtered plunge tubs for cooling between rounds. Sessions come as Signature, Relaxed or Energized, each with three rounds of 10 to 12 minutes and three aroma oils. A single gus costs 200 DKK, a social sauna session 99 DKK, and clip cards cover several visits.
Holm8 Health Hub
Holm8 Health Hub is a sauna and cold plunge members' club in Nordhavn, with a large sauna, Icetub Pro cold plunges, and breathwork, yoga and movement sessions, plus a rooftop lounge for members. Non-members can join guided saunagus in Calm, Flow or Fire styles for 285 DKK; each has three rounds of 10 to 15 minutes with cold plunges between. Member hours are 6:00 to 22:00 daily, except Thursday from 17:00.
Hot n' Cold Nordhavn
Hot n' Cold is a year-round sauna club in Nordhavn, in the Utzon building on Kalkbrænderiløbet which it shares with the sailing clubs. It runs guided saunagus sessions of three rounds over 75 minutes, relaxing or uplifting, with essential oils, music and cold buckets between rounds. No membership is needed: a single ticket costs 200 kr, or 1,800 kr a year for members. Open every day 6:30 to 21:30, and the sauna can be reserved for private events.
Hottub Copenhagen
Hottub Copenhagen is a harbourside spot on Refshaleøen with wood-fired saltwater hot tubs at 40°C and wood-fired Scandinavian panoramic saunas. A place in the large social sauna costs 245 kr, Wednesday to Sunday, and private saunas for up to six people cost 795 to 995 kr per hour. Every booking includes towels, dry bags and use of the cold-water tubs and cold showers, and drinks are brought to the sauna when you ring the bell.
Inipi Amagerstrand
Inipi Amagerstrand is a wellness place on the Øresund shore at Amager Strand, rooted in traditional sweat lodge and saunagus rituals; Inipi is a traditional name for a sweat lodge. It offers modern sweat huts where gusmasters lead guided saunagus with cold-water dips, with open saunagus every day as well as private and group bookings.
Københavns Badeklub – Flydende sauna ved Fisketorvet
This floating sauna at Havnebadet Fisketorvet was built by the City of Copenhagen and is run by the winter bathing club Københavns Badeklub. It seats 12 and sits beside a harbour dipping zone 1.15 m deep. Members use it daily in season, and the public can book a place in the shared sauna on Tuesdays and Sundays for 130 kr per person per 1.5 hours; guests must be 18 or over, and pouring water on the stove is not allowed.
La Banchina Sauna
La Banchina is a 16-seat harbourside restaurant, café and wine bar on Refshaleøen with one sauna on site. Sessions are private, last 1 hour 45 minutes and cost 800 kr Monday to Thursday or 950 kr Friday to Sunday for up to 8 people, booked in advance; swimwear is optional. There are no showers, only a garden hose for rinsing and cooling. From October to April a drop-in Soup & Sauna Club runs every Sunday.
Plugin Heat Club
Plugin Heat Club runs facilitated 75-minute heat sessions combining sauna rounds, breathwork, music and optional cold plunges, in three formats called Deep, Club and Peak. Its larger Amager zone is at Kløvermarksvej 70, and a smaller original zone is at Vasbygade 10A in Sydhavn. Anyone can book a single session, memberships start at 395 DKK a month, and sessions are for ages 16 and up. Private sessions can be booked.
Sauna House
Sauna House is a sauna club by the water in Nordhavn with three saunas of different designs: a silent sauna, a conversation sauna with a view over the water, and a dark gus sauna for daily saunagus sessions. The cold area has cold showers, ice buckets and outdoor tubs. The saunas are for members, but guests can buy a day pass for 300 kr or a single saunagus for 250 kr. Swimwear must be worn, and guests must be 18 or over. Open daily 7:00 to 22:00.
Sauna85
Sauna85 runs saunagus in two Copenhagen backyards. The Nordvest sauna on Rentemestervej takes up to 25 guests and has separate changing rooms, lockers, cold outdoor showers and a cold plunge tub; a second, 20-person sauna sits in a garden on Yderlandsvej, Amager. Sessions last about 75 minutes, with three rounds of 12 minutes using essential oils and music. A single ticket costs 200 DKK and guests must be 15 or over.
SaunaNor
SaunaNor runs saunagus in a large mobile sauna on Göteborg Plads, next to the Sandkaj harbour bath in Nordhavn, from September to the end of April. Each 75-minute session has three 12-minute rounds led by a certified gusmaster, with breaks for swimming in the harbour. No membership is needed and a ticket costs 220 DKK; there are lockers but no changing rooms, so bring swimwear and a towel. Private saunagus with exclusive use can be booked.
Sjællandsgade Bad
Sjællandsgade Bad is a volunteer-run bathing and cultural house in a historic bathhouse in Nørrebro, run by an association since 2013. Guests pay at the door for a shower, the saunas or one of its claw-foot bathtubs (60 kr for 45 minutes), and swimwear is optional. The saunas are kept quiet and scent-free during normal hours; separately ticketed saunagus sessions of three rounds sell 17 places and include cold tubs and showers.
CopenHot
CopenHot's Little Siberia is an urban garden on Refshaleøen overlooking the old B&W shipyard, with ten fire-heated hot tubs, wood-fired saunas and big cold plunge tubs. Saunas such as the Panoramic Sauna (10 to 12 people, 1,300 DKK per hour) and the Dragon Sauna are booked privately, and guests feed the stove themselves to control the heat. Shared HotDays sessions combine tubs and a sauna for 350 DKK per person. CopenHot is closed on Monday and Tuesday.
Ni'mat Spa & Massage
Ni'mat Spa & Massage on Vendersgade calls itself Copenhagen's oldest spa, with more than 20 years of massage and wellness. Its Vandtempel (water temple) combines a hot bath, steam bath and sauna with saunagus sessions and quiet rooms, from about 350 kr, and the spa also offers hammam, jacuzzi and massage. Open Monday to Friday 9:00 to 21:00, Saturday 10:00 to 20:00 and Sunday 10:00 to 18:00.
Sofiebadet
Sofiebadet is a bathing and culture house in a bathhouse from 1909 in Christianshavn, run by an association. Its two-hour kurbad (300 kr) includes a sauna, a steam bath with salt scrub, a cold-water bucket and a cold tub, and the domed hammam hosts scrub treatments. Swimwear is compulsory, and Thursday from 16:00 is women only. Saunagus runs on Tuesday evenings (350 kr) from 11 August to 1 May, with a summer break.
Winter Island
Winter Island is a floating platform on Kalvebod Brygge, eight minutes' walk from Copenhagen Central Station, with four saunas for 8 to 10 people and the 30-person Horizon sauna, all with panoramic windows over the water. A place in a shared sauna costs 150 DKK per hour with no membership needed, whole saunas can be hired privately, and saunagus runs in Horizon. Cooling is by cold showers and splash buckets, since swimming from the island is not allowed.
Øbro-Hallen Kurbad
Øbro-Hallen is a municipal swimming hall in Østerbro whose kurbad (spa bath) has a Finnish sauna, an infrared sauna, a traditional steam bath and a Roman caldarium, plus a 38°C jet spa pool, heated chairs, a light room and hot-cold foot baths. Tickets cover a two-hour timeslot including the rest of the hall, with its pools and large shared sauna. Changing rooms are separated by gender while the spa area is shared; the minimum age is 15.
DGI Byen Saunahuset
DGI Byen's Saunahuset is an architect-designed sauna house at the Vandkulturhuset swimming centre on Vesterbro, built around a large outdoor sauna with massage stones, aromatic herbs and cold showers. It offers daily access and guided saunagus of 40, 60 or 80 minutes (150, 200 or 250 kr) that include entry to Vandkulturhuset and end with juice and snacks outdoors. Swimwear and a large towel to sit on are compulsory.
Manon Les Suites Spa
Manon Les Suites, a Guldsmeden hotel in central Copenhagen, sells a Bali-inspired Spa Day Pass to non-guests: four hours in the Jungle Fish Pool and lounge area with a sauna and a steam room. The pass costs 995 DKK per person and comes with either a 200 DKK voucher for the restaurant or pool bar, or the Guldsmeden signature breakfast, plus a spa bag with kimono, slippers and towels. Access to the Jungle Gym can be added.