| Sauna | Region | Information |
|---|---|---|
| Russian & Turkish Baths | United States | Quintessential New York sauna. Old and grimey adds a bit to the charm. The cold plunge is over-chlorinated to the point of being unusable. |
| Paradise Sauna | Japan | Saunachelin award winner for 2022. Idyllic interior. One of the top recommendations for Tokyo saunas. Female days on the 10th, 20th, 30th of each month. Male only other days. |
| BATHHOUSE | United States | True to overproductionized Williamsburg. Hilarious Aufguss experiences served daily represents the commoditization of wellness culture. Owned and run by a known Brooklyn grifter, so patronize at your discretion. Reasonably functional sauna and cold plunge. |
| Löyly Helsinki | Finland | Helsinki's premier sauna experience. |
| Bota Bota, spa-sur-l'eau | Canada | On an immobile boat. |
| ROOFTOP Sauna | Japan | Bathtub cold plunges on a roof, of varying temperature. Experience sunset totonou at this one-of-a-kind sauna. Coworking space on the floor below. |
| Archimedes Banya | United States | The San Francisco option. |
| MONSTER WORK & SAUNA | Japan | By the ROOFTOP Sauna team. Largest sauna room in Tokyo. Multiple seat tiers. A large cold plunge that cools to 10C on one end and 20C on another yielding a temperature gradient. |
| SKY SPA Yokohama | Japan | Saunachelin winner. Skyline view. Multiple sauna rooms. Dedicated co-ed sauna on the upper floor with adjacent ice rooms. Hosts many aufguss championships. |
| Wellbe Sakae | Japan | Saunachelin winner. Many distinct sauna rooms. A nice cold plunge inside an ice room. |
| COCOFURO かが浴場 | Japan | Highly recommended, off-the-tourist path sento. Popular among locals. Renovated and modernized. Every 30 minutes, a light show and music accompany an auto-loyly. Setlists change daily, mostly J-pop. |
| Koganeyu | Japan | Modernized and renovated sento, originally founded in 1932. Popular among locals. Famous for its beer bar. |
| 8HOTEL CHIGASAKI | Japan | Hip hotel with a Saunachelin-winning co-ed sauna. At evening, the hotel pool is set to cold for a plunge you can dive into. |
| ８HOTEL SHONAN FUJISAWA | Japan | Hotel with a photogenic co-ed spa called 8 WATER CAVE. |
| King Spa & Sauna | United States | You don't need a hotel in NYC, just take the bus here and spend the night. |
| SHIBUYA SAUNAS | Japan | Five distinct sauna rooms; variations on the sauna theme. Two cold plunges. Half indoor, half outdoor. A lot of thought went into the design here. Saunachelin winner. One of the top recommendations in Tokyo. |
| Kinnokame | Japan | A.k.a. Kinnokame, a delightful turtle and ginger-themed sauna in Akasaka. Cold plunge is infused with ginger. Loyly is infused with ginger essential oils. Free ginger sugar tablets and ginger water. |
| AIRE Ancient Baths New York | United States | Pretend you're in ancient Rome. Overpriced, but two cold plunge levels make it worth the visit. |
| SoJo Spa Club | United States | Instagrammable spot that people might enjoy visiting on occasion, but too posh for many. |
| Wall Street Bath & Spa 88 | United States | A Russian bathhouse in the Financial District. Arguably better than the Russian & Turkish Baths, if not only for the healther chlorine levels in the deep plunge. |
| Vabali | Germany | Berlin's top sauna destination. Sprawling spa with high-frequency aufguss across multiple rooms. A single one-person cold plunge. |
| Othership Adelaide | Canada | Immersive sauna and cold plunge with facilitated classes and breathwork. |
| Othership Yorkville | Canada | Immersive sauna and cold plunge with facilitated classes and breathwork. |
| Rimske Terme | Slovenia | Roman bathhouse still in operation in the Slovenian countryside. |
| Banya No.1 - Hoxton | United Kingdom | Russian bathhouse in London. |
| Hackney Wick Community Sauna | United Kingdom | Community sauna in London. |
| Sauna Tokyo | Japan | Saunachelin award winner. Four sauna rooms, three cold plunges ranging in temperature. A large totonoi room with Pocari Sweat on tap. |
| Othership Flatiron | United States | Like Bathhouse, a venue for tech bros, wellness influencers, and those who self-identify as "founders." While both Bathhouse and Othership are catering to the same Williamsburg-Wellness archetype, they differ in one critical way. Bathhouse is founded by a known grifter and scammer, exploiting the wellness trend for his financial favor; Othership, on the other hand, is founded by a team of people who genuinely care. They care about the sauna experience, and in providing NYC with a alternative to happy hours and drinking culture. Every detail is carefully crafted. The cold plunge room is a sight to behold with 6 distinct pools at an icy 0 degrees Celcius (via bags of bodega ice). Some might cringe at the sheer religiousness of it all, but it's undeniably worth a visit. On-rail class experiences instead of stay-as-long-as-you-want day passes. No doubt that many will call this their third place. |
| Vital Gym | United States | A climbing gym with a sauna on the roof deck. A great place to meet NPCs. Capacity of 6, but that appears to be taken as a challenge. Stinky. |
| Milk Sauna | Japan | Milk Sauna! At a cow ranch in Hokkaido! Unlimited milk for hydration. The window from the sauna provides a panoramic view of the cows. |
| BATHHOUSE Flatiron | United States | The sequel to BATHHOUSE Williamsburg. They worked out all the kinks. WB had too small of a cold plunge and too small locker rooms. This time? Two elongated cold plunges and impossibly labrynthian locker rooms. Multiple sauna options, including a dry banya room, the aufguss room, and an infrared. The size of each is impressively massive. The interior feels like a spaceship. Cold plunges are of two different temperatures (one in 50s, one in 40s (F)). Caters to a younger, hipper clientelle. While all the details seem perfected and optimized, the experience might feel a bit... sterile. Like it was designed for not for humans, but for AI humanoid automotons that require a precise protocol of heat and cold exposure to maintain optimal performance. There's no charm here. Kudos to the team for keeping the day pass price reasonable, though (they could easily justify AIRE prices). |
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