Private saunas in Tampere

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.