Finnish saunas in Tartu, Estonia
Anne Saun
Anne Saun is a municipal public bathhouse in Tartu's Annelinn district that has been bathing customers since December 1987. Its general saunas are split by gender, and from age seven children use the men's or women's side. Hourly private family saunas, renovated in 2025, come with or without a small plunge pool. Natural birch whisks are allowed. Entry to the general saunas costs 6.70 € on Thursdays and 7.20 € Friday to Sunday; it is open Thursday to Sunday only.
Jantsu talu suitsusaun
Jantsu talu is a farm in Pilka village, Luunja parish, about 15 minutes' drive from Tartu, with a traditional Estonian smoke sauna heated from early morning for six to eight hours. It is mainly booked privately, from 140 € for one or two bathers, and a tent sauna can be added for larger groups. The sauna master leads sauna rituals on request, and bathers cool off in the pond, or an ice hole in winter. The farm also holds occasional open communal sauna days.
Aura Keskus
Aura Keskus is Tartu's family water centre on Turu street, with a pool, water park and separate sauna centre. The sauna centre has eight saunas: Finnish-style leilisaunas up to 95 °C and 80 °C, a juniper sauna, a Himalayan salt-stone sauna, aroma and steam-aroma saunas, a sanarium, and an igloo sauna on the outdoor terrace. Cooling is in a winter room, a cold-water bucket and an outdoor tub of up to 14 °C. It is open Monday to Thursday 12:00 to 22:00 and Friday to Sunday 10:00 to 22:00.
V Spa
V Spa is a large spa on Riia street in central Tartu with three ticketed zones. The sauna world has six saunas, among them a 90–110 °C Finnish sauna, a juniper sauna, a Russian banya, a honey sauna, an infrared sauna and an ice sauna, plus a 10–14 °C cold pool. The water world adds steam, aroma and hammam saunas, the salt world a salt-steam and salt-stone sauna. Sauna masters run rituals every evening. Tickets last four hours; open Monday to Saturday 10:00 to 22:00, Sunday to 20:00.
Hotell Tartu saunakeskus
Hotell Tartu's sauna centre is on the hotel's fifth floor, looking straight over the Emajõgi river. It has three saunas, a hot Finnish sauna with large windows, a steam sauna and a gentler sanarium, plus two hot tubs by panoramic windows and a small bar. Hotel guests use it in the morning; the evening sauna is open to everyone with a ticket, Monday to Friday 17:00 to 22:00 and weekends 14:00 to 22:00. Swimwear and flip-flops are compulsory. The whole centre can be hired privately.
MyFitness Tartu Annelinn
MyFitness Tartu Annelinn is a fitness club on Kalda tee in the Annelinn district, with free parking and wheelchair access. It has a Technogym gym floor, group classes, a CrossTraining area and Studio X, and a Finnish-style dry sauna (leilisaun) where members can relax after training. Open Monday to Thursday 6:30 to 22:00, Friday 6:30 to 21:00 and weekends 8:00 to 21:00.
MyFitness Tartu Kesklinn
MyFitness Tartu Kesklinn is a fitness club on the ground floor of the Tartu Kesklinna Keskus shopping centre in the city centre. Besides the Technogym gym floor, group training studio and spinning, the club has a Finnish-style dry sauna (leilisaun) for members to recover in after training. It is open Monday to Friday 6:00 to 23:00 and at weekends 8:00 to 22:00; a one-off trial visit costs 5 €.
MyFitness Tartu Lõunakeskus
MyFitness Tartu Lõunakeskus is a fitness club on the lower floor of the Lõunakeskus shopping centre, next to the ice rink, with free parking. It offers a Technogym gym, group training and personal training, and has a Finnish-style dry sauna (leilisaun) for members after their workout. Open Monday to Thursday 6:30 to 22:00, Friday 6:30 to 21:00 and weekends 9:00 to 21:00.
Anne Saun
Anne Saun is a municipal public bathhouse in Tartu's Annelinn district that has been bathing customers since December 1987. Its general saunas are split by gender, and from age seven children use the men's or women's side. Hourly private family saunas, renovated in 2025, come with or without a small plunge pool. Natural birch whisks are allowed. Entry to the general saunas costs 6.70 € on Thursdays and 7.20 € Friday to Sunday; it is open Thursday to Sunday only.
Jantsu talu suitsusaun
Jantsu talu is a farm in Pilka village, Luunja parish, about 15 minutes' drive from Tartu, with a traditional Estonian smoke sauna heated from early morning for six to eight hours. It is mainly booked privately, from 140 € for one or two bathers, and a tent sauna can be added for larger groups. The sauna master leads sauna rituals on request, and bathers cool off in the pond, or an ice hole in winter. The farm also holds occasional open communal sauna days.
Aura Keskus
Aura Keskus is Tartu's family water centre on Turu street, with a pool, water park and separate sauna centre. The sauna centre has eight saunas: Finnish-style leilisaunas up to 95 °C and 80 °C, a juniper sauna, a Himalayan salt-stone sauna, aroma and steam-aroma saunas, a sanarium, and an igloo sauna on the outdoor terrace. Cooling is in a winter room, a cold-water bucket and an outdoor tub of up to 14 °C. It is open Monday to Thursday 12:00 to 22:00 and Friday to Sunday 10:00 to 22:00.
V Spa
V Spa is a large spa on Riia street in central Tartu with three ticketed zones. The sauna world has six saunas, among them a 90–110 °C Finnish sauna, a juniper sauna, a Russian banya, a honey sauna, an infrared sauna and an ice sauna, plus a 10–14 °C cold pool. The water world adds steam, aroma and hammam saunas, the salt world a salt-steam and salt-stone sauna. Sauna masters run rituals every evening. Tickets last four hours; open Monday to Saturday 10:00 to 22:00, Sunday to 20:00.
Hotell Tartu saunakeskus
Hotell Tartu's sauna centre is on the hotel's fifth floor, looking straight over the Emajõgi river. It has three saunas, a hot Finnish sauna with large windows, a steam sauna and a gentler sanarium, plus two hot tubs by panoramic windows and a small bar. Hotel guests use it in the morning; the evening sauna is open to everyone with a ticket, Monday to Friday 17:00 to 22:00 and weekends 14:00 to 22:00. Swimwear and flip-flops are compulsory. The whole centre can be hired privately.
MyFitness Tartu Annelinn
MyFitness Tartu Annelinn is a fitness club on Kalda tee in the Annelinn district, with free parking and wheelchair access. It has a Technogym gym floor, group classes, a CrossTraining area and Studio X, and a Finnish-style dry sauna (leilisaun) where members can relax after training. Open Monday to Thursday 6:30 to 22:00, Friday 6:30 to 21:00 and weekends 8:00 to 21:00.
MyFitness Tartu Kesklinn
MyFitness Tartu Kesklinn is a fitness club on the ground floor of the Tartu Kesklinna Keskus shopping centre in the city centre. Besides the Technogym gym floor, group training studio and spinning, the club has a Finnish-style dry sauna (leilisaun) for members to recover in after training. It is open Monday to Friday 6:00 to 23:00 and at weekends 8:00 to 22:00; a one-off trial visit costs 5 €.
MyFitness Tartu Lõunakeskus
MyFitness Tartu Lõunakeskus is a fitness club on the lower floor of the Lõunakeskus shopping centre, next to the ice rink, with free parking. It offers a Technogym gym, group training and personal training, and has a Finnish-style dry sauna (leilisaun) for members after their workout. Open Monday to Thursday 6:30 to 22:00, Friday 6:30 to 21:00 and weekends 9:00 to 21:00.