Urban bathhouses

London, United Kingdom

Ironmonger Row Baths near Old Street is Grade II listed, and its Spa Experience sits in one of London's oldest Turkish baths.

London, United Kingdom

The Bath House is a Russian-style banya on Grosvenor Gardens in Belgravia.

London, United Kingdom

Biome is the spa at Corinthia London, and non-residents can book its thermal floor without a room or treatment.

London, United Kingdom

Rebase Recovery is a recovery studio on St Vincent Street in Marylebone.

London, United Kingdom

Spa Experience Waltham Forest is the thermal spa inside the Feel Good Centre on Chingford Road in Walthamstow.

London, United Kingdom

Spa Experience at Woolwich Waves is a thermal spa with a sauna, a steam room and a relaxation lounge.

London, United Kingdom

Porchester Spa is a 1929 Turkish bath on Queensway in Bayswater, in a Grade II* listed building that keeps its original features.

London, United Kingdom

Banya No.1 runs this Russian banya on Chiswick High Road, a few minutes from Chiswick Park station.

London, United Kingdom

Better runs this thermal spa inside Wimbledon Leisure Centre, a converted bath house that first opened in 1901.

London, United Kingdom

Better's Spa Experience has a thermal suite inside Kensington Leisure Centre, sold as a timed session with no swim attached.

London, United Kingdom

WellNest fills a listed Victorian railway arch on Crucifix Lane, a short walk from London Bridge station.

Paris, France

A small women-only hammam and beauty house in the 10th, near Gare de l'Est.

Paris, France

A women-only hammam on Rue de Crimée in the 19th, near the Ourcq canal, with a tiled steam room, a sauna, a rest room and treatment cabins.

Paris, France

A 700 sq m hammam near Ourcq in the 19th, open since 2001.

Paris, France

A Moroccan hammam on Rue Montorgueil in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, worked by gommeuses from a women's cooperative in Morocco.

Paris, France

A women-only hammam of about 700 square metres on rue Mayet in Paris's sixth, trading for more than three decades.

Paris, France

A 700 m² hammam and sauna on Rue Saint-Fiacre, a few streets from the Grands Boulevards.

Paris, France

A women-only hammam off Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine in the 11th, with steam rooms, a sauna, a jacuzzi and a tea bar.

Sydney, Australia

A basement bathhouse beneath the Pacific Building on Bondi Beach's Campbell Parade.

Sydney, Australia

City Cave Crows Nest is a float and wellness centre on the corner of Albany and Hume Streets.

Sydney, Australia

Ottoman Turkish Bath & Day Spa has run a traditional hammam in South Granville, western Sydney, since 2005.

Sydney, Australia

Nature's Energy's Balmain bathhouse on Darling Street has a traditional sauna at around 80°C, an infrared cabin and a steam room.

Sydney, Australia

Arisoo is a women-only Korean bathhouse in Chatswood, on the second level of an office building on Help Street.

Sydney, Australia

A bathhouse in the restored 1929 Spanish Mission-style Seymour's Building on the Pacific Highway in Chatswood.

Sydney, Australia

City Cave's South Village branch sits in a shopping centre in Kirrawee, in Sydney's south.

Marseille, France

A traditional Moroccan hammam near Castellane in Marseille, spread over 200 square metres with a jacuzzi and a rest room served with mint tea and pastries.

Marseille, France

A hammam in Marseille's 6th arrondissement, with a steam room and a room to rest in afterwards.

Marseille, France

A hammam on rue Sainte in central Marseille, laid out in aged stone and mosaic.

Marseille, France

A neighbourhood hammam in the 14th arrondissement of Marseille, running separate women's and men's sessions.

Marseille, France

A seafront thalassotherapy house on Marseille's Corniche, where heated seawater feeds a jet circuit and a cool-to-warm walk.

Marseille, France

A traditional hammam in Marseille's 1er, with four steam rooms at rising temperatures, three massage cabins and a rest room where mint tea is served.

Bangkok, Thailand

Totonoi Sauna & Onsen is a Japanese-style bathhouse on Sukhumvit Soi 32 in Bangkok.

Bangkok, Thailand

Yumoto Spa is a private onsen on the third floor of a building on Soi Sukhumvit 31.

Bangkok, Thailand

Let's Relax Onsen and Spa Thonglor fills the fifth floor of the Grande Centre Point hotel on Sukhumvit 55.

Bangkok, Thailand

Kaizen is a private onsen and Thai spa on Soi Sukhumvit 26 in Khlong Toei, Bangkok.

Bangkok, Thailand

Yunomori's second Bangkok branch sits on Soi Suksawittaya, off North Sathorn Road.

Berlin, Germany

A Roman-styled sauna house beside the Rathaus-Center in Pankow, with a 90-degree Finnish sauna seating thirty and hourly Aufguss, a 60-degree tepidarium and a salt steam bath.

Berlin, Germany

A design-led bathing house near Anhalter Bahnhof, built around a domed saltwater pool.

Berlin, Germany

Sauna-Idyll Biesdorf is a family-run sauna in Berlin's Marzahn-Hellersdorf district, in the Peters family's hands since 1990.

Berlin, Germany

A classic Berlin sauna that has run for more than fifty years, tucked away on Lutzowstrasse between Tiergarten and Schoneberg.

Berlin, Germany

Olivin is a small design-led Finnish sauna and day spa on Schoenhauser Allee in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin.

Brooklyn, United States

A 50,000 sq ft Brooklyn megabath that bills itself as the largest banya in the US.

Brooklyn, United States

A bathhouse on Flatbush Avenue with three saunas, among them a Finnish dry room and a temperate wet room, plus a steam room and hot, neutral and cold plunge pools.

Brooklyn, United States

The original 2019 Bathhouse, and the biggest of the three NYC locations.

Brooklyn, United States

The third Bathhouse location, on Atlantic Ave in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

Brooklyn, United States

A Russian bathhouse on Coney Island Avenue in Kensington, open every day from late morning until eleven at night.

Barcelona, Spain

PAR is a communal banya in Barcelona's Eixample, arranged around a shared steam hall with hourly oil, venik and fan rounds.

Barcelona, Spain

An outdoor thermal circuit on the roof of Casa Bonay in the Eixample, planted around an infrared sauna, a hammam, an ice bath and an ofuro held at 40°C.

Barcelona, Spain

A hammam in Barcelona's Eixample built around one steam room, which runs at 37°C for the black-soap coating and is then flooded to 46°C before the kessa scrub.

Barcelona, Spain

A small Moroccan-style hammam on a residential street in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, north-east of Barcelona.

Lyon, France

A hammam in Lyon's Ainay quarter, laid out over 800 square metres under stone vaulting.

Lyon, France

An oriental hammam on rue Joseph Serlin in central Lyon, with a hot steam room, a heated dorsal stone, a sauna, bracing showers and a tea room.

Lyon, France

A women-only hammam a few steps from the Opera in Lyon's first arrondissement.

Lyon, France

A hammam and beauty institute on avenue du Plateau in Lyon's ninth arrondissement, in a renovated 150-square-metre space.

Portland, United States

A clothing-optional community healing centre spread across two craftsman houses in Portland's Kerns neighbourhood.

Portland, United States

A Portland Finnish sauna and bodywork studio on NE MLK Boulevard, pairing a dry sauna with a steam room.

Portland, United States

A Finnish sauna in inner southeast Portland, booked as a two-hour visit.

Portland, United States

A members-led wellness club on the third floor of the Eastside Exchange building in Portland.

Warsaw, Poland

A private Finnish sauna on Słowicza, hired by the hour for groups of up to six.

Warsaw, Poland

A sauna club on Puławska in Mokotów, with a Finnish sauna, a tylarium, a stone steam room and an inhalation grotto.

Warsaw, Poland

Studio Sante is an urban day spa in Warsaw with a recreational pool, jacuzzis and a large sauna zone.

Warsaw, Poland

A small saunarium in the Legia Tenis & Golf club, with a Finnish sauna, a banya, a steam room and a hot tub.

Aix-en-Provence, France

A thermal spa in the centre of Aix-en-Provence, built over the town's Roman baths.

Aix-en-Provence, France

A contrast bathhouse in central Aix-en-Provence, AMAM reopened in June 2026 after fifteen years as the Hammam des Precheurs.

Aix-en-Provence, France

A Maghrebi-style hammam at Jas de Bouffan, west of the centre of Aix.

Brisbane, Australia

A women-only bathhouse in the Diana Plaza Hotel basement in Woolloongabba, with magnesium hot and cold plunge pools, a dry sauna and a relaxation room.

Brisbane, Australia

City Cave Paddington is a wellness centre on Bayswater Street in inner Brisbane.

Brisbane, Australia

The Bathhouse Albion fills a converted trades building in Brisbane's inner north.

Gothenburg, Sweden

A public sauna in Gothenburg's regenerated Frihamnen docks, designed by the Berlin collective Raumlabor.

Gothenburg, Sweden

Hagabadet Älvstranden is the waterfront branch of a Gothenburg bathing and fitness club.

Gothenburg, Sweden

Hagabadet Drottningtorget is a city spa and lifestyle club in vaulted rooms behind a 17th-century Gothenburg wall.

Granada, Spain

Arab baths on Calle Santa Paula in Granada, in a building where restoration uncovered a cistern several centuries old.

Granada, Spain

Andalusi-style Arab baths beside Plaza Nueva in central Granada, with cold, warm and hot pools in steam-heated rooms.

Granada, Spain

Arab baths off Calle San Miguel Alta in Granada, with seven pools at different temperatures, a steam room and a heated stone.

Los Angeles, United States

Formerly Beverly Hot Springs, this Korean bathhouse on North Oxford Avenue sits over a natural artesian well.

Los Angeles, United States

Crystal Spa is a Korean spa on West 6th Street in Koreatown, entered on a day pass.

Los Angeles, United States

Wi Spa is a Korean spa on Wilshire Boulevard at Rampart, where Koreatown meets Westlake.

Strasbourg, France

Strasbourg's municipal baths of 1908, listed as a historic monument since 2017.

Strasbourg, France

A women's hammam near the centre of Strasbourg, fitted out in Moroccan style.

Strasbourg, France

A hammam and bath house a few streets from the centre of Strasbourg.

Bern, Switzerland

The Hammam Bern sits inside the Oktogon, the octagonal shell of Bern's first gasholder.

Bern, Switzerland

Bernaqua's sauna landscape sits inside the Westside complex on the western edge of Bern.

Bordeaux, France

A hammam in the Chartrons quarter of Bordeaux.

Bordeaux, France

A women's hammam that has been on rue des Menuts, in the middle of Bordeaux, for around 25 years.

Chiang Mai, Thailand

A contrast-therapy spa in Chiang Mai's old city, set around a planted courtyard with bamboo walls.

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Maa is a yoga studio and Thai massage spa in Haiya, near Chiang Mai's Old City.

Chicago, United States

AIRE's Chicago baths fill a restored 1902 factory in River West, lit by candles.

Chicago, United States

A 1906 Russian banya in Wicker Park, anchored by the Red Square hot room.

Gold Coast, Australia

Lan Bathhouse occupies the first floor of the Paradise Centre in Surfers Paradise, a few streets back from the beach.

Gold Coast, Australia

The Gold Coast branch of the Soak bathhouse group, an open-air spot on the highway at Mermaid Beach.

Helsinki, Finland

A 240 square metre sauna space in the Etola building in Herttoniemi, hired by the group rather than by the seat.

Helsinki, Finland

Two private saunas on the eighth floor of the Hilton Helsinki Strand, facing the water.

Köln, Germany

A 3,500 sq m sauna and pool floor beneath a hotel in central Köln, open to day visitors as well as residents.

Köln, Germany

Claudius Therme sits in Cologne's Rheinpark, fed by a thermal-mineral spring and looking across to the cathedral.

Kraków, Poland

SaunaPark Platinium is a saunarium in Kraków with eight saunas, including a ruska bania and a stone sauna.

Kraków, Poland

Termy Krakowskie Sodowa is a textile-free saunarium in Kraków, sister to the group's Błonia site.

Lille, France

A traditional hammam inside the Maison Folie de Wazemmes, a cultural venue in the Wazemmes quarter of Lille.

Lille, France

A hammam and baths spread over several rooms on boulevard Jean-Baptiste Lebas: warm and hot steam rooms, a sauna, pools, balneotherapy and rest areas.

Linz, Austria

Erlebnisoase Schörgenhub is a municipal bath in Linz with a sauna area of its own.

Linz, Austria

Saunaoase Ebelsberg is a city-run sauna in Linz, with no swimming hall attached.

Madrid, Spain

A Moroccan hammam in Madrid, built around a steam room held at 42C and close to full humidity.

Madrid, Spain

A hammam on Plaza de la Morería in central Madrid, built around pools at different temperatures, a steam room and traditional marble basins.

Málaga, Spain

Andalusi-style baths in the old centre of Malaga, on Plaza de los Martires.

Málaga, Spain

A Moorish-style bathhouse in central Málaga with three bathing rooms held at about 45, 40 and 30 degrees, plus an open lounge and a chillout room.

New York, United States

A Korean day spa in Flushing, open every day of the year from early morning to late.

New York, United States

The Manhattan sibling of Bathhouse Williamsburg, a smaller-format outpost on West 22nd Street in the Flatiron district.

Nice, France

A hammam on rue Valperga, five minutes' walk from the centre of Nice, with a tiled steam room and a Moroccan tea salon beside it.

Nice, France

A hammam on Rue Desiree Clary in the east of Nice, opened by two sisters who pair the oriental steam bath with an esthetics room.

Pattaya, Thailand

Yunomori's Pattaya branch is a Japanese-style onsen bathhouse where men and women bathe together in swimwear.

Pattaya, Thailand

Let's Relax Onsen and Spa Pattaya is a Japanese-style bathhouse on the seventh floor of Grande Centre Point Space in Naklua.

Perth, Australia

A communal bath house in Osborne Park, Perth, built around a circuit: hot mineral bath, ice bath, Finnish sauna, steam room.

Perth, Australia

Alchemy's East Perth branch on Claisebrook Road is an indoor heat-and-ice space.

San Francisco, United States

A 50-year-old Japanese-style bathhouse in Japantown, built around a sento-inspired ritual.

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.

Seattle, United States

A small Capitol Hill bathhouse taken privately, one group at a time: a cedar sauna, a herbal steam room, a tiled hot tub, a cold plunge shower and a relaxation area.

Seattle, United States

A compact urban banya in South Lake Union, running since 2004, blending Russian, Turkish, Finnish and Japanese bathing in one facility.

Turku, Finland

A Turku sauna house running since 1926, in the Kurjenmäki bath building since 1981 and in one family throughout.

Turku, Finland

A hired sauna space on Aurakatu in central Turku, recently renovated.

Wien, Austria

Therme Wien is fed by the Oberlaa thermal springs on the southern edge of the city.

Wien, Austria

Vienna's municipal bathhouse in Favoriten, open since 1926 and still running as a swimming hall, a sauna and a shower bath.

Aachen, Germany

Carolus Thermen is Aachen's thermal bath and sauna landscape at Passstrasse 79, drawing on the city's Roman bathing heritage.

Aarhus, Denmark

Grossererbadet is the wellness floor of Badeanstalten Spanien, the 1933 municipal bathhouse in central Aarhus.

Ängelholm, Sweden

Nordic Hamam is a spa floor inside Vattnets Hus in Ängelholm.

Biarritz, France

A traditional collective hammam by the Docks quarter in Biarritz, with a steam room, a scrub area and a rest room.

Bielefeld, Germany

Bielefeld's municipal sauna world, run by the city baths and ticketed separately from the pool next door.

Bremen, Germany

Badehaus Bremen pairs a hot Finnish sauna and a mild steam room with an oriental hamam, foot baths, a terrace and a rest room.

Canberra, Australia

Sauna Float ACT sits on the Emu Bank boardwalk beside Lake Ginninderra in Belconnen, Canberra.

Charlotte, United States

Set inside a 1934 industrial building in Charlotte's historic FreeMoreWest district, with exposed brick, bow-truss ceilings, and factory-style windows.

Cologny, Switzerland

Bain-Bleu sits on the Geneva lakeshore at Genève-Plage, with 3,000 square metres of indoor and outdoor bathing.

Córdoba, Spain

Andalusi-style baths in the old town of Cordoba, on Calle Corregidor Luis de la Cerda.

Detroit, United States

The Schvitz has been a bathhouse on Oakland Avenue in Detroit since 1930, and it is the last historic one left in the city.

Dortmund, Germany

Sahara Hamam is a traditional Turkish bath in Dortmund built around a heated marble navel stone, with a sauna, salt room, whirlpool, rest room and bistro alongside.

Duluth, United States

A large Korean spa on Gwinnett Place Drive, open around the clock.

Durham, United States

A 6,900 sq ft converted Geer Street warehouse in downtown Durham, stripped to its glass and rebuilt as the brand's "Version 2".

Düsseldorf, Germany

The sauna wing of Düsseldorf's Münster-Therme sits under the listed building's original vaulting: two Finnish saunas at 80°C and 90°C, a stone-benched steam bath at 42°C, histor…

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Titus Thermen is the sauna floor of a municipal leisure pool in the Nordwestzentrum, Frankfurt am Main.

Fremantle, Australia

The Neighbourhood Sauna's indoor home on South Terrace in Fremantle, a few streets back from the beach saunas it runs.

Fukuyama, Japan

A sauna and capsule hotel three minutes from Fukuyama Station, above a café and cinema.

Gandia, Spain

A hammam in the centre of Gandia, run on the Moroccan and Turkish pattern with its own steam rooms.

Gdańsk, Poland

Słowiańska Bania Number One is a Slavic banya in Gdańsk that groups can hire as a whole space.

Greenville, United States

Occupies the historic Borden Ice Cream Company building on the edge of Unity Park, with 16-inch-thick insulated walls and 9-foot windows.

Hamburg, Germany

Bartholomaeustherme is Baederland's adults-only wellness bath in a Jugendstil building in Hamburg-Barmbek.

Henderson, United States

A wellness studio in Henderson with private infrared sauna rooms and a Himalayan salt room, both booked by appointment.

Herne, Germany

A bathhouse in Herne's Gysenbergpark where one ticket covers both the water world and the Saunawelt.

Honolulu, United States

Aloha Sauna & Spa is a Korean-style bathhouse on Kalauokalani Way in Honolulu.

Ingolstadt, Germany

A bathing complex in central Ingolstadt where a seven-room sauna world sits behind the leisure pool and thermal hall.

Jasło, Poland

Raja Spa in Jasło is a massage spa with a small textile-free sauna zone sold on its own.

Kalispell, United States

A sauna studio and day spa in downtown Kalispell with five saunas.

Kassel, Germany

A thermal-brine bathhouse in the Bad Wilhelmshöhe district of Kassel, with eight themed saunas and a separate Damensauna.

Knoxville, United States

Housed in a historic bow-truss laundry building in Old North Knoxville on Jennings Ave, with exposed brick and tall industrial windows.

Konstanz, Germany

Konstanz's municipal thermal bath on the shore of Lake Constance, fed by its own spring.

Las Vegas, United States

BATHHOUSE sits inside the Mandalay Bay complex on the Strip, in the hotel that swapped the Delano name for W Las Vegas in late 2024.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Kontrast Leeds is a dedicated sauna and wellness venue in the city centre.

Leverkusen, Germany

A sauna landscape in the grounds of Leverkusen's CaLevornia leisure pool, on its own tariff that also covers the swimming halls.

Locarno, Switzerland

Termali Salini Locarno pairs salt-water bathing pools with a sauna world above Lago Maggiore.

Lüneburg, Germany

The Hansestadt's brine bath in Lüneburg.

Malmö, Sweden

Norrsken Hammam runs Turkish and Moroccan bath rituals in Malmö, with an infrared sauna and a treatment list alongside.

Mandurah, Australia

Haven is a small adults-only bathhouse on Reserve Drive in Mandurah, south of Perth.

Melbourne, Australia

A bathhouse tucked behind NewQuay Central Park in Docklands, entered from Glenti Place.

Montpellier, France

A neighbourhood hammam in the Celleneuve quarter of west Montpellier, offering steam bathing with black-soap gommage, rhassoul wraps and massage.

Nashville, United States

A Finnish-inspired bathhouse in a century-old East Nashville factory, hired by the hour for one to ten people: a Himalayan salt sauna, a eucalyptus steam room, a 104F saltwater…

North Lakes, Australia

DIP Bathhouse is a bathing circuit in North Lakes, north of Brisbane.

North Miami Beach, United States

A Turkish hammam on Biscayne Boulevard in North Miami, built around marble bathing halls with a central gobek tasi.

Opole, Poland

Euromedyk is a physiotherapy centre in central Opole with a chlorine-free pool and a sauna zone.

Palma, Spain

The Palma branch of the Hammam Al Ándalus baths, on Carrer de Costa i Llobera.

Philadelphia, United States

A traditional sauna on Brown Street, booked privately for one to four people at a time.

Portland, United States

A public bathhouse on Washington Avenue with gender-separate sauna rooms heated by a masonry stove you can ladle water onto.

Poznań, Poland

A geothermal pool complex on the shore of Lake Malta, with an adults-only sauna and wellness zone sold on its own ticket.

Queens, United States

Four-story, four-season Korean jjimjilbang in College Point with themed sauna chambers (Himalayan salt, gold, jade, halotherapy, color therapy, dry, plus steam) and an ice room.

Raleigh, United States

A single-floor, ADA-accessible bathhouse off Dupont Circle in southwest Raleigh, next to the Platform Apartments.

Ruda Śląska, Poland

The Saunarium is an adults-only, swimwear-free sauna zone inside Aquadrom, the Ruda Śląska water park, with its own ticket.

Saint-Étienne, France

A traditional hammam on Rue de Vaucanson in Saint-Étienne, trading as Hammam Sabra 2000.

Silkeborg, Denmark

Silkeborg's municipal bathhouse opened in 1920 and still runs much as it was built.

Skövde, Sweden

Aqua Vitalis is the sauna and relax floor inside Arena Skövde, sold on its own ticket.

St. Pölten, Austria

SaunaCity is the sauna world inside St.

Tacoma, United States

Tacoma Banya is a traditional banya in Tacoma with a wet sauna, a steam room, a hot tub and a tepid pool.

Tampa, United States

A Korean bathhouse on East Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa, spread over 13,000 square feet.

Tychy, Poland

SPA ARENA is the spa of Hotel Arena in Tychy, and day visitors can buy entry without a room.

Valencia, Spain

A small Moroccan-style hammam in the Monteolivete district of Valencia, booked privately so that a group shares the bath only with its therapists.

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.

Västervik, Sweden

Warmbadhuset is Västervik's 1910 bathhouse, closed in 1975 and reopened as a spa after a restoration begun in 2018.

Wetzlar, Germany

Sauna Wetzlar is a small, independently run sauna under the roof of the Europabad.

Zaragoza, Spain

A Moroccan hammam near the centre of Zaragoza, built around a tiled steam room and a heated slab.

Zürich, Switzerland

Hammam Basar is a Moroccan-style bathhouse in Zürich's Seefeld, with women-only days alongside mixed ones.