🇫🇮 Finland

Public saunas in Tampere

We've checked 11 public saunas in and around Tampere, Finland – lakeside sauna, smoke sauna, traditional public sauna and urban spa. Entry starts from €7 at Tohlopin tynnyrisauna. 10 of them let you cool off with a swim between rounds.

Lakeside saunaSee website

Kaukajärven sauna

🇫🇮 Tampere, Finland

Two public saunas run by the Uinti Tampere club on the shore of Lake Kaukajärvi, with year-round lake and ice-hole swimming.

Lake / river swimmingIce swimming in winter
Lakeside saunafrom €13

Kaupinojan sauna

🇫🇮 Tampere, Finland

Winter swimming club sauna on the shore of Lake Näsijärvi, known for strong wood-heated steam and year-round dips in the lake. No booking is needed, and drinks and grilled sausages are sold on site; quiet sauna hours are held on some evenings.

Lake / river swimmingIce swimming in winter
Smoke saunafrom €25

Niemi-Kapeen savusauna

🇫🇮 Tampere, Finland

Historic lakeside farm in northern Tampere whose traditional smoke sauna opens to the public a few times each month.

Lake / river swimmingIce swimming in winterSmoke sauna
Traditional public saunafrom €8

Rajaportin sauna

🇫🇮 Tampere, Finland

Built in 1906 in Pispala, Rajaportti is considered Finland's oldest public sauna still in operation and is run by a local sauna association. Bathers can choose hotter or gentler steam by moving between bench levels, and occasional mixed evenings let everyone use either side.

Nude bathing
Lakeside saunafrom €13

Saunaravintola Flou

🇫🇮 Tampere, Finland

Sauna restaurant on Lake Pyhäjärvi that moves between Ratina (summer) and the Rosendahl pier at Pyynikki (winter), with a 45-person public sauna and year-round swimming.

Lake / river swimmingIce swimming in winter
Urban spafrom €19

Saunaravintola Kuuma

🇫🇮 Tampere, Finland

Sauna-restaurant on the Laukontori waterfront in central Tampere with unisex public saunas, including wood-heated and smoke saunas, used in swimwear. Guests can cool off in Lake Pyhäjärvi and stay for a New Nordic meal afterwards.

Lake / river swimmingSmoke sauna
Lakeside saunafrom €8

Suolijärven sauna

🇫🇮 Tampere, Finland

Three small wood-heated 'cottage saunas' on the shore of Lake Suolijärvi in Hervanta, with ice-hole swimming in winter.

Lake / river swimmingIce swimming in winter
Lakeside saunafrom €11

Suomensaaren sauna

🇫🇮 Tampere, Finland

Club-run lakeside sauna on the Lentävänniemi peninsula in Lielahti, known for its intense heat; mixed sauna with separate changing rooms.

Lake / river swimming
Lakeside saunafrom €12

Tahmelan huvilan sauna

🇫🇮 Tampere, Finland

Wood-fired public sauna at the Tahmela villa cultural centre in Pispala, with a café and swimming in Lake Pyhäjärvi.

Lake / river swimmingIce swimming in winter
Lakeside saunafrom €7

Tohlopin tynnyrisauna

🇫🇮 Tampere, Finland

Wood-heated barrel sauna for 15+ bathers on Lake Tohloppi, run by the local swimming club, with year-round winter swimming.

Lake / river swimmingIce swimming in winter
Lakeside saunaSee website

Viikinsaaren sauna

🇫🇮 Tampere, Finland

Wood-fired public sauna for about 30 people on the island of Viikinsaari, open on summer Sundays with swimming from the sauna pier.

Lake / river swimming

Elsewhere in Finland

New to saunas in Finland? Read our sauna etiquette guide before you go – dress codes differ a lot between countries.