American aufguss happens at the big urban bathhouses, on a posted schedule. A guide works the room with towel and scent, and the round ends at the cold plunge.
Brooklyn leads it, with the rest scattered from New York to Seattle. A pool comes as standard, so the ceremony sits inside a longer visit.
In the United States, 9 of the curated saunas fit this cut. See the full the United States country guide for every venue, or keep scrolling for just the aufguss saunas.
Every aufguss sauna in United States
Archimedes Banya
$$$San Francisco, United States
A three-storey Russian-led banya on the Bayview waterfront, fusing Russian parilka, Turkish hammam, German sauna and Roman bathing into one circuit. Sessions revolve around heat-cold-rest cycles with venik platza treatments. A rooftop deck over the bay, a restaurant and a bar make it as much a social hangout as a wellness facility.
Bathhouse Atlantic Ave
$$Brooklyn, United States
The third Bathhouse location, on Atlantic Ave in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Same thermal-circuit format as the Williamsburg flagship: hot pools, cold plunges, sauna, steam rooms, hammam and daily aufguss, sized for a neighbourhood crowd. Industrial Brooklyn aesthetic carries through.
Bathhouse Flatiron
$$New York, United States
The Manhattan sibling of Bathhouse Williamsburg, a smaller-format outpost on West 22nd Street in the Flatiron district. Same Bathhouse menu of hot pools, cold plunges, sauna, steam rooms, hammam and daily aufguss, scaled to a tighter footprint. Same moody industrial design language as the flagship.
Bathhouse Williamsburg
$$Brooklyn, United States
The original 2019 Bathhouse, and the biggest of the three NYC locations. Eight thermal pools, one of the largest stadium-seating saunas in the city, steam rooms, a hammam and a restaurant. Daily aufguss rituals, low-lit design, industrial Williamsburg aesthetic.
Eastend
$$Chicago, United States
A modern West Loop wellness club centred on a 40-person Finnish sauna, with four cold plunges and an infrared cabin. The format leans toward contrast therapy and movement classes rather than a traditional bathhouse circuit. Sessions are reservation-based through the day.
Loyly
$$Portland, United States
A Portland Finnish sauna and bodywork studio on NE MLK Boulevard, pairing a dry sauna with a steam room. The signature visit is a self-guided two-hour public sauna. Treatment add-ons like a foot soak, salt scrub or face mask bundle into the sauna package.
Loyly Sauna Southeast
$$Portland, United States
A Finnish sauna in inner southeast Portland, booked as a two-hour visit that takes in the sauna, showers, lockers and a lounge, with a towel and robe provided. Massage, facials and foot treatments run alongside it, and monthly ritual days add aufguss, whisking and guided aromatherapy.
Timbre Thermal Retreat
$$Revere, United States
A small Sunday-only thermal program operating from the Gibson Point complex on the Revere waterfront, with a Finnish sauna, individual cold plunges, and a thermal pool. Each 75-minute session is guided and includes Aufguss-style ritual elements.
World Spa
$$$Brooklyn, United States
A 50,000 sq ft Brooklyn megabath that bills itself as the largest banya in the US. The setup spans Eastern European banyas, Finnish saunas, Moroccan and Turkish hammams, a Himalayan salt room, a snow room and an onsen circuit. You move between rituals, then collapse on a chaise by the fireplace lounge.