Steam saunas in Munich, Germany
AquariUSH Saunaoase
The Saunaoase of AquariUSH, the thermal family bath in Unterschleißheim, was redesigned in 2018. Its six sweat rooms are the Bergl-Sauna, an earth sauna built into the hillside, a Finnish sauna, the Sauna Chalet with a panoramic window onto the sauna garden, a stone-pine Zirbensauna, a steam bath and an infrared lounge, plus a cold plunge pool and a small thermal pool fed from a 2,000 m spring. Sauna masters run Aufguss daily; Monday is women's day; open daily 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM.
Olympia-Schwimmhalle
The Olympia-Schwimmhalle, built for the 1972 Games in the Olympiapark, adds a 900 m² sauna complex to its historic 50 m pool. Five sweat rooms include an Inspirations-Sauna of about 80°C, Fitness saunas of about 90°C indoors and 100°C outdoors, a sanarium and a steam bath, and guests cool off in a snow cabin, cold showers and a plunge pool of about 15°C. Aufguss runs daily on the hour, Tuesday is women's day, and the sauna opens Monday 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM and otherwise from 8:00 AM.
Phönix-Bad Ottobrunn
Phönix-Bad in Ottobrunn, south-east of Munich, runs a sauna world of ten saunas and steam baths with a 3,000 m² sauna garden. Cabins range from a 65°C Stein-Sauna to Kelo, Kelo-Teich and Stollen saunas of 90 to 95°C and a natural-stone steam bath at 48°C; twenty Aufguss ceremonies take place daily, with a brine pool, whirlpool, outdoor pool and Kneipp course outside. The sauna opens daily from 9:00 AM (weekends 8:00 AM) until 11:00 PM or midnight; a day pass costs 36 EUR on weekdays.
Cosimawellenbad
Cosimawellenbad in Bogenhausen pairs Munich's wave pool with a modern 900 m² sauna landscape. Guests choose between a Stollensauna of about 95°C, a Finnish sauna of about 90°C, a colour-light sanarium of about 60°C and a steam bath of about 45°C under a starry sky, cooling off in the indoor plunge pool or on the open-air terrace with Kneipp and plunge pools. Aufguss runs every half hour on weekdays, Monday is women's day, and the sauna is open daily 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM for 23 EUR per four hours.
Dantebad
Dantebad in Neuhausen-Nymphenburg is a municipal bath with a heated outdoor pool that stays open all winter. Its sauna area has a Finnish sauna of about 95°C, a sanarium of about 60°C, a steam bath of about 45°C and an outdoor sauna of about 90°C, plus a large cold plunge pool of about 15°C and a foot-bath rondel. Aufguss runs daily on the hour from 10:00 AM, Monday is women's day, and the sauna opens daily from 7:30 AM to 11:00 PM; a four-hour ticket costs 23 EUR.
Müller'sches Volksbad
Müller'sches Volksbad is Munich's first indoor swimming bath, opened in 1901 in a listed Art Nouveau building beside the Isar. Its sauna area is modelled on ancient Rome: a Roman-Irish sweat bath with warm and hot-air rooms at different temperatures, a steam bath of about 45°C and a Finnish sauna of about 90°C, with hourly Aufguss, a cold pool and a semicircular shower of ten metal pipes. Tuesday is women's day; a four-hour ticket costs 23 EUR.
Nordbad
Nordbad is a neoclassical municipal indoor bath in Schwabing-West whose sauna landscape combines a Finnish sauna of about 92°C, a steam bath, a sanarium with three warm-air rooms at 45 to 65°C and an open-air terrace with an outdoor sauna. Two large plunge pools, one cold at about 15°C and one warm at 34°C, plus an outdoor plunge pool support cooling. Aufguss runs many times daily, Wednesday is women's day, and the sauna opens daily from 7:30 AM to 11:00 PM; four hours cost 23 EUR.
Südbad
Südbad in Sendling is a municipal indoor bath designed as a 'Freibad mit Dach', with large glass facades onto landscaped grounds. Its roughly 500 m² sauna landscape has a Finnish sauna of about 92°C, a steam bath of about 45°C and a colour-light sanarium of about 60°C, with an outdoor terrace, a cold plunge pool of 12 to 15°C and an ice fountain. Aufguss runs nine times a day, Thursday is women's day, and the sauna is open daily from 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM; a four-hour ticket costs 23 EUR.
VITALIS Fitness Sauna Wellness
VITALIS is a fitness club with a sauna landscape and indoor pool in Pasing-Obermenzing, in the west of Munich. The wellness area has a Finnish sauna of about 90°C, a rustic Finnish kelo-wood log-house sauna, a sanarium and a steam bath of around 50°C, plus a rest room with loungers, solarium and massages. The saunas are open daily 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM and non-members can buy a sauna day ticket for 26 EUR, or 23 EUR before 5:00 PM on weekdays; a combined fitness and sauna day entry costs 33 EUR.
Blue Spa Hotel Bayerischer Hof
The Blue Spa crowns the Hotel Bayerischer Hof on Promenadeplatz: 1,300 m² over four floors designed by Andrée Putman. Guests swim in a 6.50 by 14.50 m pool under an opening glass roof and choose between a bio sauna with colour therapy in the ladies' area, a mixed Finnish sauna with Aufguss and an aroma steam bath, with a plunge pool and roof terrace. Pool and saunas open daily 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM; a day pass for external guests costs 68.50 EUR on weekdays and 76 EUR at weekends.
Infinity Munich Spa
The Infinity Day Spa belongs to the Infinity Munich hotel resort in Unterschleißheim, north of the city. Its wellness area has a large pool, several saunas including a Finnish sauna with infrared option, an aroma steam bath and a fitness room, an outdoor area for cooling off with a plunge pool and Kneipp pool, and relaxation spaces with a fireplace. Non-residents can buy a day pass at 54 EUR Monday to Friday and 69 EUR on Saturday, Sunday and holidays, including bathrobe and towels.
Kempinski The Spa
Kempinski The Spa sits above the rooftops of Munich in the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten on Maximilianstraße. Its wellness area comprises a sauna of 85°C, a steam bath, a heated 12.5 m indoor pool, a rest area and a Technogym fitness studio, with a minimum age of 16. External visitors are welcome with a Classic Day Spa ticket of 78 EUR Monday to Thursday and 98 EUR Friday to Sunday, including a welcome drink, comfort kit, fruit and tea; pool and saunas are open daily 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM.
Spa at the Andaz
The Spa at the Andaz occupies 2,000 m² at the Andaz München Schwabinger Tor on Leopoldstraße, with a 17 m pool, saunas and steam baths, six treatment rooms and a Sunset Lounge with drinks and snacks. External guests can book the 'Day Spa Verschnauferl' from 9:00 AM to 8:30 PM for 80 EUR on weekdays and 98 EUR at weekends, or a three-hour slot for 60 EUR, always with prior booking; fluffy bathrobes and towels are included. The spa opens daily 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM for hotel guests.
AquariUSH Saunaoase
The Saunaoase of AquariUSH, the thermal family bath in Unterschleißheim, was redesigned in 2018. Its six sweat rooms are the Bergl-Sauna, an earth sauna built into the hillside, a Finnish sauna, the Sauna Chalet with a panoramic window onto the sauna garden, a stone-pine Zirbensauna, a steam bath and an infrared lounge, plus a cold plunge pool and a small thermal pool fed from a 2,000 m spring. Sauna masters run Aufguss daily; Monday is women's day; open daily 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM.
Olympia-Schwimmhalle
The Olympia-Schwimmhalle, built for the 1972 Games in the Olympiapark, adds a 900 m² sauna complex to its historic 50 m pool. Five sweat rooms include an Inspirations-Sauna of about 80°C, Fitness saunas of about 90°C indoors and 100°C outdoors, a sanarium and a steam bath, and guests cool off in a snow cabin, cold showers and a plunge pool of about 15°C. Aufguss runs daily on the hour, Tuesday is women's day, and the sauna opens Monday 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM and otherwise from 8:00 AM.
Phönix-Bad Ottobrunn
Phönix-Bad in Ottobrunn, south-east of Munich, runs a sauna world of ten saunas and steam baths with a 3,000 m² sauna garden. Cabins range from a 65°C Stein-Sauna to Kelo, Kelo-Teich and Stollen saunas of 90 to 95°C and a natural-stone steam bath at 48°C; twenty Aufguss ceremonies take place daily, with a brine pool, whirlpool, outdoor pool and Kneipp course outside. The sauna opens daily from 9:00 AM (weekends 8:00 AM) until 11:00 PM or midnight; a day pass costs 36 EUR on weekdays.
Cosimawellenbad
Cosimawellenbad in Bogenhausen pairs Munich's wave pool with a modern 900 m² sauna landscape. Guests choose between a Stollensauna of about 95°C, a Finnish sauna of about 90°C, a colour-light sanarium of about 60°C and a steam bath of about 45°C under a starry sky, cooling off in the indoor plunge pool or on the open-air terrace with Kneipp and plunge pools. Aufguss runs every half hour on weekdays, Monday is women's day, and the sauna is open daily 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM for 23 EUR per four hours.
Dantebad
Dantebad in Neuhausen-Nymphenburg is a municipal bath with a heated outdoor pool that stays open all winter. Its sauna area has a Finnish sauna of about 95°C, a sanarium of about 60°C, a steam bath of about 45°C and an outdoor sauna of about 90°C, plus a large cold plunge pool of about 15°C and a foot-bath rondel. Aufguss runs daily on the hour from 10:00 AM, Monday is women's day, and the sauna opens daily from 7:30 AM to 11:00 PM; a four-hour ticket costs 23 EUR.
Müller'sches Volksbad
Müller'sches Volksbad is Munich's first indoor swimming bath, opened in 1901 in a listed Art Nouveau building beside the Isar. Its sauna area is modelled on ancient Rome: a Roman-Irish sweat bath with warm and hot-air rooms at different temperatures, a steam bath of about 45°C and a Finnish sauna of about 90°C, with hourly Aufguss, a cold pool and a semicircular shower of ten metal pipes. Tuesday is women's day; a four-hour ticket costs 23 EUR.
Nordbad
Nordbad is a neoclassical municipal indoor bath in Schwabing-West whose sauna landscape combines a Finnish sauna of about 92°C, a steam bath, a sanarium with three warm-air rooms at 45 to 65°C and an open-air terrace with an outdoor sauna. Two large plunge pools, one cold at about 15°C and one warm at 34°C, plus an outdoor plunge pool support cooling. Aufguss runs many times daily, Wednesday is women's day, and the sauna opens daily from 7:30 AM to 11:00 PM; four hours cost 23 EUR.
Südbad
Südbad in Sendling is a municipal indoor bath designed as a 'Freibad mit Dach', with large glass facades onto landscaped grounds. Its roughly 500 m² sauna landscape has a Finnish sauna of about 92°C, a steam bath of about 45°C and a colour-light sanarium of about 60°C, with an outdoor terrace, a cold plunge pool of 12 to 15°C and an ice fountain. Aufguss runs nine times a day, Thursday is women's day, and the sauna is open daily from 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM; a four-hour ticket costs 23 EUR.
VITALIS Fitness Sauna Wellness
VITALIS is a fitness club with a sauna landscape and indoor pool in Pasing-Obermenzing, in the west of Munich. The wellness area has a Finnish sauna of about 90°C, a rustic Finnish kelo-wood log-house sauna, a sanarium and a steam bath of around 50°C, plus a rest room with loungers, solarium and massages. The saunas are open daily 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM and non-members can buy a sauna day ticket for 26 EUR, or 23 EUR before 5:00 PM on weekdays; a combined fitness and sauna day entry costs 33 EUR.
Blue Spa Hotel Bayerischer Hof
The Blue Spa crowns the Hotel Bayerischer Hof on Promenadeplatz: 1,300 m² over four floors designed by Andrée Putman. Guests swim in a 6.50 by 14.50 m pool under an opening glass roof and choose between a bio sauna with colour therapy in the ladies' area, a mixed Finnish sauna with Aufguss and an aroma steam bath, with a plunge pool and roof terrace. Pool and saunas open daily 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM; a day pass for external guests costs 68.50 EUR on weekdays and 76 EUR at weekends.
Infinity Munich Spa
The Infinity Day Spa belongs to the Infinity Munich hotel resort in Unterschleißheim, north of the city. Its wellness area has a large pool, several saunas including a Finnish sauna with infrared option, an aroma steam bath and a fitness room, an outdoor area for cooling off with a plunge pool and Kneipp pool, and relaxation spaces with a fireplace. Non-residents can buy a day pass at 54 EUR Monday to Friday and 69 EUR on Saturday, Sunday and holidays, including bathrobe and towels.
Kempinski The Spa
Kempinski The Spa sits above the rooftops of Munich in the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten on Maximilianstraße. Its wellness area comprises a sauna of 85°C, a steam bath, a heated 12.5 m indoor pool, a rest area and a Technogym fitness studio, with a minimum age of 16. External visitors are welcome with a Classic Day Spa ticket of 78 EUR Monday to Thursday and 98 EUR Friday to Sunday, including a welcome drink, comfort kit, fruit and tea; pool and saunas are open daily 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM.
Spa at the Andaz
The Spa at the Andaz occupies 2,000 m² at the Andaz München Schwabinger Tor on Leopoldstraße, with a 17 m pool, saunas and steam baths, six treatment rooms and a Sunset Lounge with drinks and snacks. External guests can book the 'Day Spa Verschnauferl' from 9:00 AM to 8:30 PM for 80 EUR on weekdays and 98 EUR at weekends, or a three-hour slot for 60 EUR, always with prior booking; fluffy bathrobes and towels are included. The spa opens daily 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM for hotel guests.