Finnish saunas in Riga, Latvia
Miers
Miers bills itself as Latvia's first social sauna club, on the Andrejsala waterfront next to restaurant Koya. Each 75-minute session is led by a facilitator through three rounds of sauna, cold plunge and rest, with aromatherapy, breathwork and towel waving, in a large mixed-gender sauna shared with other guests. Swimwear is mandatory for all sessions. Sessions are booked online, passes are sold for regulars, and the ritual can be reserved privately for groups.
Pārdaugavas malkas pirts
Pārdaugavas malkas pirts on Jelgavas iela is an eco wood-fired public bathhouse run by the same operator as Mārtiņielas pirts. The women's sauna is on the second floor and the men's on the first, both open at the same time, and families get a children's corner with small tubs, plus a café and a terrace. It opens Monday 8:00–20:00 and Saturday and Sunday 8:00–22:00, and is closed Tuesday to Friday. Adult entry is €16.50.
Sauna Riga
Sauna Riga is a floating sauna on a pier at Agenosta near the city centre, hired privately by the group. The sauna room holds up to 6 people at about 70 °C, and the platform also has a 38 °C hot tub for 6, a lounge seating 10 and a grill, for up to 15 guests in all. In winter guests cool off with a dip in the freezing water. Rental starts at €150 for 3 hours for up to 7 people, and bookings run daily from 8:00 to midnight.
ESPA Riga
ESPA Riga is a large day spa beside the Radisson Blu Latvija hotel. Its first-floor Active Leisure area of pools and saunas is closed for renovation from 7 April to 5 October 2026; meanwhile the sixth-floor Thermal Suite stays open by reservation, with a Rondello sauna and dry sauna pods at 80–100 °C, aromatherapy steam pods, an outdoor vitality pool, an ice fountain and a cool waterfall. Two hours cost €40 on weekdays and €50 at weekends. Swimwear is required.
Joker Klubs
Joker Klubs is a sports and spa club on Katrīnas iela in Riga's Pētersala neighbourhood whose Water Relaxation Centre has seven saunas: an octagonal traditional sauna at 95–100 °C, a sanarium with adjustable humidity, two steam baths (salt and eucalyptus), a caldarium, a Turkish bath and an infrared sauna. It also has a 26–27 °C pool with massage cascades and warm spa baths. A 2.5-hour visit costs €29 on weekdays before 17:00 and €32 otherwise; the centre opens daily from noon.
Pirts Nr.1
Pirts Nr.1 on Ulbrokas iela bills itself as the largest wood-fired bathhouse in the Baltics, with two big wood stoves, a modern steam room, a Turkish bath and a cold pool kept at 8 °C. Men's and women's sections normally run side by side; from 18 May 2026 a single section opens for the summer, with Tuesday and Thursday as women's days. Entry is €14, massage and a Charcot shower are bookable, and the Šašliks Nr.1 grill bar is on site.
Kempinski The Spa
Kempinski The Spa, at Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga, sells a Spa Day Pass to outside visitors: three hours with a 16-metre indoor pool, several saunas, a steam room, a plunge pool, an ice fountain, an experience shower and a relaxation lounge, for €60 Monday to Thursday and €75 Friday to Sunday. Day visitors must book ahead and be 16 or over. A Private Pirts Suite with its own plunge pool and a birch broom costs €150 an hour for one person or €220 for two.
Wellton SPA Centrum
Wellton SPA Centrum is the spa of the Wellton Centrum Hotel & SPA on Kalēju iela in Old Riga, open to outside visitors who book a SPA Zone visit in advance. The zone has an 8.5-metre swimming pool with water jets, up to 1.65 m deep, a jacuzzi, a Finnish sauna and a Turkish steam bath, and it can be rented in full for a private 1.5-hour visit. It is open daily from 9:00 to 21:00 with last entry at 19:00, and also sells SPA Zone memberships and children's swimming lessons.
Wellton SPA Oasis
Wellton SPA Oasis is the spa of the Wellton Riga Hotel & SPA on Vaļņu iela in the heart of Old Riga. Its SPA Zone has a small 20 m² leisure pool with underwater massage jets, a jacuzzi, a Finnish sauna and a Turkish steam bath; 1.5-hour visits can be booked or taken as walk-ins, and the whole zone can be rented for a private 1.5-hour visit. It opens Monday to Thursday 10:00–21:00 and Friday to Sunday 9:00–21:00, with last entry at 19:00.
Miers
Miers bills itself as Latvia's first social sauna club, on the Andrejsala waterfront next to restaurant Koya. Each 75-minute session is led by a facilitator through three rounds of sauna, cold plunge and rest, with aromatherapy, breathwork and towel waving, in a large mixed-gender sauna shared with other guests. Swimwear is mandatory for all sessions. Sessions are booked online, passes are sold for regulars, and the ritual can be reserved privately for groups.
Pārdaugavas malkas pirts
Pārdaugavas malkas pirts on Jelgavas iela is an eco wood-fired public bathhouse run by the same operator as Mārtiņielas pirts. The women's sauna is on the second floor and the men's on the first, both open at the same time, and families get a children's corner with small tubs, plus a café and a terrace. It opens Monday 8:00–20:00 and Saturday and Sunday 8:00–22:00, and is closed Tuesday to Friday. Adult entry is €16.50.
Sauna Riga
Sauna Riga is a floating sauna on a pier at Agenosta near the city centre, hired privately by the group. The sauna room holds up to 6 people at about 70 °C, and the platform also has a 38 °C hot tub for 6, a lounge seating 10 and a grill, for up to 15 guests in all. In winter guests cool off with a dip in the freezing water. Rental starts at €150 for 3 hours for up to 7 people, and bookings run daily from 8:00 to midnight.
ESPA Riga
ESPA Riga is a large day spa beside the Radisson Blu Latvija hotel. Its first-floor Active Leisure area of pools and saunas is closed for renovation from 7 April to 5 October 2026; meanwhile the sixth-floor Thermal Suite stays open by reservation, with a Rondello sauna and dry sauna pods at 80–100 °C, aromatherapy steam pods, an outdoor vitality pool, an ice fountain and a cool waterfall. Two hours cost €40 on weekdays and €50 at weekends. Swimwear is required.
Joker Klubs
Joker Klubs is a sports and spa club on Katrīnas iela in Riga's Pētersala neighbourhood whose Water Relaxation Centre has seven saunas: an octagonal traditional sauna at 95–100 °C, a sanarium with adjustable humidity, two steam baths (salt and eucalyptus), a caldarium, a Turkish bath and an infrared sauna. It also has a 26–27 °C pool with massage cascades and warm spa baths. A 2.5-hour visit costs €29 on weekdays before 17:00 and €32 otherwise; the centre opens daily from noon.
Pirts Nr.1
Pirts Nr.1 on Ulbrokas iela bills itself as the largest wood-fired bathhouse in the Baltics, with two big wood stoves, a modern steam room, a Turkish bath and a cold pool kept at 8 °C. Men's and women's sections normally run side by side; from 18 May 2026 a single section opens for the summer, with Tuesday and Thursday as women's days. Entry is €14, massage and a Charcot shower are bookable, and the Šašliks Nr.1 grill bar is on site.
Kempinski The Spa
Kempinski The Spa, at Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga, sells a Spa Day Pass to outside visitors: three hours with a 16-metre indoor pool, several saunas, a steam room, a plunge pool, an ice fountain, an experience shower and a relaxation lounge, for €60 Monday to Thursday and €75 Friday to Sunday. Day visitors must book ahead and be 16 or over. A Private Pirts Suite with its own plunge pool and a birch broom costs €150 an hour for one person or €220 for two.
Wellton SPA Centrum
Wellton SPA Centrum is the spa of the Wellton Centrum Hotel & SPA on Kalēju iela in Old Riga, open to outside visitors who book a SPA Zone visit in advance. The zone has an 8.5-metre swimming pool with water jets, up to 1.65 m deep, a jacuzzi, a Finnish sauna and a Turkish steam bath, and it can be rented in full for a private 1.5-hour visit. It is open daily from 9:00 to 21:00 with last entry at 19:00, and also sells SPA Zone memberships and children's swimming lessons.
Wellton SPA Oasis
Wellton SPA Oasis is the spa of the Wellton Riga Hotel & SPA on Vaļņu iela in the heart of Old Riga. Its SPA Zone has a small 20 m² leisure pool with underwater massage jets, a jacuzzi, a Finnish sauna and a Turkish steam bath; 1.5-hour visits can be booked or taken as walk-ins, and the whole zone can be rented for a private 1.5-hour visit. It opens Monday to Thursday 10:00–21:00 and Friday to Sunday 9:00–21:00, with last entry at 19:00.