Sauna in Copenhagen: 7 Places to Try Aufguss
Aufguss is getting more and more popular, but where can you actually try it in Copenhagen? Here's our guide to 7 places.
Aufguss is getting more and more popular, but where can you actually try it in Copenhagen? We took a closer look and rounded up a guide to 7 places where you can try it.
Here are our picks for 7 places to try aufguss in Copenhagen in 2026. If you're not sure what aufguss actually is, and why it's so relaxing and stress-relieving, we'd recommend reading our guide first: What is aufguss?
Now that we're up to speed on what aufguss is, let's take a closer look at 7 places to try it in Copenhagen. 🤘♂️✨🪵
1. Plugin Heat Club
Plugin Heat Club is Denmark's leading mental health community, with a simple mission: helping you find inner calm. Founded by Soundboks co-founder Hjalte Wieth and run by trained facilitators with backgrounds in aufguss, meditation, breathwork and cold water therapy.
Plugin Heat Club now has two locations in Copenhagen: one in Sydhavn (Vasbygade 10A) and one on Amager (Kløvermarksvej 70). Both offer a 75-minute session with three rounds of heat and cold, guided breathwork and essential oils. You can choose between three session types depending on what you need: Deep (calm and grounding), Flow (dynamic and refreshing) or High (intense, high energy, with music).
Book your session on Plugin Heat Club's website.
2. Aufguss at Havgus
Experience a unique aufguss on board Havgus, Copenhagen's and Northern Europe's first wellness and sauna vessel. This former fishing boat has been transformed into a luxurious wellness destination with a sauna, large terraces and space for events.
As a member of Saunaklubben Havgus, you join a community focused on relaxation, recovery and renewed energy. Enjoy wellness and aufguss on the Øresund, just 10 minutes from central Copenhagen, in an authentic maritime setting. The club runs special events like full moon sauna, solstice sauna and sensory sauna, alongside regular aufguss sessions on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Members also get discounted rates on aufguss and special events.
3. Glaecier
Glaecier is a new, exclusive bathing club on Refshaleøen in Copenhagen, with a stunning view over the city. The club is built on a purpose-designed houseboat and features a floating pool filled with filtered, crystal-clear harbour water. The sauna at Glaecier has a panoramic view of Copenhagen, making the experience both relaxing and unique.
They run Open Gus every Tuesday and Thursday (check their website for times). Non-members pay 399 DKK for Open Gus, while members pay just 99 DKK. There's also Members Gus, which is free for members only.
ℹ️ Price: Open Gus 399 DKK, usually Tuesdays 18:30-20:00 and 20:30-22:00
📍 Refshalevej 143, 1432 Copenhagen K
4. Sauna85
Sauna85 runs aufguss sessions at several locations around Copenhagen, currently in Nørrebro/Nordvest, Sydhavn and Indre By. You can also book an entire sauna wagon for events, and their saunas fit up to 20 people.
Sauna85's focus is giving you a break from everyday life, where you can enjoy the heat, the cold and the scent of essential oils. They describe it themselves as a "forced meditation", where body and mind speak the same language. A session runs about 75 minutes including breaks, made up of three rounds of 12-14 minutes with roughly 8-minute breaks in between.
ℹ️ Price: 200 DKK
📍 Copenhagen and surrounding area
5. Innercise – Aufguss and Ice Bath
Take your aufguss experience up a notch at Innercise! From the fourth-floor rooftop terrace, you get a panoramic view over Sydhavn as the sunset lights up the city. Between sessions, enjoy snacks and drinks, and take a refreshing ice bath to round out the contrast and circulation training, with breathing as your anchor.
Aufguss is offered here every day, and you can combine breathwork with aufguss any day of the week except Sundays. Experience how real strength is built from within, through a unique combination of aufguss and ice bathing.
ℹ️ Price: Punch card for aufguss & ice bath: 200 DKK per visit, 10 visits for 1,750 DKK
📍 Bådehavnsgade 12, 3rd-4th floor, 2450 Copenhagen SV, plus locations in Vanløse and Frederiksdal
6. Just Sauna
Just Sauna has locations in Frederiksberg, Albertslund and Frederikssund, each with a rustic, laid-back atmosphere built around wellbeing and relaxation. At the Frederiksberg location, aufguss runs every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, with both Power and Relax aufguss sessions, plus full moon sauna.
Their Frederiksberg sauna holds up to 13 people, Albertslund up to 18, and they'll soon open a new wellness studio in Frederikssund with room for 40-50 people, perfect for private events and larger groups.
Worth noting: in 2024 Ulla took first place in the Danish championships for Team Show Aufguss, followed by a strong 19th place at the world championships.
ℹ️ Price from: 200 DKK
📍 Bispeengen 20, 2000 Frederiksberg
📍 Fængselsvej 43, 2620 Albertslund
7. Butchers Heat
Butchers Heat runs two saunas in Copenhagen, a permanent one at Margretheholmen Harbour on Refshaleøen, where anyone can book into aufguss events on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, plus a membership option for access six days a week. They also run a mobile SaunaTruck that pops up at different locations offering aufguss sessions.
The SaunaTruck is an old military personnel carrier with a history with the Danish Frogman Corps, now converted into a mobile wood-fired sauna. One thing's for sure with Butchers Heat: their sessions run properly hot.
ℹ️ Price: from 220 DKK
📍 Margretheholmen Harbour, Refshaleøen, plus a mobile sauna
Ready to try aufguss?
After exploring Copenhagen's hot sauna scene, you might, like me, be craving a proper sauna session. At Campanyon we've handpicked stays with a sauna in Denmark, where quiet and relaxation take centre stage.
Enjoy the heat, and have a great sauna session!
Best, Magnus 👋
Frequently asked questions about sauna in Copenhagen
Prices typically start around 200 DKK per session, depending on the venue and whether you're a member.
Most venues require booking ahead, since sessions have limited capacity.
Yes, most venues on this list offer drop-in or single sessions for non-members, like Glaecier's Open Gus.
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