Swimwear required saunas in Turku, Finland
Turun Avantouimarit – Ispoinen beach sauna
The sauna of Turun Avantouimarit, Turku's oldest winter-swimming club, sits on Ispoinen beach about 5 km from the centre. Non-members pay 7 euros for the sauna and changing rooms; the sea serves as the cold plunge, with an ice hole in winter. The sauna is shared by men and women and swimsuits are compulsory. In the winter season it is open from 2 PM to 8:45 PM, closed Tuesdays, with Thursdays for members only.
Kakola Spa
Kakola Spa is a day spa carved into the rock beneath the former Kakola prison on Kakolanmäki hill in central Turku. A 3-hour entry (39 euros Monday to Thursday, 44 euros Friday to Sunday) covers four pools, among them a cold pool and a salt pool, and four saunas: a spruce-scented sauna, a soft-steam stone sauna, a traditional kelo log sauna at 80 to 90 °C and a steam room. There is also a snow shower and a swim-up bar. The spa is mixed and swimwear is worn throughout.
Villa Järvelä
Villa Järvelä is a public lakeside sauna and ice-swimming spot on Lake Littoinen at the edge of Turku. Entry (12 euros) covers six saunas, five of them wood-heated, plus hot tubs, heated changing rooms and an ice hole kept open all year. No booking is needed. Saunas are unisex and swimwear is required. Open Monday to Sunday into the evening, from 6 AM on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Turun Avantouimarit – Ispoinen beach sauna
The sauna of Turun Avantouimarit, Turku's oldest winter-swimming club, sits on Ispoinen beach about 5 km from the centre. Non-members pay 7 euros for the sauna and changing rooms; the sea serves as the cold plunge, with an ice hole in winter. The sauna is shared by men and women and swimsuits are compulsory. In the winter season it is open from 2 PM to 8:45 PM, closed Tuesdays, with Thursdays for members only.
Kakola Spa
Kakola Spa is a day spa carved into the rock beneath the former Kakola prison on Kakolanmäki hill in central Turku. A 3-hour entry (39 euros Monday to Thursday, 44 euros Friday to Sunday) covers four pools, among them a cold pool and a salt pool, and four saunas: a spruce-scented sauna, a soft-steam stone sauna, a traditional kelo log sauna at 80 to 90 °C and a steam room. There is also a snow shower and a swim-up bar. The spa is mixed and swimwear is worn throughout.
Villa Järvelä
Villa Järvelä is a public lakeside sauna and ice-swimming spot on Lake Littoinen at the edge of Turku. Entry (12 euros) covers six saunas, five of them wood-heated, plus hot tubs, heated changing rooms and an ice hole kept open all year. No booking is needed. Saunas are unisex and swimwear is required. Open Monday to Sunday into the evening, from 6 AM on Wednesdays and Fridays.