Textile-free saunas in Munich, Germany
AquariUSH Saunaoase
The Saunaoase of AquariUSH, the thermal family bath in Unterschleißheim, was redesigned in 2018. Its six sweat rooms are the Bergl-Sauna, an earth sauna built into the hillside, a Finnish sauna, the Sauna Chalet with a panoramic window onto the sauna garden, a stone-pine Zirbensauna, a steam bath and an infrared lounge, plus a cold plunge pool and a small thermal pool fed from a 2,000 m spring. Sauna masters run Aufguss daily; Monday is women's day; open daily 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM.
Olympia-Schwimmhalle
The Olympia-Schwimmhalle, built for the 1972 Games in the Olympiapark, adds a 900 m² sauna complex to its historic 50 m pool. Five sweat rooms include an Inspirations-Sauna of about 80°C, Fitness saunas of about 90°C indoors and 100°C outdoors, a sanarium and a steam bath, and guests cool off in a snow cabin, cold showers and a plunge pool of about 15°C. Aufguss runs daily on the hour, Tuesday is women's day, and the sauna opens Monday 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM and otherwise from 8:00 AM.
Phönix-Bad Ottobrunn
Phönix-Bad in Ottobrunn, south-east of Munich, runs a sauna world of ten saunas and steam baths with a 3,000 m² sauna garden. Cabins range from a 65°C Stein-Sauna to Kelo, Kelo-Teich and Stollen saunas of 90 to 95°C and a natural-stone steam bath at 48°C; twenty Aufguss ceremonies take place daily, with a brine pool, whirlpool, outdoor pool and Kneipp course outside. The sauna opens daily from 9:00 AM (weekends 8:00 AM) until 11:00 PM or midnight; a day pass costs 36 EUR on weekdays.
Cosimawellenbad
Cosimawellenbad in Bogenhausen pairs Munich's wave pool with a modern 900 m² sauna landscape. Guests choose between a Stollensauna of about 95°C, a Finnish sauna of about 90°C, a colour-light sanarium of about 60°C and a steam bath of about 45°C under a starry sky, cooling off in the indoor plunge pool or on the open-air terrace with Kneipp and plunge pools. Aufguss runs every half hour on weekdays, Monday is women's day, and the sauna is open daily 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM for 23 EUR per four hours.
Dantebad
Dantebad in Neuhausen-Nymphenburg is a municipal bath with a heated outdoor pool that stays open all winter. Its sauna area has a Finnish sauna of about 95°C, a sanarium of about 60°C, a steam bath of about 45°C and an outdoor sauna of about 90°C, plus a large cold plunge pool of about 15°C and a foot-bath rondel. Aufguss runs daily on the hour from 10:00 AM, Monday is women's day, and the sauna opens daily from 7:30 AM to 11:00 PM; a four-hour ticket costs 23 EUR.
Michaelibad
Michaelibad in Neuperlach is a municipal indoor bath whose sauna area is known for the Erd-Loft-Sauna, a two-storey earth sauna of about 80°C built from century-old Finnish kelo wood. A Finnish sauna of about 90°C and a sanarium of about 60°C complete the range, with an indoor plunge pool, an open-air terrace with a large cold plunge pool and a Kneipp area. Aufguss runs several times daily, Tuesday is women's day, and the sauna opens daily from 7:30 AM to 11:00 PM; four hours cost 23 EUR.
Müller'sches Volksbad
Müller'sches Volksbad is Munich's first indoor swimming bath, opened in 1901 in a listed Art Nouveau building beside the Isar. Its sauna area is modelled on ancient Rome: a Roman-Irish sweat bath with warm and hot-air rooms at different temperatures, a steam bath of about 45°C and a Finnish sauna of about 90°C, with hourly Aufguss, a cold pool and a semicircular shower of ten metal pipes. Tuesday is women's day; a four-hour ticket costs 23 EUR.
Nordbad
Nordbad is a neoclassical municipal indoor bath in Schwabing-West whose sauna landscape combines a Finnish sauna of about 92°C, a steam bath, a sanarium with three warm-air rooms at 45 to 65°C and an open-air terrace with an outdoor sauna. Two large plunge pools, one cold at about 15°C and one warm at 34°C, plus an outdoor plunge pool support cooling. Aufguss runs many times daily, Wednesday is women's day, and the sauna opens daily from 7:30 AM to 11:00 PM; four hours cost 23 EUR.
Südbad
Südbad in Sendling is a municipal indoor bath designed as a 'Freibad mit Dach', with large glass facades onto landscaped grounds. Its roughly 500 m² sauna landscape has a Finnish sauna of about 92°C, a steam bath of about 45°C and a colour-light sanarium of about 60°C, with an outdoor terrace, a cold plunge pool of 12 to 15°C and an ice fountain. Aufguss runs nine times a day, Thursday is women's day, and the sauna is open daily from 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM; a four-hour ticket costs 23 EUR.
AquariUSH Saunaoase
The Saunaoase of AquariUSH, the thermal family bath in Unterschleißheim, was redesigned in 2018. Its six sweat rooms are the Bergl-Sauna, an earth sauna built into the hillside, a Finnish sauna, the Sauna Chalet with a panoramic window onto the sauna garden, a stone-pine Zirbensauna, a steam bath and an infrared lounge, plus a cold plunge pool and a small thermal pool fed from a 2,000 m spring. Sauna masters run Aufguss daily; Monday is women's day; open daily 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM.
Olympia-Schwimmhalle
The Olympia-Schwimmhalle, built for the 1972 Games in the Olympiapark, adds a 900 m² sauna complex to its historic 50 m pool. Five sweat rooms include an Inspirations-Sauna of about 80°C, Fitness saunas of about 90°C indoors and 100°C outdoors, a sanarium and a steam bath, and guests cool off in a snow cabin, cold showers and a plunge pool of about 15°C. Aufguss runs daily on the hour, Tuesday is women's day, and the sauna opens Monday 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM and otherwise from 8:00 AM.
Phönix-Bad Ottobrunn
Phönix-Bad in Ottobrunn, south-east of Munich, runs a sauna world of ten saunas and steam baths with a 3,000 m² sauna garden. Cabins range from a 65°C Stein-Sauna to Kelo, Kelo-Teich and Stollen saunas of 90 to 95°C and a natural-stone steam bath at 48°C; twenty Aufguss ceremonies take place daily, with a brine pool, whirlpool, outdoor pool and Kneipp course outside. The sauna opens daily from 9:00 AM (weekends 8:00 AM) until 11:00 PM or midnight; a day pass costs 36 EUR on weekdays.
Cosimawellenbad
Cosimawellenbad in Bogenhausen pairs Munich's wave pool with a modern 900 m² sauna landscape. Guests choose between a Stollensauna of about 95°C, a Finnish sauna of about 90°C, a colour-light sanarium of about 60°C and a steam bath of about 45°C under a starry sky, cooling off in the indoor plunge pool or on the open-air terrace with Kneipp and plunge pools. Aufguss runs every half hour on weekdays, Monday is women's day, and the sauna is open daily 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM for 23 EUR per four hours.
Dantebad
Dantebad in Neuhausen-Nymphenburg is a municipal bath with a heated outdoor pool that stays open all winter. Its sauna area has a Finnish sauna of about 95°C, a sanarium of about 60°C, a steam bath of about 45°C and an outdoor sauna of about 90°C, plus a large cold plunge pool of about 15°C and a foot-bath rondel. Aufguss runs daily on the hour from 10:00 AM, Monday is women's day, and the sauna opens daily from 7:30 AM to 11:00 PM; a four-hour ticket costs 23 EUR.
Michaelibad
Michaelibad in Neuperlach is a municipal indoor bath whose sauna area is known for the Erd-Loft-Sauna, a two-storey earth sauna of about 80°C built from century-old Finnish kelo wood. A Finnish sauna of about 90°C and a sanarium of about 60°C complete the range, with an indoor plunge pool, an open-air terrace with a large cold plunge pool and a Kneipp area. Aufguss runs several times daily, Tuesday is women's day, and the sauna opens daily from 7:30 AM to 11:00 PM; four hours cost 23 EUR.
Müller'sches Volksbad
Müller'sches Volksbad is Munich's first indoor swimming bath, opened in 1901 in a listed Art Nouveau building beside the Isar. Its sauna area is modelled on ancient Rome: a Roman-Irish sweat bath with warm and hot-air rooms at different temperatures, a steam bath of about 45°C and a Finnish sauna of about 90°C, with hourly Aufguss, a cold pool and a semicircular shower of ten metal pipes. Tuesday is women's day; a four-hour ticket costs 23 EUR.
Nordbad
Nordbad is a neoclassical municipal indoor bath in Schwabing-West whose sauna landscape combines a Finnish sauna of about 92°C, a steam bath, a sanarium with three warm-air rooms at 45 to 65°C and an open-air terrace with an outdoor sauna. Two large plunge pools, one cold at about 15°C and one warm at 34°C, plus an outdoor plunge pool support cooling. Aufguss runs many times daily, Wednesday is women's day, and the sauna opens daily from 7:30 AM to 11:00 PM; four hours cost 23 EUR.
Südbad
Südbad in Sendling is a municipal indoor bath designed as a 'Freibad mit Dach', with large glass facades onto landscaped grounds. Its roughly 500 m² sauna landscape has a Finnish sauna of about 92°C, a steam bath of about 45°C and a colour-light sanarium of about 60°C, with an outdoor terrace, a cold plunge pool of 12 to 15°C and an ice fountain. Aufguss runs nine times a day, Thursday is women's day, and the sauna is open daily from 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM; a four-hour ticket costs 23 EUR.