Textile-free saunas in Kiel, Germany
Mare Wellness & Sport
Fitness and wellness club in Schönkirchen, east of Kiel, whose Saunawelt is open to day guests (€30 for a full day, €24 for 2.5 hours). It has a Finnish sauna, a herbal sauna, a bio sauna, infrared cabins and an Ottoman brine steam bath, plus a Finnish ladies' sauna from October to April. Staff run Aufguss sessions through the day, cooling is by gush bucket, an ice fountain and an outdoor terrace, and there is a 28 °C brine pool. The saunas are textile-free.
Saunabad Molfsee
Family-run sauna bath in Molfsee, on the southern edge of Kiel, open for more than 40 years and on 362 days a year, with no membership needed. It has a garden log-cabin sauna at 85-90°C for up to 40 people, a Finnish sauna, a coloured-light sanarium, a brine caldarium, a steam bath, an infrared cabin, a 12 x 6 m pool kept at 29°C, a Kneipp walk and a screened garden. Aufguss sessions run daily from 1 pm. Monday is women's day; a full day costs €22.
Hörnbad
Kiel's municipal pool on the Hörn, near the main station, with a rooftop sauna area reached from the outdoor terrace. It has two Finnish sauna rooms with views (90°C and 75°C) where scented Aufguss sessions alternate, a 60°C mild sauna, a steam room, a rooftop sun terrace and an outdoor whirlpool. All saunas are textile-free. From mid-September the sauna is closed on Mondays and Tuesday is women only. A 3-hour sauna-only ticket costs €16.
Schwimmhalle Preetz
Municipal indoor pool run by the town of Preetz on the shore of the Postsee, about 13 km south-east of Kiel, with a 25-metre pool and a sauna area. The sauna area has a steam bath (47 °C), a bio sauna (60 °C), a Finnish sauna (80 °C) and a Kelo sauna (95 °C), and is textile-free. Single sauna entry costs €21, or €14 from 7 PM Tuesday to Friday. Tuesday is women only, Monday is closed, and the sauna runs a reduced summer service from July to September.
Mare Wellness & Sport
Fitness and wellness club in Schönkirchen, east of Kiel, whose Saunawelt is open to day guests (€30 for a full day, €24 for 2.5 hours). It has a Finnish sauna, a herbal sauna, a bio sauna, infrared cabins and an Ottoman brine steam bath, plus a Finnish ladies' sauna from October to April. Staff run Aufguss sessions through the day, cooling is by gush bucket, an ice fountain and an outdoor terrace, and there is a 28 °C brine pool. The saunas are textile-free.
Saunabad Molfsee
Family-run sauna bath in Molfsee, on the southern edge of Kiel, open for more than 40 years and on 362 days a year, with no membership needed. It has a garden log-cabin sauna at 85-90°C for up to 40 people, a Finnish sauna, a coloured-light sanarium, a brine caldarium, a steam bath, an infrared cabin, a 12 x 6 m pool kept at 29°C, a Kneipp walk and a screened garden. Aufguss sessions run daily from 1 pm. Monday is women's day; a full day costs €22.
Hörnbad
Kiel's municipal pool on the Hörn, near the main station, with a rooftop sauna area reached from the outdoor terrace. It has two Finnish sauna rooms with views (90°C and 75°C) where scented Aufguss sessions alternate, a 60°C mild sauna, a steam room, a rooftop sun terrace and an outdoor whirlpool. All saunas are textile-free. From mid-September the sauna is closed on Mondays and Tuesday is women only. A 3-hour sauna-only ticket costs €16.
Schwimmhalle Preetz
Municipal indoor pool run by the town of Preetz on the shore of the Postsee, about 13 km south-east of Kiel, with a 25-metre pool and a sauna area. The sauna area has a steam bath (47 °C), a bio sauna (60 °C), a Finnish sauna (80 °C) and a Kelo sauna (95 °C), and is textile-free. Single sauna entry costs €21, or €14 from 7 PM Tuesday to Friday. Tuesday is women only, Monday is closed, and the sauna runs a reduced summer service from July to September.