Finnish saunas in Stockholm, Sweden
Djurgårdsbastun
Djurgårdsbastun is a small, deliberately simple sky-blue sauna floating in the Djurgården canal below the Stockholm 1897 restaurant by Djurgårdsbron, with bathing straight into the canal. It holds about ten people, with benches and a small bar outside. Open sauna costs 325 SEK per person for 120 minutes, or the whole sauna can be booked for up to ten people for 2,995 SEK. Towels are included, there is a changing room with a shower, and it is open all year.
Hellasgården Bastu
Hellasgården is an outdoor recreation centre in the Nacka nature reserve whose public sauna sits beside Källtorpssjön, with lake bathing all year. Separate women's and men's sauna sections take up to 22 people each, with mixed sessions on some days, aufguss on Wednesday evenings and quiet evenings on Thursdays. Visits last up to 90 minutes and cost from 110 SEK on weekday daytimes. The renovated sauna can also be hired privately outside opening hours.
Hornstullsbastun
Hornstullsbastun is the City of Stockholm's own public sauna on the Södermalm waterfront at Bergsunds strand. One electric sauna holds 16 people, and bookable 90-minute sessions for men, women or mixed groups cost 150 SEK, reserved online up to 30 days ahead. Bathers cool off with outdoor showers, sauna buckets and a swim. Open daily 06:30–21:30; swimwear must be worn throughout the visit.
Isbjörnarnas bastuförening
Isbjörnarna is a Bromma sauna society, 60 years old in 2025, that bathes at the house on Kanaans väg by the Kanaan bathing place and opens to the public on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. While its own sauna is closed for renovation, a wood-stove sauna tent for ten runs mixed 90-minute sessions at 125 SEK, booked online. An ice hole is kept open all winter. No swimwear is worn in the sauna; a towel may be used to cover up.
Saunify Riddersvik
Saunify Riddersvik is a self-service sauna in the park of Riddersvik manor in Hässelby villastad, with a short path through the trees to Lake Mälaren for a cold dip all year. The sauna is preheated to 80–90°C and has a Himalayan salt wall, a warm changing room and a shower. Guests book online and receive a door code: a place in a shared session costs from 149 SEK per person, or the whole sauna can be hired from 490 SEK an hour.
Sickla Bastun
Sickla Bastun is a self-service sauna site at Sickla strand in Nacka, behind the tennis courts, run by Smashing Balance, the SUP-yoga operator beside Elton's Café. It has a small electric sauna and a wood-fired tent sauna, both open daily 08:00–21:30. Drop-in visitors book an hour online for 150 SEK including wood or electricity, paid by Swish after the visit, and heat the sauna themselves, which takes 15 to 20 minutes.
STHLM Sauna Vinterviken
STHLM Sauna Vinterviken is a member-run, wood-fired sauna in the Vinterviken bay in Aspudden, opened in 2022 and looked after by its members. Non-members can book the limited guest places at open sessions: Yoga & Sauna on Mondays 11–13, a regular session on Wednesdays 17–19 and aufguss on Friday and Sunday mornings 07–09, from 105 SEK per session. The sauna holds ten, sessions last two hours, and swimwear is required.
Sätrabastun
Sätrabastun is a wood-fired public sauna on a raft at Sätrastrandsbadet in Skärholmen, owned by the district and run by volunteer hosts from Sätrabastuns Skötselförening. There is no booking and no membership: visitors pay 40 SEK by Swish at the door and take a queue ticket when it is full. Regular sessions are mixed on Fridays 17–20, women on Saturdays 13–16 and men on Sundays 13–16. It holds 12, and bathers cover up with swimwear, a towel or a sauna kilt.
Tanto Bastu
Tanto Bastu is a wood-fired sauna on a raft on Årstaviken in Tantolunden, Södermalm, run by the non-profit Tanto Bastuförening on municipal land. Members host public sessions most days: men on Tuesday evenings, mixed on Wednesday evenings and Friday and Sunday mornings, women on Thursdays and Saturdays. Tickets cost 60 SEK and are released three days ahead. The sauna holds 12, bathers swim from the raft, and swimwear is allowed in the sauna.
The Sacred Sauna
The Sacred Sauna runs guided 60-minute Sacred Sessions that combine aufguss heat, cold plunges, breathwork, essential oils and music, plus unguided Open Sauna slots. Its main site in the Slakthusområdet in Johanneshov has a 28-person ritual sauna and an 8-person small sauna; a second site at Mood on Mäster Samuelsgatan in the city has a 20-person ritual sauna. A single guided session is 349 SEK and Open Sauna 250 SEK. Slakthuset is open daily 07–22.
Sturebadet
Sturebadet is a historic bathhouse inside the Sturegallerian arcade in Östermalm. Its Turkish Bath floor has a shared steam sauna and dry sauna with a cold pool, used for its sauna and cold-bath ritual, and each changing room has its own steam and dry sauna. There is also a 14-metre pool at 29°C, a 38°C jet bath, a lavender aroma room, relaxation rooms and two gyms. Day visits come as the Sturebadsdag package or with a booked treatment. Age limit 18.
Forsgrénska badet
Forsgrénska badet is a City of Stockholm swimming hall inside the Medborgarhuset on Medborgarplatsen, in the middle of Södermalm. It has a 25-metre pool kept at 27 degrees, two teaching pools with adjustable floors, a dry sauna, a gym and group-training studios. The reception is open Monday to Thursday 06:30–21:00, Friday 12:00–20:00, Saturday 10:00–16:00 and Sunday 10:00–17:00.
Elements Spa Stockholm
Elements Spa is the spa on level 2 of Clarion Hotel Stockholm at Skanstull on Södermalm. Day entry covers a relaxation pool with indoor and outdoor sections, a dry sauna and a steam sauna, a sun terrace and a gym, with bathrobe, towel and slippers. External guests pay 395 SEK Tuesday to Thursday and 595 SEK Friday to Sunday. Open Tuesday–Thursday 12:00–20:00, Friday 12:00–22:00, Saturday 09:00–22:00 and Sunday 09:30–18:00; closed Mondays.
Ellery Beach House
Ellery Beach House is a hotel on Elfviks udde on Lidingö whose Coco Beach Club sells day passes from 395 SEK. A pass covers the heated indoor and outdoor pools, the saunas and the Fire Room, with a bathrobe included. The Ocean Sauna on the shore has a cold plunge in the Baltic and opens daily 07:00–22:00; the outdoor pool and sauna open daily 09:00–23:00. The club is open all year, with a minimum age of 16.
Nordic Spa & Fitness, Grand Hôtel
Nordic Spa & Fitness is the Grand Hôtel's spa on the Blasieholmen waterfront, designed around the sea and islands of the Stockholm archipelago. Its Nordic Bath de Luxe takes at least two hours through a pool, a hydromassage pool, a steam room, a dry sauna, a cold-water pool and a cold bucket shower, with scrubs and beauty packs, for SEK 2,150; entry is included with a booked treatment. Communal areas open weekdays 06:00–22:00 and weekends 08:00–21:00. Minimum age 16.
Skepparholmen
Skepparholmen is a spa hotel on the water in Saltsjö-Boo, Nacka, looking out over the archipelago inlet to Stockholm. The spa has a 37°C indoor pool and two 37°C outdoor pools with sea views, a steam sauna, a dry sauna and one of Sweden's largest infrared saunas, plus experience showers, a relaxation area, a gym and a meditation room. Day visitors can buy a spa pass for fixed slots: 09–12, 13–16, 16:30–19 or 20–23, with bathrobe, slippers and towel on loan.
The Nest Wellness, Downtown Camper by Scandic
The Nest is the rooftop wellness area on the top floor of the Downtown Camper by Scandic hotel, with an outdoor pool, a sauna, experience showers and a relaxation room looking over the Old Town and Riddarfjärden. Visitors who are not staying can book 2 hour 15 minute slots at 445 SEK Monday to Thursday and 595 SEK Friday to Sunday, with bathrobe, towel and slippers on loan. The age limit is 16 and slots fill up quickly.
Vana Spa Saltsjöqvarn
Vana Spa Saltsjöqvarn is the spa of Elite Hotel Marina Tower on the Nacka waterfront, the former Sturebadet Marina Tower. It has a traditional Turkish hammam with steam bath and experience shower, a dry sauna, an infrared sauna, a relaxing pool and a cold plunge, alongside a members' gym. A spa entry gives three hours of access to all the facilities, with towel, bathrobe and slippers to borrow; swimwear can be bought on site.
Yasuragi
Yasuragi is a Japanese-inspired spa hotel at Hasseludden in Saltsjö-Boo, looking out over the pine trees and the Stockholm archipelago. Its Japanese bath has a salt steam sauna, a dry sauna with a waterfall shower, a stone-bench rest sauna and an outdoor sauna beside a cold plunge, plus dry saunas in the separate men's and women's washing rooms. Day and evening spa packages start at 690 SEK. Guests wear a yukata and use the swimwear provided in the bath.
Djurgårdsbastun
Djurgårdsbastun is a small, deliberately simple sky-blue sauna floating in the Djurgården canal below the Stockholm 1897 restaurant by Djurgårdsbron, with bathing straight into the canal. It holds about ten people, with benches and a small bar outside. Open sauna costs 325 SEK per person for 120 minutes, or the whole sauna can be booked for up to ten people for 2,995 SEK. Towels are included, there is a changing room with a shower, and it is open all year.
Hellasgården Bastu
Hellasgården is an outdoor recreation centre in the Nacka nature reserve whose public sauna sits beside Källtorpssjön, with lake bathing all year. Separate women's and men's sauna sections take up to 22 people each, with mixed sessions on some days, aufguss on Wednesday evenings and quiet evenings on Thursdays. Visits last up to 90 minutes and cost from 110 SEK on weekday daytimes. The renovated sauna can also be hired privately outside opening hours.
Hornstullsbastun
Hornstullsbastun is the City of Stockholm's own public sauna on the Södermalm waterfront at Bergsunds strand. One electric sauna holds 16 people, and bookable 90-minute sessions for men, women or mixed groups cost 150 SEK, reserved online up to 30 days ahead. Bathers cool off with outdoor showers, sauna buckets and a swim. Open daily 06:30–21:30; swimwear must be worn throughout the visit.
Isbjörnarnas bastuförening
Isbjörnarna is a Bromma sauna society, 60 years old in 2025, that bathes at the house on Kanaans väg by the Kanaan bathing place and opens to the public on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. While its own sauna is closed for renovation, a wood-stove sauna tent for ten runs mixed 90-minute sessions at 125 SEK, booked online. An ice hole is kept open all winter. No swimwear is worn in the sauna; a towel may be used to cover up.
Saunify Riddersvik
Saunify Riddersvik is a self-service sauna in the park of Riddersvik manor in Hässelby villastad, with a short path through the trees to Lake Mälaren for a cold dip all year. The sauna is preheated to 80–90°C and has a Himalayan salt wall, a warm changing room and a shower. Guests book online and receive a door code: a place in a shared session costs from 149 SEK per person, or the whole sauna can be hired from 490 SEK an hour.
Sickla Bastun
Sickla Bastun is a self-service sauna site at Sickla strand in Nacka, behind the tennis courts, run by Smashing Balance, the SUP-yoga operator beside Elton's Café. It has a small electric sauna and a wood-fired tent sauna, both open daily 08:00–21:30. Drop-in visitors book an hour online for 150 SEK including wood or electricity, paid by Swish after the visit, and heat the sauna themselves, which takes 15 to 20 minutes.
STHLM Sauna Vinterviken
STHLM Sauna Vinterviken is a member-run, wood-fired sauna in the Vinterviken bay in Aspudden, opened in 2022 and looked after by its members. Non-members can book the limited guest places at open sessions: Yoga & Sauna on Mondays 11–13, a regular session on Wednesdays 17–19 and aufguss on Friday and Sunday mornings 07–09, from 105 SEK per session. The sauna holds ten, sessions last two hours, and swimwear is required.
Sätrabastun
Sätrabastun is a wood-fired public sauna on a raft at Sätrastrandsbadet in Skärholmen, owned by the district and run by volunteer hosts from Sätrabastuns Skötselförening. There is no booking and no membership: visitors pay 40 SEK by Swish at the door and take a queue ticket when it is full. Regular sessions are mixed on Fridays 17–20, women on Saturdays 13–16 and men on Sundays 13–16. It holds 12, and bathers cover up with swimwear, a towel or a sauna kilt.
Tanto Bastu
Tanto Bastu is a wood-fired sauna on a raft on Årstaviken in Tantolunden, Södermalm, run by the non-profit Tanto Bastuförening on municipal land. Members host public sessions most days: men on Tuesday evenings, mixed on Wednesday evenings and Friday and Sunday mornings, women on Thursdays and Saturdays. Tickets cost 60 SEK and are released three days ahead. The sauna holds 12, bathers swim from the raft, and swimwear is allowed in the sauna.
The Sacred Sauna
The Sacred Sauna runs guided 60-minute Sacred Sessions that combine aufguss heat, cold plunges, breathwork, essential oils and music, plus unguided Open Sauna slots. Its main site in the Slakthusområdet in Johanneshov has a 28-person ritual sauna and an 8-person small sauna; a second site at Mood on Mäster Samuelsgatan in the city has a 20-person ritual sauna. A single guided session is 349 SEK and Open Sauna 250 SEK. Slakthuset is open daily 07–22.
Sturebadet
Sturebadet is a historic bathhouse inside the Sturegallerian arcade in Östermalm. Its Turkish Bath floor has a shared steam sauna and dry sauna with a cold pool, used for its sauna and cold-bath ritual, and each changing room has its own steam and dry sauna. There is also a 14-metre pool at 29°C, a 38°C jet bath, a lavender aroma room, relaxation rooms and two gyms. Day visits come as the Sturebadsdag package or with a booked treatment. Age limit 18.
Forsgrénska badet
Forsgrénska badet is a City of Stockholm swimming hall inside the Medborgarhuset on Medborgarplatsen, in the middle of Södermalm. It has a 25-metre pool kept at 27 degrees, two teaching pools with adjustable floors, a dry sauna, a gym and group-training studios. The reception is open Monday to Thursday 06:30–21:00, Friday 12:00–20:00, Saturday 10:00–16:00 and Sunday 10:00–17:00.
Elements Spa Stockholm
Elements Spa is the spa on level 2 of Clarion Hotel Stockholm at Skanstull on Södermalm. Day entry covers a relaxation pool with indoor and outdoor sections, a dry sauna and a steam sauna, a sun terrace and a gym, with bathrobe, towel and slippers. External guests pay 395 SEK Tuesday to Thursday and 595 SEK Friday to Sunday. Open Tuesday–Thursday 12:00–20:00, Friday 12:00–22:00, Saturday 09:00–22:00 and Sunday 09:30–18:00; closed Mondays.
Ellery Beach House
Ellery Beach House is a hotel on Elfviks udde on Lidingö whose Coco Beach Club sells day passes from 395 SEK. A pass covers the heated indoor and outdoor pools, the saunas and the Fire Room, with a bathrobe included. The Ocean Sauna on the shore has a cold plunge in the Baltic and opens daily 07:00–22:00; the outdoor pool and sauna open daily 09:00–23:00. The club is open all year, with a minimum age of 16.
Nordic Spa & Fitness, Grand Hôtel
Nordic Spa & Fitness is the Grand Hôtel's spa on the Blasieholmen waterfront, designed around the sea and islands of the Stockholm archipelago. Its Nordic Bath de Luxe takes at least two hours through a pool, a hydromassage pool, a steam room, a dry sauna, a cold-water pool and a cold bucket shower, with scrubs and beauty packs, for SEK 2,150; entry is included with a booked treatment. Communal areas open weekdays 06:00–22:00 and weekends 08:00–21:00. Minimum age 16.
Skepparholmen
Skepparholmen is a spa hotel on the water in Saltsjö-Boo, Nacka, looking out over the archipelago inlet to Stockholm. The spa has a 37°C indoor pool and two 37°C outdoor pools with sea views, a steam sauna, a dry sauna and one of Sweden's largest infrared saunas, plus experience showers, a relaxation area, a gym and a meditation room. Day visitors can buy a spa pass for fixed slots: 09–12, 13–16, 16:30–19 or 20–23, with bathrobe, slippers and towel on loan.
The Nest Wellness, Downtown Camper by Scandic
The Nest is the rooftop wellness area on the top floor of the Downtown Camper by Scandic hotel, with an outdoor pool, a sauna, experience showers and a relaxation room looking over the Old Town and Riddarfjärden. Visitors who are not staying can book 2 hour 15 minute slots at 445 SEK Monday to Thursday and 595 SEK Friday to Sunday, with bathrobe, towel and slippers on loan. The age limit is 16 and slots fill up quickly.
Vana Spa Saltsjöqvarn
Vana Spa Saltsjöqvarn is the spa of Elite Hotel Marina Tower on the Nacka waterfront, the former Sturebadet Marina Tower. It has a traditional Turkish hammam with steam bath and experience shower, a dry sauna, an infrared sauna, a relaxing pool and a cold plunge, alongside a members' gym. A spa entry gives three hours of access to all the facilities, with towel, bathrobe and slippers to borrow; swimwear can be bought on site.
Yasuragi
Yasuragi is a Japanese-inspired spa hotel at Hasseludden in Saltsjö-Boo, looking out over the pine trees and the Stockholm archipelago. Its Japanese bath has a salt steam sauna, a dry sauna with a waterfall shower, a stone-bench rest sauna and an outdoor sauna beside a cold plunge, plus dry saunas in the separate men's and women's washing rooms. Day and evening spa packages start at 690 SEK. Guests wear a yukata and use the swimwear provided in the bath.