Swimwear required saunas in Vancouver, Canada
Kolm Kontrast
A Nordic-style contrast spa at Cambie and 8th, built around one social sauna with seating for fifty at 82–90°C, ice baths held between 0 and 4°C, and a tea lounge. Guides run aromatherapy with infused snowballs and towel-waving, and the schedule splits into guided classes, self-guided sessions and lower-lit After Hours evenings. It is an 18+, phone-free, barefoot space, and clothing is required: guests wear swimwear or wellness attire they can get wet in. Sessions run 75, 90 or 120 minutes.
Art of Sauna
A multi-room thermal complex on 6th Street in Burnaby where one $52.50 admission opens all eight rooms: a Finnish dry sauna, a traditional sauna, a dry aroma sauna, Roman, aroma and eucalyptus steam rooms, and a Himalayan salt room, with a cool-down zone between rounds. Staff also perform Russian banya parenie and Turkish hammam rituals, and massage and spa treatments are booked separately. Bathing suits are mandatory in the saunas and the venue is 16 and over. Closed Wednesdays.
Kolm Kontrast
A Nordic-style contrast spa at Cambie and 8th, built around one social sauna with seating for fifty at 82–90°C, ice baths held between 0 and 4°C, and a tea lounge. Guides run aromatherapy with infused snowballs and towel-waving, and the schedule splits into guided classes, self-guided sessions and lower-lit After Hours evenings. It is an 18+, phone-free, barefoot space, and clothing is required: guests wear swimwear or wellness attire they can get wet in. Sessions run 75, 90 or 120 minutes.
Art of Sauna
A multi-room thermal complex on 6th Street in Burnaby where one $52.50 admission opens all eight rooms: a Finnish dry sauna, a traditional sauna, a dry aroma sauna, Roman, aroma and eucalyptus steam rooms, and a Himalayan salt room, with a cool-down zone between rounds. Staff also perform Russian banya parenie and Turkish hammam rituals, and massage and spa treatments are booked separately. Bathing suits are mandatory in the saunas and the venue is 16 and over. Closed Wednesdays.