Swimming pool saunas in Vienna, Austria
Floridsdorfer Bad
A City of Vienna indoor pool in Floridsdorf whose sauna floor is unusually varied for a district bath: Finnish sauna, a bio sauna in the women's section, steam bath, infrared cabin and a herb and eucalyptus chamber, with a warm pool for cooling down. Sauna hours run Tuesday to Sunday, alternating between gender-separated, women-and-mixed and fully mixed sessions; adult admission is 8,10 euro.
Hütteldorfer Bad
A municipal indoor pool in Penzing whose sauna area is one of the broadest in the city bath network: Finnish sauna, bio sauna, a log-built Blocksauna, steam bath, infrared cabin and a cold pool. It sits at the western end of Linzer Straße close to the Wienerwald. Adult admission is 8,10 euro, reduced 6,10 euro, and children pay 2,80 euro.
Therme Wien
Vienna's thermal bath at Oberlaa, whose Saunalandschaft alone covers 3.000 m2 over two levels with a mixed area and separate women's and men's floors. The cabins range from a 90 degree Finnish sauna and a 65 degree bio sauna to a steam bath, tepidarium and laconium, with a fireplace room, a sauna garden and regular Aufguss ceremonies, and 18 degree plunge pools for cooling. The therme opens daily 9 am to 10 pm; sauna is a 15 euro surcharge on the day ticket. Swimwear is not allowed in the sauna.
Amalienbad
The 1920s art deco municipal bath on Reumannplatz, a Favoriten landmark of tiled facades and mosaics, keeps a full sauna floor behind its indoor pool: Finnish sauna, bio sauna, steam bath, whirlpool, warm and cold pools, an infrared cabin in the women's section and guided Aufguss ceremonies. Sauna hours run Tuesday to Sunday, part of the week women-only or gender-separated, the rest mixed; adult admission is 8,10 euro.
Badehaus Sargfabrik
The Badehaus at the heart of the Sargfabrik housing project spreads 350 m2 of international bathing culture across Penzing: a Finnish sauna, a bubbling warm-water pool, the heated tiles of a Roman tepidarium, a cold plunge basin, a whirlpool and a counter-current swim channel. Members use it round the clock through the Badeclub, while the public gets in on seasonal bathing nights such as Public Bath House, Queeres Saunieren and the women-only Public Bath - Female Edition.
Großfeldsiedlungsbad
A combined bath serving the Großfeldsiedlung estate in Floridsdorf, with a Finnish sauna, a bio sauna, a steam bath, an infrared cabin and a cold pool. Unusually for a Vienna municipal bath the sauna also opens on Monday afternoons, and it runs through to Sunday with gender-separated mornings and mixed afternoons; Thursday is closed. The sauna keeps a winter season from mid-September. Adult admission is 8,10 euro.
Ottakringer Bad
A combined indoor and outdoor municipal bath on the edge of the Wienerwald in Ottakring, with a sauna floor of Finnish sauna, steam bath and cold pool. The sauna runs a winter season from mid-September to the end of April, Tuesday to Sunday, split between gender-separated mornings and mixed afternoons. Adult admission is 8,10 euro, reduced 6,10 euro, with a 3,60 euro surcharge for a changing cabin.
Penzinger Bad
The largest of Vienna's four municipal sauna baths, on Hütteldorfer Straße, with a Finnish sauna, steam bath, infrared cabin, cold pool and an outdoor multipurpose pool for the warm months. It keeps the longest week of the four: Thursday to Sunday mixed from 8 or 9 am, Tuesday reserved for women and Wednesday for men. The sauna floor is a nude area entered without swimwear; five hours costs 17,70 euro.
Sauna am Badeschiff
A sauna on a moored ship in the Donaukanal, right in the centre of Vienna. In summer the Pooldecksauna above the 27-metre pool is a classic Finnish cabin and bathers cool off by dropping straight into the water below; in winter a second panorama sauna with windows over the canal takes over. Sauna entry is included in the pool ticket at 10,50 euro, 8 euro after 5 pm, and the deck sauna runs daily from 6 to 9.30 pm.
Sans Souci Wien Day Spa
The spa of the Hotel Sans Souci in Neubau sells day tickets to visitors who are not staying, giving access to saunas at 60 and 90 degrees, the steam bath, ice showers and an ice fountain, three quiet rooms, the 20-metre pool and the gym. Four hours costs 75 euro on Friday to Sunday and holidays and 59 euro Monday to Thursday; two hours costs 59 and 45 euro. External guests are admitted 10 am to 10 pm and places are limited, so a slot should be reserved.
Floridsdorfer Bad
A City of Vienna indoor pool in Floridsdorf whose sauna floor is unusually varied for a district bath: Finnish sauna, a bio sauna in the women's section, steam bath, infrared cabin and a herb and eucalyptus chamber, with a warm pool for cooling down. Sauna hours run Tuesday to Sunday, alternating between gender-separated, women-and-mixed and fully mixed sessions; adult admission is 8,10 euro.
Hütteldorfer Bad
A municipal indoor pool in Penzing whose sauna area is one of the broadest in the city bath network: Finnish sauna, bio sauna, a log-built Blocksauna, steam bath, infrared cabin and a cold pool. It sits at the western end of Linzer Straße close to the Wienerwald. Adult admission is 8,10 euro, reduced 6,10 euro, and children pay 2,80 euro.
Therme Wien
Vienna's thermal bath at Oberlaa, whose Saunalandschaft alone covers 3.000 m2 over two levels with a mixed area and separate women's and men's floors. The cabins range from a 90 degree Finnish sauna and a 65 degree bio sauna to a steam bath, tepidarium and laconium, with a fireplace room, a sauna garden and regular Aufguss ceremonies, and 18 degree plunge pools for cooling. The therme opens daily 9 am to 10 pm; sauna is a 15 euro surcharge on the day ticket. Swimwear is not allowed in the sauna.
Amalienbad
The 1920s art deco municipal bath on Reumannplatz, a Favoriten landmark of tiled facades and mosaics, keeps a full sauna floor behind its indoor pool: Finnish sauna, bio sauna, steam bath, whirlpool, warm and cold pools, an infrared cabin in the women's section and guided Aufguss ceremonies. Sauna hours run Tuesday to Sunday, part of the week women-only or gender-separated, the rest mixed; adult admission is 8,10 euro.
Badehaus Sargfabrik
The Badehaus at the heart of the Sargfabrik housing project spreads 350 m2 of international bathing culture across Penzing: a Finnish sauna, a bubbling warm-water pool, the heated tiles of a Roman tepidarium, a cold plunge basin, a whirlpool and a counter-current swim channel. Members use it round the clock through the Badeclub, while the public gets in on seasonal bathing nights such as Public Bath House, Queeres Saunieren and the women-only Public Bath - Female Edition.
Großfeldsiedlungsbad
A combined bath serving the Großfeldsiedlung estate in Floridsdorf, with a Finnish sauna, a bio sauna, a steam bath, an infrared cabin and a cold pool. Unusually for a Vienna municipal bath the sauna also opens on Monday afternoons, and it runs through to Sunday with gender-separated mornings and mixed afternoons; Thursday is closed. The sauna keeps a winter season from mid-September. Adult admission is 8,10 euro.
Ottakringer Bad
A combined indoor and outdoor municipal bath on the edge of the Wienerwald in Ottakring, with a sauna floor of Finnish sauna, steam bath and cold pool. The sauna runs a winter season from mid-September to the end of April, Tuesday to Sunday, split between gender-separated mornings and mixed afternoons. Adult admission is 8,10 euro, reduced 6,10 euro, with a 3,60 euro surcharge for a changing cabin.
Penzinger Bad
The largest of Vienna's four municipal sauna baths, on Hütteldorfer Straße, with a Finnish sauna, steam bath, infrared cabin, cold pool and an outdoor multipurpose pool for the warm months. It keeps the longest week of the four: Thursday to Sunday mixed from 8 or 9 am, Tuesday reserved for women and Wednesday for men. The sauna floor is a nude area entered without swimwear; five hours costs 17,70 euro.
Sauna am Badeschiff
A sauna on a moored ship in the Donaukanal, right in the centre of Vienna. In summer the Pooldecksauna above the 27-metre pool is a classic Finnish cabin and bathers cool off by dropping straight into the water below; in winter a second panorama sauna with windows over the canal takes over. Sauna entry is included in the pool ticket at 10,50 euro, 8 euro after 5 pm, and the deck sauna runs daily from 6 to 9.30 pm.
Sans Souci Wien Day Spa
The spa of the Hotel Sans Souci in Neubau sells day tickets to visitors who are not staying, giving access to saunas at 60 and 90 degrees, the steam bath, ice showers and an ice fountain, three quiet rooms, the 20-metre pool and the gym. Four hours costs 75 euro on Friday to Sunday and holidays and 59 euro Monday to Thursday; two hours costs 59 and 45 euro. External guests are admitted 10 am to 10 pm and places are limited, so a slot should be reserved.