Bastun i Frihamnen

About

A public sauna in Gothenburg's regenerated Frihamnen docks, designed by the Berlin collective Raumlabor. The façade is salvaged corrugated steel and the shower walls are built from twelve thousand recycled glass bottles. It holds up to twenty-five across men's, women's and mixed sections, looks out over the harbour, and is free to use.

Good to know

• Set up outdoors: weather is part of the experience, so dress for the walk between cabin and water.
• Urban venue: it sits inside the city rather than at a coast or lake. A session fits into a day in town.
• On a river: the cold side of the cycle comes from open running water rather than a tub.
• Pool on site: works alongside the sauna for swim-and-sauna sessions or a longer cool-down between rounds.
• Women-only sauna: the venue has a women's side or room, or runs set women-only sessions.
• Mixed sauna: men and women share the room, in every session or on set days.
• Swimwear sauna: some or all sessions are taken in swimwear, so pack it.

• Booked sessions year-round, drop-in through the summer season

The city publishes times week by week and they change with the season