Best Saunas in Leipzig, Germany
Finnlandsauna am Bagger
Finnlandsauna am Bagger is an independent sauna landscape in Leipzig-Thekla with more than 30 years of history, set on a lake beside a nature reserve with direct lake access. Alongside the sauna, including a panorama sauna that opens daily from 11 am, it has an indoor heated pool, a year-round outdoor pool with counter-current, a quiet room with fireplace and lake view, a fitness area and massages. It opens daily from 10 am to 10 pm; a day ticket costs EUR 25, cash only.
Höhlensauna & Alpenbar
Höhlensauna & Alpenbar is a small cave-themed sauna with an Alpine-style bar on the ground floor of the Novum Hotel Aviva in Leipzig-Eutritzsch. It has a Finnish sauna where infusions are possible, a bio sauna, a steam room, a cold plunge pool and a foot bath, plus a partly covered beer garden; guests may use the bar in a bathrobe. It is currently open on Saturdays from 2 pm to 10 pm, from EUR 14 per hour, and can be hired for parties of 10 to 40. Entry from age 14.
Radical Wellness Saunaspace
Radical Wellness Saunaspace is a new, small community sauna in western Leipzig, run by the non-profit Kultursauna e.V. It mixes sauna culture with mindfulness, yoga, readings and DJ sets in a wooden, festival-style space, and is explicitly queer friendly and open to all genders. Public sessions run on Fridays and Sundays from 4 pm to 10 pm; on other days the sauna can be hired privately from EUR 200 for up to six people. Members pay from EUR 10 a month.
Sauna im See
Sauna im See is a sauna landscape at the harbour of the Cospudener See in Markkleeberg, just south of Leipzig, with direct access to the lake for cooling off in summer and winter. It has a 100 °C harbour sauna, an 85 °C panorama Aufguss sauna with a lake view, a 65 °C herbal sauna and a 40 °C brine steam bath, plus a bistro, fireplace room and an outdoor hot tub for groups. It opens daily until 10 pm; 1.5 hours cost from EUR 24.
Saunatreff Stötteritz
Saunatreff Stötteritz is a small family-run sauna in the Leipzig district of Stötteritz, open since 1992. It has a 90 °C Finnish sauna with infusions on request, a sauna garden with seating and loungers, Kneipp hose, gush shower and a Kneipp basin, a separate quiet room, a fireplace and a small sauna bar, and it offers massages. Opening hours and prices are not published on its website, so call ahead.
Meri Sauna
Meri Sauna is an independent sauna garden in Markranstädt, on the Kulkwitzer See at the western edge of Leipzig, built around a natural swimming pond. It has seven sauna types, including a half-buried earth sauna with an open fire, an event sauna with Aufguss sessions through the day, a herbal sauna, a sanarium and a steam room, plus an ice fountain for cooling. Banya rituals with birch veniks are bookable. It opens daily from 10 or 11 am (Monday 2 pm) to 10 pm; a day ticket costs EUR 34.
Sachsen-Therme
Sachsen-Therme is a leisure pool and spa in eastern Leipzig with a 3,500 m² sauna and wellness area. It has eight saunas and steam baths, including a 95 °C Kelo sauna and an 80 °C earth sauna in the sauna garden, three Finnish saunas from 75 to 100 °C, a eucalyptus sauna and a biosanarium, with up to 20 Aufguss sessions a day and a warm and cold water pool outdoors. It opens daily from 10 am to 10 pm, with a monthly midnight sauna; pool plus sauna costs from EUR 23 for two hours.
Sauna im Sportbad an der Elster
The sauna in the Sportbad an der Elster is a municipal sauna run by Leipziger Sportbäder in the west of Leipzig. It has a 90 °C Finnish sauna, a 60 °C bio sauna and a 50 °C steam bath; the ticket covers the sauna only, not the pool. Thursdays are women only. It opens Monday to Thursday from 2 pm to 10 pm, Friday 8 am to 9 pm, Saturday 11 am to 4 pm and Sunday 8 am to 8 pm; 3.5 hours cost EUR 18.
Sauna in der Grünauer Welle
The sauna in the Grünauer Welle is a municipal sauna run by Leipziger Sportbäder in the Grünau pool complex. It has a 90 °C Finnish sauna, a 60 °C bio sauna, a 50 °C steam bath, a plunge pool and an atrium, and the ticket includes use of the swimming pool. Mondays are women only. It opens Monday to Thursday from midday (Wednesday 7 am) to 10 pm, Friday to 9 pm and weekends 10 am to 8 pm; 3.5 hours cost EUR 18.
Hotel am Gutspark
Hotel am Gutspark in southern Leipzig runs a 400 m² sauna area open to day visitors, with a Finnish sauna, a salt-water pool for cooling, quiet rooms and a garden, plus Thai massage. Wednesday mornings are women only. Winter hours (October to May) are Tuesday 3–10 pm, Wednesday and Thursday 10 am–10 pm, Friday noon–10 pm and Sunday 10 am–10 pm; summer hours are shorter. Four hours cost EUR 21, and the whole sauna area can be hired exclusively for private events.
Finnlandsauna am Bagger
Finnlandsauna am Bagger is an independent sauna landscape in Leipzig-Thekla with more than 30 years of history, set on a lake beside a nature reserve with direct lake access. Alongside the sauna, including a panorama sauna that opens daily from 11 am, it has an indoor heated pool, a year-round outdoor pool with counter-current, a quiet room with fireplace and lake view, a fitness area and massages. It opens daily from 10 am to 10 pm; a day ticket costs EUR 25, cash only.
Höhlensauna & Alpenbar
Höhlensauna & Alpenbar is a small cave-themed sauna with an Alpine-style bar on the ground floor of the Novum Hotel Aviva in Leipzig-Eutritzsch. It has a Finnish sauna where infusions are possible, a bio sauna, a steam room, a cold plunge pool and a foot bath, plus a partly covered beer garden; guests may use the bar in a bathrobe. It is currently open on Saturdays from 2 pm to 10 pm, from EUR 14 per hour, and can be hired for parties of 10 to 40. Entry from age 14.
Radical Wellness Saunaspace
Radical Wellness Saunaspace is a new, small community sauna in western Leipzig, run by the non-profit Kultursauna e.V. It mixes sauna culture with mindfulness, yoga, readings and DJ sets in a wooden, festival-style space, and is explicitly queer friendly and open to all genders. Public sessions run on Fridays and Sundays from 4 pm to 10 pm; on other days the sauna can be hired privately from EUR 200 for up to six people. Members pay from EUR 10 a month.
Sauna im See
Sauna im See is a sauna landscape at the harbour of the Cospudener See in Markkleeberg, just south of Leipzig, with direct access to the lake for cooling off in summer and winter. It has a 100 °C harbour sauna, an 85 °C panorama Aufguss sauna with a lake view, a 65 °C herbal sauna and a 40 °C brine steam bath, plus a bistro, fireplace room and an outdoor hot tub for groups. It opens daily until 10 pm; 1.5 hours cost from EUR 24.
Saunatreff Stötteritz
Saunatreff Stötteritz is a small family-run sauna in the Leipzig district of Stötteritz, open since 1992. It has a 90 °C Finnish sauna with infusions on request, a sauna garden with seating and loungers, Kneipp hose, gush shower and a Kneipp basin, a separate quiet room, a fireplace and a small sauna bar, and it offers massages. Opening hours and prices are not published on its website, so call ahead.
Meri Sauna
Meri Sauna is an independent sauna garden in Markranstädt, on the Kulkwitzer See at the western edge of Leipzig, built around a natural swimming pond. It has seven sauna types, including a half-buried earth sauna with an open fire, an event sauna with Aufguss sessions through the day, a herbal sauna, a sanarium and a steam room, plus an ice fountain for cooling. Banya rituals with birch veniks are bookable. It opens daily from 10 or 11 am (Monday 2 pm) to 10 pm; a day ticket costs EUR 34.
Sachsen-Therme
Sachsen-Therme is a leisure pool and spa in eastern Leipzig with a 3,500 m² sauna and wellness area. It has eight saunas and steam baths, including a 95 °C Kelo sauna and an 80 °C earth sauna in the sauna garden, three Finnish saunas from 75 to 100 °C, a eucalyptus sauna and a biosanarium, with up to 20 Aufguss sessions a day and a warm and cold water pool outdoors. It opens daily from 10 am to 10 pm, with a monthly midnight sauna; pool plus sauna costs from EUR 23 for two hours.
Sauna im Sportbad an der Elster
The sauna in the Sportbad an der Elster is a municipal sauna run by Leipziger Sportbäder in the west of Leipzig. It has a 90 °C Finnish sauna, a 60 °C bio sauna and a 50 °C steam bath; the ticket covers the sauna only, not the pool. Thursdays are women only. It opens Monday to Thursday from 2 pm to 10 pm, Friday 8 am to 9 pm, Saturday 11 am to 4 pm and Sunday 8 am to 8 pm; 3.5 hours cost EUR 18.
Sauna in der Grünauer Welle
The sauna in the Grünauer Welle is a municipal sauna run by Leipziger Sportbäder in the Grünau pool complex. It has a 90 °C Finnish sauna, a 60 °C bio sauna, a 50 °C steam bath, a plunge pool and an atrium, and the ticket includes use of the swimming pool. Mondays are women only. It opens Monday to Thursday from midday (Wednesday 7 am) to 10 pm, Friday to 9 pm and weekends 10 am to 8 pm; 3.5 hours cost EUR 18.
Hotel am Gutspark
Hotel am Gutspark in southern Leipzig runs a 400 m² sauna area open to day visitors, with a Finnish sauna, a salt-water pool for cooling, quiet rooms and a garden, plus Thai massage. Wednesday mornings are women only. Winter hours (October to May) are Tuesday 3–10 pm, Wednesday and Thursday 10 am–10 pm, Friday noon–10 pm and Sunday 10 am–10 pm; summer hours are shorter. Four hours cost EUR 21, and the whole sauna area can be hired exclusively for private events.