Private saunas in Finland

Helsinki, Finland

A small electric sauna on Itäinen Pihlajasaari, designed and built by architecture students and run by the City of Helsinki. Six people fit inside, it is used self-service, and the whole sauna is booked for a slot through the city's Varaamo service over the summer season. The island is reached by ferry from Merisatama or Ruoholahti.

Espoo, Finland

A small seaside sauna in the yard of Villa Rulludd at Hyljelahti in Espoo, taken by one group at a time along with the adjoining cottage and grounds. The shore of the Gulf of Finland is a few steps away, and groups bring their own food and drink. Sauna evenings run through the summer.

Turku, Finland

A hired sauna space on Aurakatu in central Turku, recently renovated. Benches take eight, with a private indoor pool and a lounge that seats a dozen at one table. It goes to one group at a time, booked online by the block, with no public shifts.

Helsinki, Finland

A hired sauna floor beside Pasila station, run by Pasilan Saunatilat alongside its sister space Esterin Sauna. Two saunas open onto a 200 m2 room with a kitchen, lounge seating, fireplaces and a balcony to cool off on. The whole place goes to one group, booked by the hour in the day or as an evening shift.

Vaasa, Finland

Brasserie & Bar Fondis keeps a sauna and cabinet on the market square in Vaasa, hired whole in five-hour blocks by groups of fifteen to twenty. Towels, a television and a sound system come with the room, and drinks are served under the house licence rather than brought in. There are no public shifts.

Turku, Finland

A Turku sauna house running since 1926, in the Kurjenmäki bath building since 1981 and in one family throughout. The public sauna opens on Friday afternoons, with separate men's and women's sides and oil-fired stoves. Cupping, peat and other traditional treatments are booked separately.

Tampere, Finland

A top-floor sauna and function space in central Tampere, hired by the group rather than sold by the session. Around 15 fit on the benches, with a lounge and kitchen for about 30 people, and rentals run from early evening until one in the morning. Towels and the final clean are included in the rate.

Tampere, Finland

A smoke sauna and an electric sauna on a lake shore in forest about 13 km from central Tampere, in a 1968 building extended in 2006. A group hires the whole place, with an outdoor hot tub, a grill on the veranda and a separate meeting room. Swimming is in the lake in summer and an ice hole in winter.

Helsinki, Finland

A 240 square metre sauna space in the Etola building in Herttoniemi, hired by the group rather than by the seat. The sauna takes ten, beside a 13-metre pool, a lounge, changing rooms, a bar counter and a billiards room. Hire has no fixed start or finish, so an evening can run into the morning.

Helsinki, Finland

The sauna section at Hilton Helsinki Kalastajatorppa sits beside an 11-metre heated pool on the Gulf of Finland shore. Two saunas are hired by the hour for groups of two to twenty, and in summer the terrace and hotel beach open straight off them. Food and drink are ordered from the hotel restaurant in advance.

Lappeenranta, Finland

Hinkanranta runs separate men's and women's public saunas on the Saimaa shore at Joutseno. Each holds around fifteen, alongside four saunas let privately and a summer cafe. The last hour of the day is kept hottest.

Tampere, Finland

A hired sauna room in central Tampere, across from Sorin aukio, run by HSM Saunat. Ten fit on the benches and the surrounding space holds thirty, with an open kitchen, a bar counter and games. Groups take it for an evening or as a weekday meeting room, and there is no cooling terrace.

Kirkkonummi, Finland

A lakeside sauna at a church-run course centre on Vitträsk in Kirkkonummi, hired by the group rather than by the seat. It takes around twenty people, with steps into the lake while the water is open and a fireplace room alongside for eating. Booking is by phone or email, weekdays only.

Turku, Finland

Harjattula manor's beach sauna sits on the shore south of Turku, with two hot tubs beside it. It is booked privately for most of the year, and the estate opens public shifts in season. Those run to winter swimming evenings, morning saunas with breakfast, and summer Thursday sessions.

Lahti, Finland

A rentable sauna suite a couple of kilometres from the centre of Lahti, let to one group at a time. The space puts a sauna that seats a dozen alongside a hot tub, washroom, lounge and changing room. It goes on Friday and Saturday evenings, and guests bring their own towels.

Helsinki, Finland

A rooftop sauna and lounge on top of the Radisson Blu Seaside in Ruoholahti, looking out over the water and the Helsinki roofline. The windowed sauna seats eight around the stove, with a two-level lounge and a terrace beside it. The space is hired by the group rather than sold by the seat.

Tampere, Finland

A lakeside public sauna on the shore of Kaukajärvi in eastern Tampere, run by the swimming club Uinti Tampere ry. Two sauna buildings open daily through the year, with swimming straight off the shore and ice swimming in winter. A kiosk sells refreshments in summer.

Turku, Finland

A hire-only sauna space attached to the neighbourhood restaurant Kerttu, on Läntinen Pitkäkatu in central Turku. One group takes the whole place: about ten on the benches, up to two dozen in the lounge. A kitchen, sound system, bench linens and soaps come with it, and food is ordered from the restaurant or brought in.

Oulu, Finland

Koskisauna is a top-floor sauna and function space above the Oulujoki, hired whole by one group at a time. A ten-person sauna sits alongside a glass-roofed room with a river view, showers, a changing room and a kitchen, with room for about 25 people. Booking runs through an online sauna calendar, usually starting at 17:00.

Kuopio, Finland

A function space on the Kallavesi shore about four kilometres from Kuopio market square, hired whole for evenings, meetings and courses. The sauna seats twelve to fifteen, and a terrace, jetty and swimming ladders sit twenty metres from the door. A hot tub and winter ice-hole swimming can be arranged.

Oulu, Finland

A sauna and meeting space of about 100 square metres in the middle of Oulu, on Isokatu. The sauna seats 10 to 12 and comes with two showers and its own changing room; the rest of the floor holds a kitchen and table seating for more than 20. Groups book the whole space and bring their own food and drink.

Helsinki, Finland

An 1880s sauna in the Lapinlahti hospital park by the sea, reckoned to be the oldest public sauna still working in Helsinki. Mixed, women's and men's shifts run through the month with no booking; you turn up and pay at the door. The whole sauna can also be hired privately, and the beach is under 100 metres away.

Espoo, Finland

Two sauna rooms with their own lounges at the A Grid startup centre on the Aalto campus in Otaniemi, one taking 10-15 on the upper benches and a smaller one taking four or five. A courtyard terrace serves as the cooling area and catering comes from the restaurant downstairs. One group hires the space; there are no public shifts.

Espoo, Finland

One of Löylykontti's self-service shore saunas, this one stands on Matinkylä swimming beach in Espoo with a panorama window to the sea. Book a bench place on a shared hour or the whole sauna for your group, then let yourself in with a door code. Swimming runs all year; the outdoor rinsing shower opens June to September.

Tampere, Finland

A sauna suite let to groups in central Tampere, upstairs in the old Anttila department store building on Satakunnankatu. One booking takes the whole space. That means a sauna for eight, a hot tub for six, billiards and a kitchen seating twenty.

Rauma, Finland

Three saunas stand on the Fåfänga headland by the sea at Rauma, kept up jointly by a local sports club and the town's trade-union association. One takes twenty bathers, the other two take six. Public shifts alternate with private hire of the saunas and the club room.

Lappeenranta, Finland

Mestareiden Sauna sits in the basement of an apartment block in central Lappeenranta, with its own street entrance. The electric sauna seats six to eight, alongside a lounge, a meeting room, a kitchen and two showers. The space goes to one group for the evening.

Lahti, Finland

The Lahti male voice choir lets the sauna floor of its city-centre premises, reached through a courtyard off Hämeenkatu. Sauna, wash room and a changing room for 25 come with a cabinet room and its fireplace, and the choir hires the space to outside groups as well as its own. It goes whole, by arrangement, not by the shift.

Turku, Finland

A hire-only sauna and dining space in the Oriketo industrial quarter north of Turku, in what was a beer warehouse's own sauna. The benches take fifteen and the table seats thirty. A booking comes with a barbecue menu, a host and the cleaning.

Lahti, Finland

Two lakeside saunas, Anna and William, stand in the grounds of a manor hotel on Vesijärvi at Lahti. Public shifts alternate with private hire of either sauna. The lake is there to cool off in year round, with an ice hole cut in winter and a hot tub facing the water.

Lappeenranta, Finland

Lappeenranta's public shore sauna on Myllysaari, a short walk from the harbour and run by LiveLife since 2024. Shifts alternate through the week between women, men and mixed, and it opens year round: a ladder off the jetty leads into an ice hole in winter and into Saimaa in summer. Pay the staff on arrival, no booking.

Vantaa, Finland

A hired sauna suite beneath a Pähkinärinne apartment block in Vantaa, with a 28 square metre pool, showers, a full kitchen and a meeting room with a fireplace. One group takes the whole place, by the hour or as a fixed day or evening block. Everything runs through the booking form, and the space has to be empty by 22:00.

Helsinki, Finland

The City of Helsinki's wood-heated shore sauna sits on the south side of Länsi-Pihlajasaari, a ten-minute water bus from Merisatama or Ruoholahti. One group books it at a time for a three-hour slot, up to seven people, and heats it themselves with the firewood provided. The sea is a few steps from the door.

Kannonkoski, Finland

Four electric saunas share one lakeside building at the Piispala youth centre on Kivijarvi, alongside two fireplace lounges, changing rooms, terraces and a dock. Ice holes are cut off the shore in winter. Time is hired by the hour for a whole group rather than sold by the head.

Tampere, Finland

A top-floor sauna and function space on Hatanpaan valtatie, one of six Tampere saunas let by HSM Saunat. A group takes the whole floor: benches for ten in the sauna, a lounge with a fireplace, a kitchen, and a roof terrace over the city. Rates run by the evening or the working day, and anyone can book.

Tampere, Finland

A sauna and function room on Aleksanterinkatu in central Tampere, one of six spaces HSM Saunat lets out across the city. The lounge holds forty under a wide arched window facing Koskikeskus, with a cooling terrace, a bar kitchen and the sauna alongside. The whole place goes to one group, in the evening or as a daytime meeting room.

Kaarina, Finland

A small wood-heated sauna and hot tub on a wooded plot in Kaarina, close to the Turku boundary. It has been in use since 1946. Bookings are for your own group, with six to eight fitting the sauna and a covered outdoor area for the rest.

Tampere, Finland

A two-floor sauna suite with its own entrance in Harmala, hired by the group for an evening. The electric sauna seats about eight, with a mini kitchen upstairs and a lounge and bar cabinet below, plus a treatment room that doubles as a changing space. Booking is by email, with a door code for the slot.

Helsinki, Finland

A wood-fired sauna boat moored at the Mustikkamaa marina in Helsinki, run by Saunalautta.fi alongside its smaller m/s Sauna. The 12-metre vessel takes sixteen at the dock, with a heated hot tub, a sheltered lounge and a ladder into the sea. It is booked whole, by the shift or as a cruise.

Kuopio, Finland

A hireable sauna space on the Levanen ridge, about five kilometres out from the middle of Kuopio. The sauna seats 15 around a heater topped with a large slab of stone, and the glazed terrace beyond holds a hot tub and a view towards Puijo. Groups of 10 to 30 take the whole place, kitchen and bar included.

Helsinki, Finland

A wood-heated sauna raft moored at Taivallahti in Töölö, with a roof terrace, a shower and room for ten on the benches. Public hourly turns are booked online seat by seat, and the whole raft can be taken privately; in summer it leaves the dock for anchored cruises for up to twelve. Swimming is straight off the deck.

Oulu, Finland

Three saunas stand in the woods on the Tervatoppila estate in Oulu: a VIP sauna and two smoke saunas, Iso-Savu and Pikku-Savu, with a hot tub in the yard. The stoves are lit year round, and a booking includes the Tervatupa cabin and its fireplace. The place is hired by one group at a time, minimum ten people.

Lohja, Finland

Two lakeside saunas on the shore at Aurlahti, looking out over Lohjanjarvi and open through the year. You can buy a ticket for a public mixed shift or hire the saunas privately; swimwear is worn. Women and men have separate changing rooms with showers and lockers.

Helsinki, Finland

A top-floor space near Kamppi with a sauna section, changing room and a large lounge, hired whole for gatherings of up to fifty. The steam room takes four to six at a time. Guests heat the stove themselves and may bring their own food or order catering.

Helsinki, Finland

A sauna and function space on Lauttasaari with a lounge, kitchen and a small hot tub beside the wash room. The steam room holds around twelve and the whole space takes up to forty. Hired privately, with guests heating the stove themselves.

Espoo, Finland

A sauna and meeting space on the top floor of a Tapiola shopping centre, with a large terrace looking out over the district. The steam room holds about ten and the space suits gatherings of up to thirty. Hired whole, with a kitchen and lounge included.

Helsinki, Finland

A basement sauna and meeting space in Taka-Toolo, hired whole rather than by the seat. The steam room seats about six, while the wider space holds fifteen, with a lounge, kitchen and changing rooms alongside. Guests heat the stove themselves, which takes about 45 minutes.

Tampere, Finland

A wood-fired yurt sauna on the Näsijärvi shore at Kaupinoja in Tampere, sharing the beach with the older public sauna there. Walk in during opening hours and pay the sauna tender directly, or use a ten-visit card. Swimming is from the shore, year round.

Kuopio, Finland

Sektorin Sauna sits on the top floor of the Sektori building on the edge of Kuopio's market square, run by the Ravintolamestarit restaurant group. A sauna, a high lounge, a kitchen and a terrace over the square hold up to 25 people, with a twelve-seat meeting cabin alongside. The space is hired whole through an online calendar.

Turku, Finland

A rental sauna a few streets from the middle of Turku, in use since the 1960s and renovated since. The room takes 16, with a heater carrying 300 kg of stones and steam and scent at the push of a button, plus a kitchen and a lounge with a large screen. Bookings cover the whole space, towels and cleaning included.

Helsinki, Finland

A rooftop sauna and function space above Teollisuuskatu, hired whole by the group. The sauna seats twelve and opens onto a 200 m2 terrace with an outdoor hot tub, alongside changing rooms, lounges, a billiard table and a karaoke room. Grill and sauna catering menus can be added to a booking.

Tampere, Finland

A sauna and function space in the Lielahti district of Tampere, hired whole by the group. The sauna seats fifteen on an IKI stove, with a hot tub, three showers and a changing room beside it, a balcony to cool off on and a 100 square metre room with a kitchen next door. Minimum age is 23.

Helsinki, Finland

A sauna and party space on Aleksis Kiven katu in Kallio, taken by the group rather than by the seat. Around 160 square metres holds a lounge, a fitted kitchen and a sauna for ten, with four showers and a sound system. Guests bring their own food and drink.

Tampere, Finland

Sauna buildings on the Pyhajarvi shore at Varala sports institute, hired by groups rather than open to walk-ins. Six lakeside saunas take eight to twelve each and come with a fireplace or lounge room, terraces stepping down to the water. A separate log sauna can be booked with a hot tub.

Helsinki, Finland

Two private saunas on the eighth floor of the Hilton Helsinki Strand, facing the water. A group books one or both for a session of an hour and three quarters, which also covers the hotel pool and gym and comes with towels and robes. Booking is by phone or email.

Lahti, Finland

A sauna and function space on Vuorikatu in central Lahti, a short walk from the travel centre. The electric sauna seats about ten and the rest of the space holds twenty-five. There is a fireplace room, a kitchen, showers and karaoke, and guests bring their own food and drink.