Steam saunas in Freiburg, Germany
Keidel Therme
Freiburg's thermal spa in the Mooswald, fed by mineral water from its own spring. Its textile-free sauna garden has ten cabins indoors and out, from a 45 °C steam dome and a herbal-kettle sauna to log-cabin saunas at 90–95 °C, a salt-crystal pool sauna and two saunas on a natural bathing lake, with a plunge pool. Aufguss, singing-bowl and Baltic pirts rituals run regularly. The sauna opens daily 10 am–9 pm; spa and sauna cost €33.10 on weekdays.
Vita Classica-Therme
The thermal spa of Bad Krozingen, south-west of Freiburg, with a three-storey Saunaparadies of nine saunas: a Kelo log sauna, a Falun hut, a Himalayan salt sauna, a honey sauna, a herbal sauna, a panorama sauna and a 45 °C steam temple among them, plus a 20 °C outdoor cold pool, plunge pools and a Japanese tea-house rest room. The sauna area is textile-free and 16+ except on family Saturdays; Wednesday mornings are women only. Open daily 10 am–10 pm; spa and sauna €31.90.
wellness pur – Sauna Sonne Wasser
wellness pur is an independent, textile-free sauna house in March-Buchheim, just north-west of Freiburg. It has a 90 °C panorama sauna looking onto a natural swimming pond, an outdoor sauna for about 40 people, a wood-fired Finnish boat sauna with a hot tub, a 60 °C sanarium and a steam bath, plus a Kneipp pool. Staff pour Aufguss infusions every hour. It opens Tuesday, Friday and Sunday; a day ticket costs €28.20.
BürgerBad Merzhausen
A community-run garden indoor pool in Merzhausen, just south of Freiburg, kept open by a non-profit company. Its sauna offers an 85 °C Finnish sauna with aroma infusions, a 65 °C sanarium and a 45 °C steam bath. Mixed sauna runs Thursday 1–9 pm and Sunday and holidays 8 am–8 pm, and Friday 1–9 pm is a women's sauna; lockable lockers are not provided. Sauna entry costs €16 with no time limit.
Hallenbad Haslach
A municipal indoor pool in Freiburg-Haslach run by Regio Bäder, with a spruce-wood ceiling, a diving pool and a sauna area holding a 90 °C Finnish sauna, a 60 °C sanarium and a 45 °C steam bath. Wednesday and Friday are women-only sauna days. The sauna opens Tuesday to Friday 2–8 pm and at weekends 9 am–4 pm and is closed on Mondays. Sauna with pool costs €18.
BergSpa im Hotel Die Halde
BergSpa is the spa of Hotel Die Halde, an old Black Forest farmhouse hotel at 1,147 m on the Schauinsland above Freiburg. Day-spa and night-spa guests who reserve ahead can use its Finnish sauna and Aufguss sauna at 85 °C, a 60 °C herbal bio sauna, a herbal steam bath, a Kneipp area, a 28 °C panoramic indoor pool and a natural bathing pond. Guest numbers are limited and day-spa bookings are for adults without children.
Hotel Schloss Reinach
A hotel on a historic estate in Freiburg-Munzingen whose spa takes day guests on booked packages. It has five saunas: a 70 °C herbal sauna, a 50 °C infrared cabin, an 85 °C Finnish sauna with self-service infusions, a 60 °C steam bath and a 65 °C textile sauna, plus a salt room and a 25 m outdoor steel pool heated to 29 °C all year. Saunas open weekdays 3–9 pm and weekends 10 am–9 pm; the Wohlfühltag day pass costs €40, Monday to Friday.
Fitness First Freiburg
A Fitness First gym in central Freiburg on Auf der Zinnen, with a large training floor, an EGYM circuit, functional and performance areas, a recovery zone, more than 30 instructor-led classes a week and a wellness area with a sauna and a steam bath. Use is for members, and the club offers a free trial session. It opens Monday to Friday 6 am–11 pm and weekends and holidays 9 am–8 pm.
Keidel Therme
Freiburg's thermal spa in the Mooswald, fed by mineral water from its own spring. Its textile-free sauna garden has ten cabins indoors and out, from a 45 °C steam dome and a herbal-kettle sauna to log-cabin saunas at 90–95 °C, a salt-crystal pool sauna and two saunas on a natural bathing lake, with a plunge pool. Aufguss, singing-bowl and Baltic pirts rituals run regularly. The sauna opens daily 10 am–9 pm; spa and sauna cost €33.10 on weekdays.
Vita Classica-Therme
The thermal spa of Bad Krozingen, south-west of Freiburg, with a three-storey Saunaparadies of nine saunas: a Kelo log sauna, a Falun hut, a Himalayan salt sauna, a honey sauna, a herbal sauna, a panorama sauna and a 45 °C steam temple among them, plus a 20 °C outdoor cold pool, plunge pools and a Japanese tea-house rest room. The sauna area is textile-free and 16+ except on family Saturdays; Wednesday mornings are women only. Open daily 10 am–10 pm; spa and sauna €31.90.
wellness pur – Sauna Sonne Wasser
wellness pur is an independent, textile-free sauna house in March-Buchheim, just north-west of Freiburg. It has a 90 °C panorama sauna looking onto a natural swimming pond, an outdoor sauna for about 40 people, a wood-fired Finnish boat sauna with a hot tub, a 60 °C sanarium and a steam bath, plus a Kneipp pool. Staff pour Aufguss infusions every hour. It opens Tuesday, Friday and Sunday; a day ticket costs €28.20.
BürgerBad Merzhausen
A community-run garden indoor pool in Merzhausen, just south of Freiburg, kept open by a non-profit company. Its sauna offers an 85 °C Finnish sauna with aroma infusions, a 65 °C sanarium and a 45 °C steam bath. Mixed sauna runs Thursday 1–9 pm and Sunday and holidays 8 am–8 pm, and Friday 1–9 pm is a women's sauna; lockable lockers are not provided. Sauna entry costs €16 with no time limit.
Hallenbad Haslach
A municipal indoor pool in Freiburg-Haslach run by Regio Bäder, with a spruce-wood ceiling, a diving pool and a sauna area holding a 90 °C Finnish sauna, a 60 °C sanarium and a 45 °C steam bath. Wednesday and Friday are women-only sauna days. The sauna opens Tuesday to Friday 2–8 pm and at weekends 9 am–4 pm and is closed on Mondays. Sauna with pool costs €18.
BergSpa im Hotel Die Halde
BergSpa is the spa of Hotel Die Halde, an old Black Forest farmhouse hotel at 1,147 m on the Schauinsland above Freiburg. Day-spa and night-spa guests who reserve ahead can use its Finnish sauna and Aufguss sauna at 85 °C, a 60 °C herbal bio sauna, a herbal steam bath, a Kneipp area, a 28 °C panoramic indoor pool and a natural bathing pond. Guest numbers are limited and day-spa bookings are for adults without children.
Hotel Schloss Reinach
A hotel on a historic estate in Freiburg-Munzingen whose spa takes day guests on booked packages. It has five saunas: a 70 °C herbal sauna, a 50 °C infrared cabin, an 85 °C Finnish sauna with self-service infusions, a 60 °C steam bath and a 65 °C textile sauna, plus a salt room and a 25 m outdoor steel pool heated to 29 °C all year. Saunas open weekdays 3–9 pm and weekends 10 am–9 pm; the Wohlfühltag day pass costs €40, Monday to Friday.
Fitness First Freiburg
A Fitness First gym in central Freiburg on Auf der Zinnen, with a large training floor, an EGYM circuit, functional and performance areas, a recovery zone, more than 30 instructor-led classes a week and a wellness area with a sauna and a steam bath. Use is for members, and the club offers a free trial session. It opens Monday to Friday 6 am–11 pm and weekends and holidays 9 am–8 pm.