Swimming pool saunas in Hannover, Germany
aquaLaatzium
aquaLaatzium in Laatzen combines a pool, a fitness club and a large sauna landscape built around Finnish tradition: a sauna village with a lookout tower, streams and a natural bathing lake. Four big Aufguss saunas outside include a lake sauna on stilts, an earth sauna with birch banya rituals and an 80-seat event sauna; indoors are six more saunas and steam baths. A private club sauna can be booked. Four hours cost €30 on weekdays; the pool is closed for roof repairs.
Aspria Hannover Maschsee
Aspria Hannover Maschsee is a sport and spa club with a hotel on the south bank of the Maschsee lake, now part of David Lloyd Clubs. Non-members can buy a spa day ticket for its 3,700 m² spa and sauna area, which has six saunas themed on the elements, a saunarium, a sauna garden and a sports pool, with Aufguss infusions that change daily. The spa also offers hammam treatments and massages, and opens from 9 AM every day.
Königliche Kristall-Therme Seelze
The Kristall-Therme in Seelze, west of Hannover, is a thermal brine spa with about 10,000 m² of bathing area, natural brine pools of 1.5 to 12 per cent salt, a sports pool and a romantic garden. It has seven themed saunas, four inside and three outside, from 60 to 105 °C, plus a steam bath and an Ottoman hammam, with daily Aufguss rituals and a cold plunge. The saunas are always nude. Three hours cost €24, a day €39.50.
Wasserwelt Langenhagen
The Wasserwelt in Langenhagen, just north of Hannover, is a 20,000 m² sports and leisure pool with a 25 m pool and a 100 m tyre slide. Its separate sauna area has five heat rooms, among them a Kelo sauna and a chestnut sauna at 90 °C, a fireplace sauna, a meditation sauna and a steam bath, with Aufguss infusions usually every hour, a 7 °C plunge pool, a 24 m² outdoor pool and a sauna bar. Tuesday mornings are for women only.
Delfi-Bad Gehrden
The Delfi-Bad is the indoor and outdoor pool of Gehrden, west of Hannover. Its sauna is an 85 °C Finnish sauna where guests may pour their own infusions, with a separate rest area off the terrace that has an outdoor pool and a sun garden, and a bistro. Sessions alternate between mixed, women-only and men-only days. A sauna ticket costs €14 with no time limit and includes the pool.
Fössebad
The Fössebad in Limmer is one of Hannover's oldest indoor pools, run by a non-profit company since 1993. Beside its 25 m pool it has a Finnish sauna at about 90 °C, with a rest room, a winter garden and a sauna courtyard for cooling off between rounds. Sauna sessions are mixed most days, with a women's day on Thursday and a family slot on Saturday afternoon. Entry costs €13.50, and the bath holds long sauna nights.
Misburger Bad
The Misburger Bad is a newly built indoor and outdoor pool in Misburg, in Hannover's east, and has the largest sauna area of the city's municipal baths. It offers a panorama sauna looking onto the garden, a bio sauna and an earth sauna, a large sauna garden, two plunge pools with cooling showers, and a rest room with hanging loungers. The sauna is mixed every day except Tuesday, which is reserved for women.
Stadionbad
The Stadionbad, built in 1972 in Hannover's Sportpark beside the stadium, is the city's 50-metre competition pool with a 10-metre diving tower. Its municipal sauna area has a Finnish sauna at 90 °C, a cold plunge pool, an ice machine and a rest room. Sessions are mixed on most days, men only on Tuesday and women only on Thursday, and the sauna is closed on Saturday. A single sauna ticket costs €13.50.
Vahrenwalder Bad
The Vahrenwalder Bad is a municipal indoor pool in central Hannover, recently modernised while keeping its 1980s architecture. Its small sauna area has a Finnish sauna, indoor and outdoor plunge pools, an ice machine, a small planted outdoor area and rest rooms. The sauna is mixed most days, with men-only Thursday mornings and a women-only Friday, and a single ticket costs €13.50.
aquaLaatzium
aquaLaatzium in Laatzen combines a pool, a fitness club and a large sauna landscape built around Finnish tradition: a sauna village with a lookout tower, streams and a natural bathing lake. Four big Aufguss saunas outside include a lake sauna on stilts, an earth sauna with birch banya rituals and an 80-seat event sauna; indoors are six more saunas and steam baths. A private club sauna can be booked. Four hours cost €30 on weekdays; the pool is closed for roof repairs.
Aspria Hannover Maschsee
Aspria Hannover Maschsee is a sport and spa club with a hotel on the south bank of the Maschsee lake, now part of David Lloyd Clubs. Non-members can buy a spa day ticket for its 3,700 m² spa and sauna area, which has six saunas themed on the elements, a saunarium, a sauna garden and a sports pool, with Aufguss infusions that change daily. The spa also offers hammam treatments and massages, and opens from 9 AM every day.
Königliche Kristall-Therme Seelze
The Kristall-Therme in Seelze, west of Hannover, is a thermal brine spa with about 10,000 m² of bathing area, natural brine pools of 1.5 to 12 per cent salt, a sports pool and a romantic garden. It has seven themed saunas, four inside and three outside, from 60 to 105 °C, plus a steam bath and an Ottoman hammam, with daily Aufguss rituals and a cold plunge. The saunas are always nude. Three hours cost €24, a day €39.50.
Wasserwelt Langenhagen
The Wasserwelt in Langenhagen, just north of Hannover, is a 20,000 m² sports and leisure pool with a 25 m pool and a 100 m tyre slide. Its separate sauna area has five heat rooms, among them a Kelo sauna and a chestnut sauna at 90 °C, a fireplace sauna, a meditation sauna and a steam bath, with Aufguss infusions usually every hour, a 7 °C plunge pool, a 24 m² outdoor pool and a sauna bar. Tuesday mornings are for women only.
Delfi-Bad Gehrden
The Delfi-Bad is the indoor and outdoor pool of Gehrden, west of Hannover. Its sauna is an 85 °C Finnish sauna where guests may pour their own infusions, with a separate rest area off the terrace that has an outdoor pool and a sun garden, and a bistro. Sessions alternate between mixed, women-only and men-only days. A sauna ticket costs €14 with no time limit and includes the pool.
Fössebad
The Fössebad in Limmer is one of Hannover's oldest indoor pools, run by a non-profit company since 1993. Beside its 25 m pool it has a Finnish sauna at about 90 °C, with a rest room, a winter garden and a sauna courtyard for cooling off between rounds. Sauna sessions are mixed most days, with a women's day on Thursday and a family slot on Saturday afternoon. Entry costs €13.50, and the bath holds long sauna nights.
Misburger Bad
The Misburger Bad is a newly built indoor and outdoor pool in Misburg, in Hannover's east, and has the largest sauna area of the city's municipal baths. It offers a panorama sauna looking onto the garden, a bio sauna and an earth sauna, a large sauna garden, two plunge pools with cooling showers, and a rest room with hanging loungers. The sauna is mixed every day except Tuesday, which is reserved for women.
Stadionbad
The Stadionbad, built in 1972 in Hannover's Sportpark beside the stadium, is the city's 50-metre competition pool with a 10-metre diving tower. Its municipal sauna area has a Finnish sauna at 90 °C, a cold plunge pool, an ice machine and a rest room. Sessions are mixed on most days, men only on Tuesday and women only on Thursday, and the sauna is closed on Saturday. A single sauna ticket costs €13.50.
Vahrenwalder Bad
The Vahrenwalder Bad is a municipal indoor pool in central Hannover, recently modernised while keeping its 1980s architecture. Its small sauna area has a Finnish sauna, indoor and outdoor plunge pools, an ice machine, a small planted outdoor area and rest rooms. The sauna is mixed most days, with men-only Thursday mornings and a women-only Friday, and a single ticket costs €13.50.