ZURICH · SPAS, SAUNAS AND RECOVERY

Between ninety-five degrees and the lake.

A short, honest guide to the places around Zurich worth your evening: day spas, thermal baths, lake saunas and the new recovery studios. Every price checked at the source.

−110°COLD CHAMBER8°LAKE & COLD POOL35°ROOFTOP POOL47°THERMAL SPRING95°FINNISH SAUNA

THE COLLECTION

Three ways to warm up

12Spas & thermal bathsFrom a CHF 33 bathhouse on an old industrial site to the Dolder Grand. Day guests welcome, no hotel room needed.SEE THE SPAS →9Lake & city saunasWooden cubes on a jetty, barrel saunas by Lake Greifensee, a garden sauna on the Zürichberg.SEE THE SAUNAS →8Recovery & longevityCold chambers at −110°, salt-water float pools, oxygen under pressure and full check-ups.SEE RECOVERY →

THE LAKE SAUNAS ARE OPEN

Winter on the water

Strandbad Sauna KüsnachtKÜSNACHT · ON THE JETTYFour sauna cubes on the lido jetty, two rest yurts, straight into the lakeCHF 37Sauna am See UsterUSTER · LAKE GREIFENSEEBarrel saunas, two of them wood-fired, and a rest yurt with a stoveCHF 35Seesauna StäfaSTÄFA · EAST SHOREA cooperative sauna at about 90° in the lake bath, with a sun terraceCHF 30
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ON THE MAP

Every place, one map

THE RITUAL

Heat, cold, and the quiet between

90°The heatEight to twelve minutes in the sauna. Sit on a towel, breathe slowly, leave before it feels like effort.
5–8°The coldThe lake in winter. Half a minute to a minute is plenty. Go in with someone, never alone.
3×The pauseRest, wrapped up, as long as you were in the heat. Then again, usually three rounds.

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The Thursday Letter

One place worth the trip, what opened or closed this month, and a few lines on heat and cold. Once a month, five minutes to read.

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