Traditional Finnish Saunas in the US

Traditional saunas in Minneapolis

• 612 Sauna Cooperative

  The member-owned co-op behind the Forge, a cedar-lined mobile sauna with a Kuuma wood stove, which spends each season in residence at Twin Cities parks such as Theodore Wirth Park and Silverwood Park.

  Outdoor saunaTraditional sauna

  Session $38

• FoxFire Breathworks Sauna at Lake Nokomis

  A small wood-fired sauna on the shore of Lake Nokomis run by a breathwork studio, with hosted 80-minute sessions and winter plunges in the lake.

  Outdoor saunaTraditional saunaCold plunge
  180°FNo plunge

  Session $30

• Little Ember Co. Cedar Lake Sauna

  Two wood-fired mobile saunas parked at Point Beach on Cedar Lake for the winter season, with hosted community sessions and a dip in the lake to cool down.

  Outdoor saunaTraditional saunaCold plunge

  Session $35

• PORTAL Minneapolis

  A sauna and cold plunge social club in a former Jiffy Lube near the northwest shore of Bde Maka Ska, with two electric saunas, a wood-burning sauna and a 10-by-20-foot cold pool.

  BathhouseContrast therapyTraditional saunaCold plunge
  Heat38°F

  Session $33

• Sauna Camp

  Excelsior

  A winter sauna village at Camp Fire Minnesota on Lake Minnewashta with more than ten wood-fired cedar saunas, warming huts, bonfires and plunges through holes cut in the ice.

  Outdoor saunaTraditional saunaCold plunge

• Sauna Strong

  A sauna studio in Linden Hills with community Finnish-style dry saunas at 180 to 200°F, shared and private infrared rooms, and an outdoor shower and bucket for cooling off.

  Traditional saunaInfrared
  200°FNo plunge

  Session $20

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Traditional saunas in Salt Lake City

• Ash & Ice

  Pleasant Grove

  A Pleasant Grove contrast therapy studio with two Finnish dry saunas, two full-spectrum infrared saunas and four individual cold plunges set at different temperatures.

  Contrast therapyTraditional saunaInfraredCold plunge
  220°F40°F

  Session $25

• Cold Plunge Coffee

  A downtown Salt Lake City coffee shop that doubles as a cold bath cafe, with cold plunge tubs and a Finnish cedar sauna set behind the espresso bar.

  Contrast therapyTraditional saunaCold plunge
  200°F38°F

  Day pass $35

• Löyly Nordic Spa Downtown Salt Lake City

  A Utah-grown social sauna club built around a big Finnish sauna and a row of individual cold plunge tubs, where you walk in without an appointment and stay as long as you like.

  BathhouseTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plungeCo-ed
  200°FNo plunge

• Löyly Nordic Spa Fort Union

  Midvale

  A Utah-grown social sauna club built around a big Finnish sauna and a row of individual cold plunge tubs, where you walk in without an appointment and stay as long as you like.

  BathhouseTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plungeCo-ed
  200°FNo plunge

• Löyly Nordic Spa Orem

  Orem

  A Utah-grown social sauna club built around a big Finnish sauna and a row of individual cold plunge tubs, where you walk in without an appointment and stay as long as you like.

  BathhouseTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plungeCo-ed
  200°FNo plunge

• SoHo Saunas

  Midway

  An outdoor sauna garden at Soldier Hollow in Midway inspired by Japanese onsen, with two barrel saunas, a mineral-water soak and a cold plunge facing the Wasatch peaks.

  Outdoor saunaTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge
  190°F50°F

  Session $43

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Traditional saunas in Seattle

• Bywater Sauna Alki Beach

  Wood-fired barrel saunas parked on the Alki Beach boardwalk, just west of the Alki Beach Bathhouse, with Puget Sound a few steps away for a cold dip between rounds.

  Traditional saunaOutdoor saunaCold plunge

  Session $35

• Bywater Sauna Golden Gardens

  Wood-fired barrel saunas parked on the south beach at Golden Gardens Park, near the picnic pavilion, with Puget Sound a few steps away for a cold dip between rounds.

  Traditional saunaOutdoor saunaCold plunge

  Session $35

• Good Day Sauna

  A mobile cedar sauna with an iki wood-fired stove, parked at Lincoln Park in West Seattle with a big window toward the water and Puget Sound for a cold plunge.

  Traditional saunaOutdoor saunaCold plunge

  Session $35

• Hothouse Spa & Sauna

  A small Capitol Hill spa rented out privately, with a cedar sauna, an herbal steam room, a tiled hot tub and a cold plunge shower for your group alone.

  Traditional sauna

  Session $190

• Seattle Sauna

  A double wood-fired cedar sauna floating in a houseboat community on Lake Union, with a rooftop deck facing the skyline and guided 90-minute social sessions for up to ten people.

  Floating saunaTraditional saunaOutdoor sauna

  Session $49

• Von Sauna

  Kirkland

  A wood-fired sauna on a barge in the Carillon Point marina in Kirkland, with lake views through the windows and Lake Washington itself as the cold plunge.

  Floating saunaTraditional saunaOutdoor saunaCold plunge
  195°F39°F

  Session $40

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Traditional saunas in Philadelphia

• Aura Esthetic Spa & Sauna

  Southampton

  A small Bucks County spa in Southampton built around a Russian-style banya with venik bundles, followed by an ice pool.

  BanyaTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge

• Fiorst at the Schuylkill Center

  A glass-walled, wood-fired Nordic sauna with a cold plunge at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education in Roxborough, run by the mobile sauna company Fiorst and overlooking fields and woods.

  Outdoor saunaTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge
  190°FNo plunge

  Session $75

• Fiorst Riverside

  Conshohocken

  A private wood-fired sauna and cold plunge on the bank of the Schuylkill River in Conshohocken, booked by groups of up to eight through the mobile sauna company Fiorst.

  Outdoor saunaTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge

  Session $300

• FORMATION Sauna + Wellness

  A private Nordic-style sauna studio in Northern Liberties, open since 2020, where you book the sauna for yourself or a group of up to four, with a single-person cold plunge and a cold shower included.

  Traditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge
  195°FNo plunge

  Session $85

• Nirvana Float

  Collegeville

  A float center in Collegeville with a private fire and ice room for up to four people, pairing a sauna at about 125°F with a 52°F cold plunge.

  Traditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge
  125°F52°F

  Session $69

• Revive Hive

  Newtown

  A Bucks County recovery studio in Newtown with traditional and infrared saunas, a cold plunge and a cryotherapy chamber, plus a private contrast room with its own sauna, plunge tub and vitamin C shower.

  Traditional saunaInfraredContrast therapyCold plunge

  Session $65

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Traditional saunas in San Francisco

• Albany Sauna & Hot Tubs

  Albany

  A Finnish sauna on Solano Avenue in Albany, open to the public since 1934, with four private sauna rooms heated by a central brick stove, two outdoor hot tubs and massage.

  Traditional sauna

• Almonte Spa

  Mill Valley

  A long-running spa in Tamalpais Valley near Mill Valley with two outdoor hot tubs among the redwoods, a cedar sauna and an infrared sauna, plus massage.

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• Dogpatch Paddle & Kayak Sauna

  A four-person cedar barrel sauna on the waterfront at Crane Cove Park in Dogpatch, run by the local kayak and paddleboard shop, with a cold plunge add-on and bay views between rounds.

  Traditional saunaOutdoor saunaContrast therapyCold plunge
  200°F36°F

  Session $25

• Fjord

  Sausalito

  Two wood-fired saunas built into steel shipping containers on a floating dock on the Sausalito waterfront, where the cold plunge is a ladder down into San Francisco Bay.

  Floating saunaTraditional saunaOutdoor saunaCold plunge
  190°FNo plunge

  Session $45

• Good Hot

  Richmond

  A cluster of small, private cedar saunas on the beach at Point San Pablo in Richmond, where you book a sauna for your group and cool off in the bay a few steps away.

  Traditional saunaOutdoor saunaCold plungeCo-ed
  175°FNo plunge

  Session $110

• Piedmont Springs

  Oakland

  A small Oakland day spa on Piedmont Avenue that rents private outdoor hot tubs and sauna and steam rooms by the hour, along with massages, facials and scrubs.

  Traditional sauna

  Session $20

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Traditional saunas in Portland

• Guss Mobile Sauna

  A wood-fired mobile sauna that parks beside the Willamette, usually at Sellwood Riverfront Park, so bathers can go straight from the heat into the river.

  Traditional saunaOutdoor saunaCold plunge

  Session $30

• Löyly Northeast

  The larger of Löyly's two Portland sauna houses, on MLK Jr Blvd, built around Finnish-style bathing in an electric cedar sauna with a social sauna room, cold showers and a quiet lounge.

  Traditional saunaAufgussCo-ed

  Session $35

• Löyly Southeast

  Löyly's smaller, quieter Southeast Portland sauna house, with a cedar Finnish-style sauna, a steam room, cold showers and a garage door that opens the space to the outside air.

  Traditional saunaAufgussCo-ed

  Session $35

• SaunaGlo

  Milwaukie

  A large Nordic-style public sauna in downtown Milwaukie, built to hold up to 18 people, with a cedar barrel cold plunge, a dump bucket and rain shower, and a plant-filled lounge.

  Traditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge

  Day pass $34

• The Everett House Community Healing Center

  A clothing-optional community bathhouse in two neighboring Craftsman houses in Northeast Portland, with a social sauna, a silent sauna, a steam room, outdoor cold tubs and a hot soaking tub.

  BathhouseTraditional saunaCold plungeCo-ed

  Session $18

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Traditional saunas in Milwaukee

• Heat Haven Sauna Park at Blüm Coffee Garden

  Greenfield

  Heat Haven's second seasonal sauna park, set up at Blüm Coffee Garden in Greenfield, with wood-fired barrel saunas, fire pits and a cold-shower chillotine, plus weekly trivia and music bingo sauna nights.

  Traditional saunaOutdoor sauna
  190°FNo plunge

  Session $35

• Heat Haven Sauna Park at Hoyt Park

  Wauwatosa

  A seasonal outdoor sauna park in Wauwatosa's Hoyt Park with three handcrafted wood-fired cedar barrel saunas, fire pits and a cold-shower chillotine for cooling off between rounds.

  Traditional saunaOutdoor sauna
  190°FNo plunge

  Session $35

• Hot Spell Sauna at Grant Park

  South Milwaukee

  A Nordic-inspired sauna run from Wulff Lodge in South Milwaukee's Grant Park, with two wood-fired saunas set among trees above the Seven Bridges Trail and cold showers between rounds.

  Traditional saunaOutdoor sauna

  Session $37

• Tuli Sauna & Plunge

  Belleville

  A wood-fired Finnish-style sauna on the banks of the Sugar River at Seven Acre Dairy Co. in Paoli, with big windows over the water and the river itself as the cold plunge.

  Traditional saunaOutdoor saunaCold plunge

  Session $39

Traditional saunas in Denver

• Garden Sauna

  A small wood-fired sauna in a hidden garden in Capitol Hill, with cold plunge tubs, a patio and an outdoor deck, entered through the Rooted Heart Yoga door.

  Traditional saunaOutdoor saunaContrast therapyCold plunge
  Heat45°F

  Session $33

• PORTAL Thermaculture Boulder

  Boulder

  A North Boulder contrast-therapy club in the Emerald City building with two wood-burning saunas and two ice-cold plunges, run by the same company as PORTAL in Denver.

  Traditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge

  Session $65

• PORTAL Thermaculture Denver

  A contrast-therapy club in LoHi with two saunas and three individual cold plunge tubs, part of a small chain that also runs clubs in Boulder, Minneapolis and Bozeman.

  Traditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge

• Red Rock Sauna

  A community sauna and cold plunge at Hogshead Brewery near Sloan's Lake, with a propane-heated cedar sauna, cold tubs and a fire-pit lounge between rounds.

  Traditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge
  230°F37°F

  Session $35

Traditional saunas in Boston

• Dillon's Health Spa

  Quincy

  The former Finland Steam Baths in Quincy, now run by the family behind Dillon's in Chelsea, with private Finland-style steam rooms, dry saunas and a filtered cold plunge booked as one-hour packages.

  Traditional saunaContrast therapyCold plungeCo-ed

  Session $40

• Kelo Spa & Steam

  Newton Highlands

  A banya-style spa in Newton Highlands built around a sauna of kelo logs imported from Finnish Lapland, with a steam room, an ice-cold plunge, a juice bar and platza with oak or birch whisks.

  BanyaTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plungeSeparate men's and women's areas

  Day pass $69

• Moki Sauna Allston

  An all-outdoor sauna village in the side yard of the Zone 3 innovation campus in Allston, with two traditional Nordic saunas, a large shared cold plunge and a changing tent with lockers.

  Outdoor saunaTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plungeCo-ed

  Session $59

• Moki Sauna South Boston

  A Nordic-style social sauna in South Boston from the team behind the Greenway and Somerville pop-ups, with three traditional saunas, an indoor cedar-barrel cold plunge and a courtyard with its own sauna and plunges.

  BathhouseTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plungeCo-ed
  170°F40°F

  Session $59

Traditional saunas in Nashville

• Backyard by Framework (East Nashville)

  Framework's outdoor East Nashville outpost: a 12-person traditional sauna at 190°F and four cold tubs set in a tree-lined yard behind a century-old house, with outdoor showers and lounge areas.

  Traditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge
  190°F40°F

  Session $25

• Framework Wedgewood-Houston

  A social sauna and cold plunge studio in Wedgewood-Houston with seven Finnish-heated saunas, including silent, social, private and outdoor rooms, plus a row of cold tubs and a public cafe upstairs.

  BathhouseTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge
  175°F40°F

  Session $35

• Lolu

  An East Nashville social sauna on Main Street built around one big room: a 40-person Finnish dry sauna next to a 20-person cold bath, with a lounge, an espresso bar and guided breathwork classes.

  BathhouseTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge
  195°F40°F

• Ritual Community Sauna & Wellness Space

  A small East Nashville sauna house on Porter Road with a 12-person Finnish-style community sauna of aspen and cedar, plus private infrared lounge and solo saunas booked in 45-minute sessions.

  Traditional saunaInfraredCold plunge

  Session $25

Traditional saunas in Chicago

• Eastend

  A wellness club in Fulton Market built around a custom Finnish sauna that seats about 40 people, with cold plunges, guided sauna classes and a saunamaster on staff.

  Traditional saunaContrast therapyCold plungeCo-ed
  194°F40°F

  Session $45

• Fire and Ice Sauna Experience

  Two mobile wood-fired saunas run by Thunder Domes at North Avenue Beach each winter, the Chicago Park District's first winter sauna concession on the lakefront.

  Outdoor saunaTraditional sauna

  Session $30

• Oak St. Sauna

  A seasonal wood-fired sauna in a converted shipping container at Oak Street Beach, with a cold plunge filled with Lake Michigan water and views of the Gold Coast skyline.

  Outdoor saunaTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge
  200°FNo plunge

  Session $45

Traditional saunas in Charlotte

• Sauna Culture

  A sauna and ice bath studio in Cotswold Village with a public sauna and three side-by-side cold plunge tubs set at different temperatures, plus a private ice bath suite for small groups.

  Traditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge

  Day pass $40

• Sauna House Charlotte

  The Charlotte home of the Carolina-born Sauna House franchise, a phone-free, coed bathhouse in a restored historic building in Wesley Heights with two traditional saunas, two stainless steel cold plunges, a silent salt room and heated lounge benches.

  BathhouseTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plungeCo-ed
  Heat45°F

• Sunday Hot Springs

  A social contrast therapy club in South End, opened in 2025 as Bathhouse CLT, pairing a hot dry sauna and a eucalyptus steam room with a cold plunge, a saltwater soaking pool and a kombucha bar.

  BathhouseTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge
  200°F45°F

  Session $60

Traditional saunas in Tampa

• Plunsana

  St. Petersburg

  A contrast therapy wellness space in St. Pete's Ponce de Leon area with saunas, a steam sauna, cold plunge tubs, red light therapy, breathwork and an indoor-outdoor lounge.

  Traditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge

• The Sauna Guys

  A wood-fired outdoor sauna near Ybor City where two local friends run guided one-hour Nordic sessions that alternate between the hot sauna and a cold plunge under the trees.

  Traditional saunaOutdoor saunaContrast therapyCold plunge

• The Studio on Central

  St. Petersburg

  A neighborhood sauna studio on Central Avenue with private and communal saunas, infrared rooms with red light, cold plunges at several temperatures and halotherapy add-ons.

  InfraredTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge

  Session $30

Traditional saunas in Los Angeles

• Den Mother

  Venice

  A holistic spa in a converted 1930s bungalow on Abbot Kinney where you can book a private garden cabana with a cedar sauna for two, an individual cold plunge and a rain shower.

  Traditional saunaCold plunge

  Session $65

• Teddy's Hot House

  Venice

  A contrast therapy house on Lincoln Boulevard in Venice, pairing a magnolia-wood Finnish sauna heated by two Harvia stoves with three outdoor cold plunges set to different temperatures.

  Contrast therapyTraditional saunaCold plunge
  200°F32°F

  Session $48

Traditional saunas in Phoenix

• PLUNJ Chandler

  Chandler

  A Nordic-tradition hot-and-cold studio in south Chandler, part of the PLUNJ chain, built around heat sessions followed by cold plunges.

  Traditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge
  190°F45°F

• PLUNJ Paradise Valley

  A Nordic-style contrast therapy studio in Paradise Valley Village pairing a traditional Finnish sauna with cold plunges, run as part of the PLUNJ chain of small hot-and-cold bathhouses.

  Traditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge
  190°F45°F

Traditional saunas in Detroit

• Bask Detroit

  A contrast therapy club in Brush Park built around a 30-person Finnish dry sauna and four single-person cold plunge tubs set at different temperatures, with locker rooms and showers.

  Contrast therapyTraditional saunaCold plunge
  Heat37°F

  Session $60

• Islandview Sauna Club

  An outdoor sauna club on a wooded lot on Detroit's east side with three wood-fired saunas, including a barrel sauna and two converted livestock trailers, plus outdoor cold plunges and a bonfire.

  Outdoor saunaTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plunge
  200°F38°F

  Session $25

Traditional saunas in New York City

• Lore Bathing Club

  Manhattan

  A Nordic-inspired contrast bathing club in NoHo with a large Finnish sauna, an infrared sauna and a cold pool room with heated hammam-style benches, open to members and week-pass holders.

  Contrast therapyTraditional saunaCold plunge
  190°F46°F

Traditional saunas in Miami

• Thermae Retreat at ThePEMS

  Fort Lauderdale

  A garden wellness retreat in south Fort Lauderdale built around a hot Finnish sauna, private infrared saunas and a cold plunge tub, with salt-scrub garden showers, a quiet room and sound sessions.

  Traditional saunaInfraredContrast therapyCold plunge

Traditional saunas in Austin

• Sauna House North Loop

  A North Loop outpost of the Sauna House brand, built around an outdoor sauna garden with traditional Finnish and wood-burning saunas, cold plunge tubs and heated lounge benches, run as a phone-free space.

  BathhouseTraditional saunaContrast therapyCold plungeCo-ed
  185°F45°F

Traditional saunas in Houston

• Saunawelt European Sauna House

  A European-style sauna house in the Clear Lake area near Webster, with a Finnish sauna, a Brechelbad herbal sauna, a steam room, a cold bucket shower, a cool-mist room and guided Aufguss rituals.

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