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Saunologist

Solbad & Spa Schönbühl

Schönbühl (BE), Switzerland · from CHF 46

About

A large brine bath in Schönbühl near Bern, with warm salt-water pools indoors and out. The sauna area has Finnish and bio saunas, an outdoor sauna, Aufguss sessions and a cold plunge, plus a weekly women-only day.

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.
  • Outdoor sauna
    A sauna in its own cabin or with a door straight to the open air, so you step outside to cool off.
  • Aufguss (sauna ritual)
    A sauna master pours scented water on the hot stones and fans the heat through the room.

Cooling down

  • Cold plunge (under 20 °C)
    A small pool of cold water, below 20 °C, to dip into after the heat.
  • Rain and mood showers
    Warm showers with changing temperature, light, scent or rain patterns.

Pools and baths

  • Thermal spring water
    A pool fed by natural thermal or mineral spring water.
  • 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.

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.
  • Foot baths
    Basins of warm, or hot and cold, water for your feet, often used between sauna rounds.

Treatments and fitness

  • Massages
    Massages you can book, usually at extra cost.
  • Beauty treatments
    Facials, manicures and other beauty treatments, usually at extra cost.
  • Spa day packages (with treatment or meal)
    A day package that adds a treatment, a meal or both to your entry, at a higher price.
  • Solarium
    Sunbeds for tanning.

Food and extras

  • Restaurant or bistro
    Somewhere to eat or have a drink, often one you can visit in your bathrobe.

The place

Setting
Great views · Town or village
Type of place
Thermal bath or wellness park
Practical
No time limit

Getting there

Mattenweg 30, 3322 Schönbühl (BE), Switzerland

Schönbühl RBS · about 4 min walk (210 m)

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