Finnish saunas in Minneapolis, United States
612 Sauna Cooperative
The 612 Sauna Cooperative, formed in 2016, is the first community-owned and operated mobile sauna in the United States. Its 24-foot cedar-lined sauna, heated by a Minnesota-made Kuuma wood stove and seating 8 to 10, moves between residencies such as the Trailhead at Theodore Wirth Park, Cedar Lake and Lake Nokomis. Hosted 90-minute community sessions of self-guided hot and cool rounds cost $38 a seat; Aufguss-guided and silent sessions run too, and private bookings for up to 12 start at $330.
Little Ember Co
Little Ember Co runs two wood-fired mobile saunas on the shore of Cedar Lake at Cedar Lake Point Beach in Minneapolis. From November to March, Thursday to Sunday, guests book a community seat for a 75-minute session of sauna rounds broken up by winter air, snow angels, icy water over the head or a dip in the lake. A single seat costs $35 for guests 18 and over, and both saunas can be rented privately for $299 for up to 10 people; workshops, birthdays and seasonal events are also hosted.
PORTAL° Thermaculture
PORTAL° is a contrast therapy social club in the West Maka Ska neighborhood of Minneapolis, close to Bde Maka Ska. The indoor-outdoor space pairs electric and wood-fired saunas with a communal cold plunge pool, locker rooms, showers and social lounges. Single sessions are sold as credits at $32.50 alongside memberships, and guests must be 18 or older. Open daily: from 6 AM Monday to Wednesday, from noon on Thursday, and until 11 PM on Friday and Saturday.
Sauna Strong
Sauna Strong is a sauna and recovery studio in the Linden Hills area of southwest Minneapolis. It runs a community traditional dry sauna plus community and private infrared saunas in 45-minute sessions, an infrared wellness pod, red light therapy, cold therapy and 2,500 square feet of open gym. Drop-ins start at $20 for the community dry sauna and $24 for community infrared, booked through the Mindbody app. Open Monday to Friday 5:30 AM to 8 PM, Saturday 8 AM to 6 PM and Sunday 10 AM to 5 PM.
Saunable
Saunable operates a hand-crafted wood-fired mobile sauna at Schulze Lake Beach in Lebanon Hills Regional Park in Eagan, south of the Twin Cities. Hosted 75-minute sessions allow a few heat-cool cycles, with the sauna kept around 180 to 190°F and the lake serving as the cold plunge; changing facilities, hydration stations and a bonfire area are on site. Social sessions are limited to eight people aged 14 and over, and private group bookings take up to ten.
Watershed Spa
Watershed is a communal bathhouse in the historic Switch House beside the Mississippi River in Northeast Minneapolis. Guests follow a seven-step ritual of shower, soak, steam, sauna, cold plunge, reset and repeat across a hot pool, steam room, dry sauna and cold plunge pool, with spa treatments, salt scrubs and private gatherings for up to 30 guests also on offer. A 2.5-hour bath experience costs $63; swimsuits are worn and guests must be 18 or over. Open daily 9 AM to 11 PM, last entry 9 PM.
Blaisdell YMCA
The Blaisdell YMCA in South Minneapolis is a community fitness center of the YMCA of the North with a sauna accessed from the pool deck, a whirlpool and a 25-yard lap pool with depths from 3 to 9½ feet, plus fitness equipment, gymnasium space for basketball and volleyball, youth programs and personal training. Access is by membership; area residents can request a free five-day trial pass, and members get guest passes for friends. Open Monday to Friday 5 AM to 9 PM and weekends 7 AM to 5 PM.
Anda Spa at Hotel Ivy
Anda Spa, whose name is Swedish for spirit, occupies Hotel Ivy, a Luxury Collection hotel in downtown Minneapolis. Beyond massages and facials, its amenities include a Crystal Sauna, dry sauna, eucalyptus steam rooms, a heated hydrotherapy whirlpool and two lounges. Amenities are open to guests who book a treatment, to non-hotel guests via a scheduled Gemstone Journey, and to locals via annual membership. Open Monday to Thursday 9 AM to 7 PM and Friday to Sunday 9 AM to 8 PM; ages 16 and up.
Hewing Hotel Rooftop Sauna
High atop the Hewing Hotel in Minneapolis' North Loop sits a custom-built true dry sauna in the Nordic tradition, with three tiers of cedar benches and two windows framing the downtown skyline, paired with a heated outdoor rooftop spa pool open year-round. The rooftop is reserved for hotel guests, but a Rooftop Sauna & Spa Pool Day Pass is sold through Tock for Sunday to Thursday, 11 AM to 5 PM, for guests 21 and over, and Thermaculture hosts 90-minute guided sessions on Thursday evenings.
Idlewild Spa at Omni Viking Lakes Hotel
Idlewild Spa is a 7,000-square-foot Nordic-inspired spa inside the Omni Viking Lakes Hotel in Eagan, south-east of Minneapolis. Guided by Finnish-style thermotherapy, guests cycle heat, cool and relax through a sauna, steam room, ice fountain and deluge shower, a Himalayan salt relaxation room and a hot tub on a 1,300-square-foot deck with firepits, alongside massages and body treatments. Closed Mondays; open from 11:30 AM Tuesday, 9:30 AM Wednesday to Friday and 8:30 AM at weekends.
612 Sauna Cooperative
The 612 Sauna Cooperative, formed in 2016, is the first community-owned and operated mobile sauna in the United States. Its 24-foot cedar-lined sauna, heated by a Minnesota-made Kuuma wood stove and seating 8 to 10, moves between residencies such as the Trailhead at Theodore Wirth Park, Cedar Lake and Lake Nokomis. Hosted 90-minute community sessions of self-guided hot and cool rounds cost $38 a seat; Aufguss-guided and silent sessions run too, and private bookings for up to 12 start at $330.
Little Ember Co
Little Ember Co runs two wood-fired mobile saunas on the shore of Cedar Lake at Cedar Lake Point Beach in Minneapolis. From November to March, Thursday to Sunday, guests book a community seat for a 75-minute session of sauna rounds broken up by winter air, snow angels, icy water over the head or a dip in the lake. A single seat costs $35 for guests 18 and over, and both saunas can be rented privately for $299 for up to 10 people; workshops, birthdays and seasonal events are also hosted.
PORTAL° Thermaculture
PORTAL° is a contrast therapy social club in the West Maka Ska neighborhood of Minneapolis, close to Bde Maka Ska. The indoor-outdoor space pairs electric and wood-fired saunas with a communal cold plunge pool, locker rooms, showers and social lounges. Single sessions are sold as credits at $32.50 alongside memberships, and guests must be 18 or older. Open daily: from 6 AM Monday to Wednesday, from noon on Thursday, and until 11 PM on Friday and Saturday.
Sauna Strong
Sauna Strong is a sauna and recovery studio in the Linden Hills area of southwest Minneapolis. It runs a community traditional dry sauna plus community and private infrared saunas in 45-minute sessions, an infrared wellness pod, red light therapy, cold therapy and 2,500 square feet of open gym. Drop-ins start at $20 for the community dry sauna and $24 for community infrared, booked through the Mindbody app. Open Monday to Friday 5:30 AM to 8 PM, Saturday 8 AM to 6 PM and Sunday 10 AM to 5 PM.
Saunable
Saunable operates a hand-crafted wood-fired mobile sauna at Schulze Lake Beach in Lebanon Hills Regional Park in Eagan, south of the Twin Cities. Hosted 75-minute sessions allow a few heat-cool cycles, with the sauna kept around 180 to 190°F and the lake serving as the cold plunge; changing facilities, hydration stations and a bonfire area are on site. Social sessions are limited to eight people aged 14 and over, and private group bookings take up to ten.
Watershed Spa
Watershed is a communal bathhouse in the historic Switch House beside the Mississippi River in Northeast Minneapolis. Guests follow a seven-step ritual of shower, soak, steam, sauna, cold plunge, reset and repeat across a hot pool, steam room, dry sauna and cold plunge pool, with spa treatments, salt scrubs and private gatherings for up to 30 guests also on offer. A 2.5-hour bath experience costs $63; swimsuits are worn and guests must be 18 or over. Open daily 9 AM to 11 PM, last entry 9 PM.
Blaisdell YMCA
The Blaisdell YMCA in South Minneapolis is a community fitness center of the YMCA of the North with a sauna accessed from the pool deck, a whirlpool and a 25-yard lap pool with depths from 3 to 9½ feet, plus fitness equipment, gymnasium space for basketball and volleyball, youth programs and personal training. Access is by membership; area residents can request a free five-day trial pass, and members get guest passes for friends. Open Monday to Friday 5 AM to 9 PM and weekends 7 AM to 5 PM.
Anda Spa at Hotel Ivy
Anda Spa, whose name is Swedish for spirit, occupies Hotel Ivy, a Luxury Collection hotel in downtown Minneapolis. Beyond massages and facials, its amenities include a Crystal Sauna, dry sauna, eucalyptus steam rooms, a heated hydrotherapy whirlpool and two lounges. Amenities are open to guests who book a treatment, to non-hotel guests via a scheduled Gemstone Journey, and to locals via annual membership. Open Monday to Thursday 9 AM to 7 PM and Friday to Sunday 9 AM to 8 PM; ages 16 and up.
Hewing Hotel Rooftop Sauna
High atop the Hewing Hotel in Minneapolis' North Loop sits a custom-built true dry sauna in the Nordic tradition, with three tiers of cedar benches and two windows framing the downtown skyline, paired with a heated outdoor rooftop spa pool open year-round. The rooftop is reserved for hotel guests, but a Rooftop Sauna & Spa Pool Day Pass is sold through Tock for Sunday to Thursday, 11 AM to 5 PM, for guests 21 and over, and Thermaculture hosts 90-minute guided sessions on Thursday evenings.
Idlewild Spa at Omni Viking Lakes Hotel
Idlewild Spa is a 7,000-square-foot Nordic-inspired spa inside the Omni Viking Lakes Hotel in Eagan, south-east of Minneapolis. Guided by Finnish-style thermotherapy, guests cycle heat, cool and relax through a sauna, steam room, ice fountain and deluge shower, a Himalayan salt relaxation room and a hot tub on a 1,300-square-foot deck with firepits, alongside massages and body treatments. Closed Mondays; open from 11:30 AM Tuesday, 9:30 AM Wednesday to Friday and 8:30 AM at weekends.