Finnish saunas in Helsinki, Finland
Kotiharjun sauna
Kotiharjun sauna in Kallio, open since 1928, calls itself the only traditional wood-heated neighbourhood sauna left in Helsinki. Separate men's and women's public saunas sit on two floors, heated by huge single-fire stoves, and an electric private sauna with two lounges takes groups of about 17. No booking is needed and bathers may stay as long as they like; men bathe nude. A washer gives full-body scrubs on Thursdays and Saturdays. Open Tuesday to Sunday 2 pm to 8 pm, entry EUR 16.
Lonnan sauna
Lonna's public sauna stands on the island of Lonna in the archipelago just in front of Helsinki's centre, in a building of handcrafted untreated logs designed by OOPEAA that opened in 2017. Two wood-heated loft saunas are mixed every day, with or without swimsuit, and bathers cool off on a large terrace or in the sea from a rocky shore. A two-hour pass costs EUR 23 and booking ahead is advised. The sauna opens Tuesday to Saturday, and the island is open only from 7 May to 26 September 2026.
Lähde Sauna
The Lähde Sauna in the Lapinlahti hospital park is an 1880s sauna building that its operator calls the oldest still-functioning public sauna in Helsinki. It fits up to 10 bathers and stands less than 100 metres from the beach. Volunteer sauna attendants run a monthly schedule of mixed, women's and men's turns, mostly on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons, for EUR 12 (EUR 6 discounted) per two hours with no booking. It can also be hired privately from EUR 140 for two hours.
Löyly
Löyly is a waterfront sauna and restaurant on the Hernesaari shore, in a timber building by the Baltic Sea. Its two public saunas, a traditional smoke sauna and a wood-burning sauna, each hold around 20 bathers and open straight onto a terrace and the sea for a swim. The saunas are mixed, so swimwear is worn throughout. A two-hour visit costs EUR 29 including a towel, and a smaller private sauna for up to 10 can be booked. The saunas close for maintenance from 4 to 7 October 2026.
Sannan sauna
Sannan sauna is a small seaside sauna by the Vuosaari public beach, run by the Vuosaari-Seura society. Weekly public sauna evenings run from 1 May to 29 September 2026, Tuesday to Thursday from 4 pm to 9 pm, with no booking. Seven to nine bathers fit on the benches, women and men have their own changing rooms and bathers swim from the pier. There is no shower, only a warm-water basin. In winter the building is a changing room for winter swimmers with no sauna. Private hire costs EUR 220 a day.
Sauna Hermanni
Sauna Hermanni is a public neighbourhood sauna founded in the 1950s in Hermanni, entered from the courtyard of the apartment block at Hämeentie 63. Men's and women's sides are separate, holding 30 and 20 bathers, and are heated by new IKI stoves. The kiosk rents towels and sells coffee, grilled sausage and snacks, and bathers may bring their own drinks. Open Monday and Wednesday to Friday 3 pm to 8 pm and Saturday 2 pm to 6 pm; entry EUR 14, under-15s free.
Saunasaari
Saunasaari, on the northern tip of Vasikkasaari island, has two traditional smoke saunas with Suomenlinna and the Market Square on the horizon, and both lead straight into the sea or a hot tub. On summer weekends its Sauna & Dine evening starts at 5 pm with a connecting boat from the Market Square, followed by a dinner cooked over open fire, smoked and grilled by the RÖK summer kitchen, with the return boat at 9 pm. The rest of the time the island is booked for private events.
Uunisaaren saunat
Uunisaari's beach saunas stand on a small island just off Helsinki, reached in summer by a ferry from Kompassitori. Two traditional Finnish saunas share the shore: Pikku-Uuni, a women's sauna for up to 10, and Iso-Uuni, a unisex sauna for 15 where swimsuits are asked for. Bathers dip in the sea from a year-round pier, with an ice hole in winter. Public sessions run Wednesday to Friday 3 pm to 9 pm, Saturday 11 am to 9 pm and Sunday noon to 8 pm, and both saunas can also be hired.
Uusi Sauna
Uusi Sauna in Jätkäsaari brings the classic Helsinki neighbourhood sauna into the 21st century, combining a public sauna with a bar and bistro for over 100 guests and two terraces. Separate men's and women's saunas take about 20 bathers each and are bathed nude, while a mixed electric sauna for 10 to 15 calls for a swimsuit or towel and can be hired from EUR 350. Entry is EUR 18 with no booking. Open Tuesday to Friday 5 pm to midnight, Saturday 4 pm to midnight, Sunday 4 pm to 11 pm.
Villa Furuvik Beach Sauna
Villa Furuvik's beach sauna sits right by the water next to a sheltered sandy beach in Jollas, Laajasalo, with a second courtyard sauna up by the villa. Open sessions run on almost every day of the year, with a limited number of tickets bought in advance, and bathers swim from the pier in every season, with a pumped ice hole in winter. Mixed sessions are bathed in swimsuits, which can be borrowed free of charge. The saunas can also be hired privately, with a hot tub for EUR 299 extra.
Villa Salmela Sauna
Villa Salmela's wood-heated shore sauna Autereinen in Laajasalo is warm all year, pairing a sauna room for up to eight with a spacious fireplace room. Bathers swim from the pier, and in winter a pump keeps an ice hole open. Public 1.5-hour sessions run on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons, mostly mixed, with women's turns on Wednesday and Saturday evenings; adults pay EUR 17. There is no shower, only a wash basin with warm water, and the sauna can also be rented privately.
Villa Wuorio Rantasauna
Villa Wuorio's wood-heated shore sauna sits at the water's edge in the grounds of a log villa more than 120 years old in Laajasalo, with a terrace looking towards Kustaanmiekka and the city centre. Bathers swim from steps straight in front of the sauna. In the summer season public sessions run on Thursdays and Sundays, mixed and women's, for up to 10 at EUR 18 (children EUR 10), and swimwear is worn at public sessions. Outside those it can be hired privately for about 10.
Allas Sea Pool
Allas Sea Pool is a sea spa beside the Market Square with a warm pool at 27°C, a seawater pool and five saunas. The Panorama Sauna and the 90°C Corner Sauna in the main building are unisex, as is one of three small floating saunas on the pool deck; swimwear is compulsory in all mixed saunas and optional in the separate men's and women's floating saunas. The Corner Sauna can be booked privately. Pools and saunas open Monday to Friday 6:30 am to 9 pm and weekends 8 am to 9 pm.
Flamingo Spa & saunamaailma
Flamingo's adults-only Spa & saunamaailma in Vantaa promises Finland's most varied choice of saunas: eight, including the large honey-scented steam sauna Utu, the Syli salt sauna, the traditional Terva sauna, the Pyry pier sauna and juniper and mint steam rooms. Sauna rituals run daily in the spa saunas. A mineral pool, a warm pool and the Avanto cold pool complete it, and tickets from EUR 19 also cover the waterpark. Open daily from 9 am to 9 pm, to 10 pm on Fridays and Saturdays.
Kuusijärven saunat
Kuusijärvi's lakeside saunas in Vantaa include what the operator calls Vantaa's only public smoke saunas: a small smoke sauna from 1 pm, and the large beach smoke sauna and the new Havu and Pihka smoke saunas, opened in 2025, from 2 pm until 8:30 pm. The smoke saunas are unisex and swimsuits are compulsory in them; Havu is a quiet sauna. A smoke-sauna wristband costs EUR 16 for two hours with no booking. The men's and women's electric saunas are closed for renovation, due back in October.
Yrjönkadun uimahalli
Yrjönkadun uimahalli, opened in 1928, is Finland's oldest public swimming hall, a neoclassical building in central Helsinki where women and men swim on separate days and may swim with or without a swimsuit. The ground floor has one pool and two electric saunas at 85°C and 75°C, for EUR 6 per two hours. A second-floor ticket (EUR 20) adds a wood-heated sauna, a small steam sauna and an infrared sauna. Women's days are Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday; the hall closes for the summer.
Mäkelänrinteen Uintikeskus
Mäkelänrinne swimming centre, run by Urheiluhallit, is a large sports hall with a 50 m by 20 m pool, a cold water pool at 8 to 11°C, saunas and steam saunas, plus a gym and a hot, humid HOT training area. A private sauna for up to 20, renewed in 2022, sits on the third floor with two dressing rooms, a sauna lounge and access to the pool area, and costs EUR 110 for two hours Monday to Thursday and EUR 148 Friday to Sunday. Gym users can follow a workout with a swim and sauna on the same visit.
USVA Spa
USVA Spa by Terhen is a day spa in the Kaivopiha courtyard at the NH Collection Helsinki Grand Hansa hotel, inspired by Finnish sauna culture and nature. A one-time EUR 39 ticket gives two hours of the spa and gym, with a traditional Finnish sauna, a steam room, a cold plunge and cold mist showers. The spa is a unisex area where swimwear or a towel is worn. Day spa hours are Monday to Wednesday 10 am to 6 pm, Thursday to Saturday 10 am to 8 pm and Sunday noon to 6 pm, and the age limit is 16.
Kotiharjun sauna
Kotiharjun sauna in Kallio, open since 1928, calls itself the only traditional wood-heated neighbourhood sauna left in Helsinki. Separate men's and women's public saunas sit on two floors, heated by huge single-fire stoves, and an electric private sauna with two lounges takes groups of about 17. No booking is needed and bathers may stay as long as they like; men bathe nude. A washer gives full-body scrubs on Thursdays and Saturdays. Open Tuesday to Sunday 2 pm to 8 pm, entry EUR 16.
Lonnan sauna
Lonna's public sauna stands on the island of Lonna in the archipelago just in front of Helsinki's centre, in a building of handcrafted untreated logs designed by OOPEAA that opened in 2017. Two wood-heated loft saunas are mixed every day, with or without swimsuit, and bathers cool off on a large terrace or in the sea from a rocky shore. A two-hour pass costs EUR 23 and booking ahead is advised. The sauna opens Tuesday to Saturday, and the island is open only from 7 May to 26 September 2026.
Lähde Sauna
The Lähde Sauna in the Lapinlahti hospital park is an 1880s sauna building that its operator calls the oldest still-functioning public sauna in Helsinki. It fits up to 10 bathers and stands less than 100 metres from the beach. Volunteer sauna attendants run a monthly schedule of mixed, women's and men's turns, mostly on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons, for EUR 12 (EUR 6 discounted) per two hours with no booking. It can also be hired privately from EUR 140 for two hours.
Löyly
Löyly is a waterfront sauna and restaurant on the Hernesaari shore, in a timber building by the Baltic Sea. Its two public saunas, a traditional smoke sauna and a wood-burning sauna, each hold around 20 bathers and open straight onto a terrace and the sea for a swim. The saunas are mixed, so swimwear is worn throughout. A two-hour visit costs EUR 29 including a towel, and a smaller private sauna for up to 10 can be booked. The saunas close for maintenance from 4 to 7 October 2026.
Sannan sauna
Sannan sauna is a small seaside sauna by the Vuosaari public beach, run by the Vuosaari-Seura society. Weekly public sauna evenings run from 1 May to 29 September 2026, Tuesday to Thursday from 4 pm to 9 pm, with no booking. Seven to nine bathers fit on the benches, women and men have their own changing rooms and bathers swim from the pier. There is no shower, only a warm-water basin. In winter the building is a changing room for winter swimmers with no sauna. Private hire costs EUR 220 a day.
Sauna Hermanni
Sauna Hermanni is a public neighbourhood sauna founded in the 1950s in Hermanni, entered from the courtyard of the apartment block at Hämeentie 63. Men's and women's sides are separate, holding 30 and 20 bathers, and are heated by new IKI stoves. The kiosk rents towels and sells coffee, grilled sausage and snacks, and bathers may bring their own drinks. Open Monday and Wednesday to Friday 3 pm to 8 pm and Saturday 2 pm to 6 pm; entry EUR 14, under-15s free.
Saunasaari
Saunasaari, on the northern tip of Vasikkasaari island, has two traditional smoke saunas with Suomenlinna and the Market Square on the horizon, and both lead straight into the sea or a hot tub. On summer weekends its Sauna & Dine evening starts at 5 pm with a connecting boat from the Market Square, followed by a dinner cooked over open fire, smoked and grilled by the RÖK summer kitchen, with the return boat at 9 pm. The rest of the time the island is booked for private events.
Uunisaaren saunat
Uunisaari's beach saunas stand on a small island just off Helsinki, reached in summer by a ferry from Kompassitori. Two traditional Finnish saunas share the shore: Pikku-Uuni, a women's sauna for up to 10, and Iso-Uuni, a unisex sauna for 15 where swimsuits are asked for. Bathers dip in the sea from a year-round pier, with an ice hole in winter. Public sessions run Wednesday to Friday 3 pm to 9 pm, Saturday 11 am to 9 pm and Sunday noon to 8 pm, and both saunas can also be hired.
Uusi Sauna
Uusi Sauna in Jätkäsaari brings the classic Helsinki neighbourhood sauna into the 21st century, combining a public sauna with a bar and bistro for over 100 guests and two terraces. Separate men's and women's saunas take about 20 bathers each and are bathed nude, while a mixed electric sauna for 10 to 15 calls for a swimsuit or towel and can be hired from EUR 350. Entry is EUR 18 with no booking. Open Tuesday to Friday 5 pm to midnight, Saturday 4 pm to midnight, Sunday 4 pm to 11 pm.
Villa Furuvik Beach Sauna
Villa Furuvik's beach sauna sits right by the water next to a sheltered sandy beach in Jollas, Laajasalo, with a second courtyard sauna up by the villa. Open sessions run on almost every day of the year, with a limited number of tickets bought in advance, and bathers swim from the pier in every season, with a pumped ice hole in winter. Mixed sessions are bathed in swimsuits, which can be borrowed free of charge. The saunas can also be hired privately, with a hot tub for EUR 299 extra.
Villa Salmela Sauna
Villa Salmela's wood-heated shore sauna Autereinen in Laajasalo is warm all year, pairing a sauna room for up to eight with a spacious fireplace room. Bathers swim from the pier, and in winter a pump keeps an ice hole open. Public 1.5-hour sessions run on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons, mostly mixed, with women's turns on Wednesday and Saturday evenings; adults pay EUR 17. There is no shower, only a wash basin with warm water, and the sauna can also be rented privately.
Villa Wuorio Rantasauna
Villa Wuorio's wood-heated shore sauna sits at the water's edge in the grounds of a log villa more than 120 years old in Laajasalo, with a terrace looking towards Kustaanmiekka and the city centre. Bathers swim from steps straight in front of the sauna. In the summer season public sessions run on Thursdays and Sundays, mixed and women's, for up to 10 at EUR 18 (children EUR 10), and swimwear is worn at public sessions. Outside those it can be hired privately for about 10.
Allas Sea Pool
Allas Sea Pool is a sea spa beside the Market Square with a warm pool at 27°C, a seawater pool and five saunas. The Panorama Sauna and the 90°C Corner Sauna in the main building are unisex, as is one of three small floating saunas on the pool deck; swimwear is compulsory in all mixed saunas and optional in the separate men's and women's floating saunas. The Corner Sauna can be booked privately. Pools and saunas open Monday to Friday 6:30 am to 9 pm and weekends 8 am to 9 pm.
Flamingo Spa & saunamaailma
Flamingo's adults-only Spa & saunamaailma in Vantaa promises Finland's most varied choice of saunas: eight, including the large honey-scented steam sauna Utu, the Syli salt sauna, the traditional Terva sauna, the Pyry pier sauna and juniper and mint steam rooms. Sauna rituals run daily in the spa saunas. A mineral pool, a warm pool and the Avanto cold pool complete it, and tickets from EUR 19 also cover the waterpark. Open daily from 9 am to 9 pm, to 10 pm on Fridays and Saturdays.
Kuusijärven saunat
Kuusijärvi's lakeside saunas in Vantaa include what the operator calls Vantaa's only public smoke saunas: a small smoke sauna from 1 pm, and the large beach smoke sauna and the new Havu and Pihka smoke saunas, opened in 2025, from 2 pm until 8:30 pm. The smoke saunas are unisex and swimsuits are compulsory in them; Havu is a quiet sauna. A smoke-sauna wristband costs EUR 16 for two hours with no booking. The men's and women's electric saunas are closed for renovation, due back in October.
Yrjönkadun uimahalli
Yrjönkadun uimahalli, opened in 1928, is Finland's oldest public swimming hall, a neoclassical building in central Helsinki where women and men swim on separate days and may swim with or without a swimsuit. The ground floor has one pool and two electric saunas at 85°C and 75°C, for EUR 6 per two hours. A second-floor ticket (EUR 20) adds a wood-heated sauna, a small steam sauna and an infrared sauna. Women's days are Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday; the hall closes for the summer.
Mäkelänrinteen Uintikeskus
Mäkelänrinne swimming centre, run by Urheiluhallit, is a large sports hall with a 50 m by 20 m pool, a cold water pool at 8 to 11°C, saunas and steam saunas, plus a gym and a hot, humid HOT training area. A private sauna for up to 20, renewed in 2022, sits on the third floor with two dressing rooms, a sauna lounge and access to the pool area, and costs EUR 110 for two hours Monday to Thursday and EUR 148 Friday to Sunday. Gym users can follow a workout with a swim and sauna on the same visit.
USVA Spa
USVA Spa by Terhen is a day spa in the Kaivopiha courtyard at the NH Collection Helsinki Grand Hansa hotel, inspired by Finnish sauna culture and nature. A one-time EUR 39 ticket gives two hours of the spa and gym, with a traditional Finnish sauna, a steam room, a cold plunge and cold mist showers. The spa is a unisex area where swimwear or a towel is worn. Day spa hours are Monday to Wednesday 10 am to 6 pm, Thursday to Saturday 10 am to 8 pm and Sunday noon to 6 pm, and the age limit is 16.