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Photos: Hallenbad Altstetten, used with permission.
Hallenbad Altstetten
Zurich (ZH), Switzerland · from CHF 21
About
A public indoor and outdoor pool in Zürich-Altstetten, with a pool for swimming lengths and an outdoor pool heated all year. The textile-free sauna area has Finnish and bio saunas, a steam bath, an outdoor sauna garden and set women-only and men-only days.
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.
Cooling down
- Cold bucket shower or waterfall
A gush of cold water from above, or a bucket you tip over yourself.
- Kneipp path
Walking barefoot through cold and warm water or over pebbles, after the method of Sebastian Kneipp.
Pools and baths
- 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.
- Pool for swimming lengths
A pool with lanes, usually 25 or 50 m long, indoors or outdoors.
- 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.
- Foot baths
Basins of warm, or hot and cold, water for your feet, often used between sauna rounds.
Treatments and fitness
- Aqua gym
Exercise classes in the water.
Food and extras
- Restaurant or bistro
Somewhere to eat or have a drink, often one you can visit in your bathrobe.
The place
- Setting
- City
- Type of place
- Public pool or lido
- Practical
- No time limit
Getting there
Dachslernstrasse 35, 8048 Zürich (ZH), Switzerland
Zürich, Farbhof · about 3 min walk (170 m)
Also nearby
- Mercure Zürich City Rooftop-SPA
Zurich · 0.7 km away
- ACTIV FITNESS Zürich Altstetten
Zurich · 0.7 km away
- LUX Private Spa "Cave" Zürich
Zurich · 1.9 km away







