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Photos: Bernaqua Erlebnisbad, used with permission.
Bernaqua Erlebnisbad
Bern (BE), Switzerland · from CHF 36
About
A large leisure pool and wellness complex in Bern, with water slides for families and a separate sauna world. Highlights are Aufguss sessions, a steam bath, a salt sauna, a brine pool, an outdoor pool heated all year and a permanent women-only area.
Facilities
Saunas and steam
- Finnish sauna
The classic dry sauna, usually 80–100 °C.
- Bio sauna
A gentler sauna of about 50–60 °C with more humidity, also called sanarium.
- Steam bath
Around 45 °C with nearly 100 % humidity.
- Salt or mineral sauna
A sauna with salt or mineral walls or salty air to breathe.
- Aufguss (sauna ritual)
A sauna master pours scented water on the hot stones and fans the heat through the room.
- Roman-Irish bath
A bathing ritual that leads through a series of warm and hot air and steam rooms and pools, often with a soap-brush massage, and ends with rest.
Cooling down
- Cold plunge (under 20 °C)
A small pool of cold water, below 20 °C, to dip into after the heat.
- Kneipp path
Walking barefoot through cold and warm water or over pebbles, after the method of Sebastian Kneipp.
Pools and baths
- Brine pool (Sole)
A pool with salty brine water (Sole).
- Whirlpool or jacuzzi
A warm pool with jets of air and water bubbling around you, usually for several people.
- Indoor pool
An indoor pool to relax or swim in.
- Outdoor pool (heated year round)
An outdoor pool heated enough to use in winter too.
- Water massage (jets and neck showers)
Underwater jets and strong streams of water that massage your neck, back or feet.
- Bubble loungers
Loungers under the water surface with bubbles rising from below.
- Water slides
Slides that end in a pool.
Relaxing
- Indoor rest area
A quiet room with loungers to rest between sauna rounds.
- Outdoor rest area (garden or terrace)
A garden, terrace or lawn with loungers, to cool down and rest in the fresh air.
Treatments and fitness
- Massages
Massages you can book, usually at extra cost.
- Beauty treatments
Facials, manicures and other beauty treatments, usually at extra cost.
- Aqua gym
Exercise classes in the water.
- Gym
A gym with equipment for training.
- Solarium
Sunbeds for tanning.
Food and extras
- Free tea or fruit
Tea or fresh fruit included in the entry price.
The place
- Setting
- City
- Type of place
- Thermal bath or wellness park
- Practical
- No time limit
Getting there
Riedbachstrasse 98, 3027 Bern (BE), Switzerland
Bern, Ramuzstrasse · about 3 min walk (180 m)
Also nearby
Hallenbad GäbelbachBern · 0.4 km away
Hallenbad WeyermannshausBern · 2.4 km away
- ACTIV FITNESS Köniz
Köniz · 3.9 km away







