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Bathhouse in Germany: features, types, visiting traditions and interesting facts. How Russians can be shocked by German baths

How I took a steam bath in Austrian nudist baths

I wanted to touch a little fun theme about how it is customary to go to the sauna among the Austrians. I had to overcome myself and plunge into the nudist theme - to visit public baths. Shock and embarrassment. Yes, it is customary for them to go naked to the saunas, and then flop into the pool.

Then I went to sauna events: they whipped me with a hot flag, smeared me with a sticky, prickly and cold thing, forced me to sit naked in the sauna for 20 minutes.

I did it just for you, to write this story! Of course I didn't take any pictures :-)

In the fall, Lena and I had a dignified and aristocratic vacation at a wonderful resort in Austria. People go to this pensioner town for the sake of thermal springs. How can you live in Bad Ischl and not improve your health?

We collected towels, bathing accessories and set off for the Eurothermen baths.

Thermal Springs Eurothermen

Briefly describe the system. At the entrance you pay a ticket of €16 for 4 hours. You are given a watch bracelet. Apply them to the turnstile and the time has gone. If you dare to take off all your clothes and go to the nudist area, then you will be charged another € 7.5 for the whole day. They will need to be paid upon exit.

We go to the dressing rooms. They are common. Here and there naked bodies flash by. Of course, we changed in the booths. I didn't tell Lena that there was a cult of naturalists here, but she began to guess. :-)

Thermal pool complex

Let's talk about pools. (Most of the photos are from Daria Pismenyuk). Upon entering, we are greeted by a warm pool with mineral water. We jump right into it. So glad! Along the edges are underwater sun loungers with a jacuzzi, fountains for the back and neck.

I pass through the turnstile. The display says that I will be charged another €7. I open doors. They say that you are crossing a nudist area and it would not hurt you to undress. At the entrance Big hall with loungers. Someone cools down after a bath, someone just reads a newspaper. I got naked and covered myself with a towel just in case. Rinse in the shower and went to the saunas.

How many saunas are there! I walked for 10 minutes and studied them. I went to each. Slippers must be removed upon entry. You can not sit booty on wooden surfaces. All places of contact of the skin with the tree must be laid with a towel! That is, put under the ass and legs.

Kaiser sauna, Country house sauna, Mine sauna, Gallery sauna, Stone bath, Steam bath, Saltwater inhalation grotto, Infrared cabins, Large saltwater pool, Hot whirlpool, Cold pool.

I don't remember which sauna is called. Please select from the list above. At the entrance, there are signs everywhere: what is the name, what is the temperature and humidity, how long do you need to stay there.

Went to the first sauna. Looked at how everyone puts towels. Did the same. No one seemed to be looking at me. There were no grandmothers :-) There were ladies and men with a decent physique. Hot.

Went to the next sauna. It's not so hot there anymore. Sat and warmed up. There are several girls around. One of them lies, legs bent at the knees. Embarrassed, he moved on.

I looked into the bathroom. Very humid and not hot - I will come here in the end. I'm walking down the corridor. On the right, men are splashing in the jacuzzi. I don't want to visit them :-) After each sauna, you need to take a shower - take a shower.

What's with the misted glass door? Opened, went. Still can't see anything because of the steam. Here, apparently, you need to stand and breathe. I don’t know how many people were standing next to me and breathing - I didn’t see anything. It became somehow uncomfortable. Came out.

Ahead is a large swimming pool for naturalists. A naked old man is splashing in the water. There - on the back, back on the stomach. There are still people around. I'll buy later if no one is there.

The attendant, with a towel on his hips, said something in German. Everyone obediently followed him. I came for a report for you! I also had to go. What do I have to lose?

Everyone went outside. It's kind of chilly in there. There is another big round sauna outside! We all went there. The attendant closed the door, put up a sign, turned the hourglass over. I realized that I was stuck here for at least 20 minutes.

Everyone sat in a circle on wooden benches opposite the trolley. The attendant turned on the heat. The temperature began to rise. People laid out their bodies in a relaxed way on towels. I sat quietly, not much shining with my charms. A couple of men sat on the top shelf at my shoulder level and started talking to each other. It was not very pleasant for me to be near their scrotum and I moved away :-)

As the temperature rose, I timidly examined the surroundings. All were quite young, 25-35 years old, with a pleasant physique. men a little more women. What is the best way to write? Something to see :-)

Queuing for white powder

Meanwhile, the temperature rises noticeably! The attendant came in and drove everyone out into the street. Everyone lined up. Each dipped his hand into the barrel. Take white powder. And rubbed it on sweaty skin. What is this?

It's my turn. He scooped up the white powder. I started rubbing it on my skin. The grains were very large. It tore the skin like sand. Well, it's salt! Everyone went back to the sauna to sweat.

Why is the attendant waving the Austrian flag?

The show didn't end there. Now the degree was already approaching 80. The attendant came in. Bring the flag. added essential oils. Why does he need a flag? :-)

Not only did he bring the flag, but he also began to sing songs and wave it patriotically. It hit me - to make it even hotter! Now he approached everyone and waved the flag in front of their faces. I was so hot that I almost lost my eyebrows and eyelashes. I'm already overheated. Time ran out and everyone started to leave. They took turns taking showers outside.

When I came to her, I could not say anything from overheating. My body and I were in shock. I wanted to tell her about everything and take her there, but it was already ten o'clock. Time to go home. That evening I slept like the dead.

The second round with the attendant. Who will win?

The next evening, I managed to persuade Lena to throw off her clothes and go to the realm of naturalists. Yesterday I looked at the schedule of bath shows. I already went to the salt. Now let's go together for some incomprehensible German word :-)

With more bold steps we enter the zone without clothes. Lena quickly undressed and wrapped herself in a towel. The attendant again calls outside to the round sauna. Turns on the heat again.

What has the cheerful mass entertainer prepared for today?

Settled in a circle. Lena sits wrapped in a towel. I'm a little looser. Everything… a break. Everyone goes out. Lena had to part with the towel. On the street there is a queue for the attendant. Everyone approaches him and he carefully sprays the liquid from the spray bottle in front and behind. What is it this time? Salt? No!

Mint water. Feelings are unusual. We go back to the sauna. Somehow strange - the air fries, and the skin cools. Most of all, mint burns in the folds, especially in the back :-)

Not as extreme as yesterday with salt and flag. But at least they did not injure Lena's psyche. She accepted nudism with dignity. She didn't feel very comfortable there. I'm already used to it.

I sent her to a normal pool, and he continued the experiments. I looked into the sauna, where you can even hang an ax from the steam. He felt his way along the walls. Looks like he bumped into no one. I swam naked in the pool - I love it. We also had a case in Kama :-)

He warmed himself in a not hot, damp bath. The attendant came, offered homemade Strawberry jam for the oven. I don't know where to put it, so I refused.

sticky bodies

Time for a new show! Everyone enters the wet room. There, instead of wooden benches, there are tiled ones. There are no towels here. Nothing will hide you from prying eyes! Everyone washed the shop from the shower and sat down.

Mr. Bath attendant gave everyone packs of sticky mass. Everyone diligently began to rub their thighs, legs, stomachs, chests and arms. Well, so do I. Licked - it turns out it's honey. Okay, give me two!

I smeared myself properly, I sit warming myself. The eyes themselves look at the surroundings. There are more women, by the way, young women, at such spa treatments ;-) The main thing here is not to lose your mind. I can’t even imagine what I would do if ... But everything seems to have gone well. Rinse off quickly in the shower. And then again it's already ten o'clock - it's time to go home.

Total

Thermae are definitely worth a visit. I did not touch on the topic of recovery here. There is a lot of information about this, but few personal impressions are shared. It’s not easy for me to pour out my soul to you either, but I took a chance - after all, today is April 1st. What is true and what is fiction I will not say. And then I will say that everything is true, and you will laugh at me. At the first opportunity, I will visit the baths again.

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For a long time I have already read the story of V. Soloukhin about how, back in Soviet time he visited a German public bath and was impressed.

About the topic of German washing with an erotic bias without complexes and without anything at all, see below

Many Russians visiting Germany face serious cultural barriers that separate our countries. The mentality of the Germans is very different from the Slavic. This is explained and cultural traditions, and freer European views. The strongest culture shock among Russians is caused by German saunas and baths ...

Joint baths and saunas

Almost all saunas and baths in Germany are shared. This means that men and women, children and old people - all bathe and wash together. the main problem for the Russians is that it is supposed to be done completely naked. Neither the steam room, nor the washing room, nor the pool will let you in a bathing suit or swimming trunks. Rubber slippers are also prohibited.

The Germans believe that any synthetic in a humid and hot environment evaporates dangerous chemical compounds. This not only harms the person wearing synthetic swimwear, but also those around them. You will simply not be allowed into the German sauna in a bathing suit (or swimming trunks if you are a man).

Even if you embarrassingly cover up "causal places", they will look at you in surprise, as if you were a strange person. The Germans are not at all ashamed of their nakedness. Teenage boys can safely swim next to the naked mothers of their classmates, and no one sees anything indecent in this.

Etiquette in German saunas

Men, women, children, the elderly - all bathe naked in the same room. In rare cases, some establishments arrange separate days for swimming, but this can only be once a week. On all other days, please cast aside false shame!

If you enter the washing room in swimming trunks, you will be reprimanded and shown to the door. So those wishing to visit the German sauna should tune in to the nudist mood and, above all, get used to their own nudity. Russian people, who are much more shy by nature, have difficulty accepting such orders. Some, even after living in Germany for many years, simply avoid visiting saunas.

But the fact is that German friends or even business partners can easily invite you to a home sauna. And in this case, you will have to strip naked and bathe along with everyone. At the same time, you should behave adequately: do not blush, do not cover your most intimate parts and, of course, not to look closely at the figures of others.

Where can you hide

Sauna in Germany is divided into 2 zones. The first is actually a washing room and a steam room. They are called Textilfrei, which roughly translates to "no clothes zone". In the rest of the rooms - a lounge area, water slides and a bar - you can walk modestly wrapped in a towel or swimming trunks. By the way, not all Germans do this. Many continue shamelessly walking around in what their mother gave birth to. Not every Russian is able to accept, let alone understand this.

The most pleasant

The very procedure of bathing in such places is very pleasant and relaxing. In public saunas, you can not speak loudly and in general make any noise in any way. This may allow other guests to enjoy their stay. You can sit or lie on the shelves only on special bath towels, which are 2 meters long. You can't touch wood with bare skin. It's not hygienic.

Coming to the beginning of the "aufguss" - pouring stones - should be on time. It is important. During aufguss, a sauna employee pours water with honey, eucalyptus or orange aroma oils on the stones and diligently disperses the steam. At the same time, he entertains visitors: he tells them jokes, jokes. It is impossible to leave the hall at this moment, so as not to release precious steam. You can only leave if you feel bad.

Then you can start swimming. In some saunas, pleasant music is turned on during aufguss, salts, creams or ice cubes for the skin are distributed free of charge. After the procedure, you may be offered a cup of tea, fruit or ice cream. All this is already included in the price. entrance ticket. Aufguss in saunas are held on schedule, so it is customary to come to them on time so as not to disturb the special beauty of the ceremony.

For many, it becomes news that when you come to a German sauna, you need to undress completely, yes, it is, such an order. I went into a German bath - be kind enough to take everything off, of course, for a Russian tourist - this is a whole dilemma, but not for everyone!

Joint German baths and saunas

Germany is famous for bath complexes, apparently the Germans also have a tradition - to go to the bath. But their baths have significant differences that may go against our understanding of common baths!

In Russia, a common bath is a bath where men bathe with men, and women with women, but in Germany everything is different!

A shared German bath is a shared bath where there are age restrictions, but not gender restrictions.

Entrance to the sauna departments is available from the age of 16 and there is only one condition: there should not be clothes, and not only in steam rooms, but also in pools. Bathe and bathe, but naked is Germany!

Baths in Germany are huge complexes, where there can be more than 10 steam rooms and
different pools (warm, hot, salty, cold, bubbling, etc.) Saunas have a difference in temperature conditions. The bath complex itself has its own territory and the entrance there for a separate fee. You may not take baths, but go only to pools where there are no restrictions, but it will be an ordinary water park.

If you still decide to visit German saunas, you will have to work on the complexes and undress. I'll tell you so that everyone doesn't care there, well, people, well, naked, all sorts of different people and they came to bathe, and not look at each other. I left the bathhouse and put on a towel, went to the pool and took it off, got out and put it on. Everything is simple!

The first time we got acquainted with the system of "naked baths" in Austria, the Austrian baths work according to German principles and are also joint. Moreover, we bought entrance tickets and learned about this news at the time of entering the sauna - we had to undress!

Public baths in Germany

I read a lot of reviews of our tourists, where opinions are divided and not everyone calmly goes to bathe in the nude, although we met a few people. Major visitors German baths, Germans, but there are also Italians, Poles, French.

In the German baths, we were in the Neuschwanstein castle area and in the town of Bad Windsheim, 48 km from Nuremberg, there is a very beautiful museum under open sky, I put the link and you can read it.

Joint German saunas are a kind of business card In Germany, I advise you to remove the complexes and visit, because this is not just a bathhouse, all kinds of ceremonies are held there every 30 minutes, they bring salt, add oils, tell parables and stories, but the truth is in German.
Excellent cuisine, chic conditions and panoramic views. For example, near the Neuschwanstein castle, and these are the baths of King Ludwig, the view from the pool to the castle itself and the Alps.

Some addresses of German saunas

Ohrdrufer Str. 57, 98716 Geraberg, Germany
Ostpreußenstraße 1, 68647 Biblis, Germany
Kirchstrasse 24, 73066 Uhingen, Germany
Welfenstraße 6, 70736 Fellbach, Germany
Scharnhorststraße 11b, 44532 Lünen, Germany
Romerpl. 1, 76530 Baden-Baden, Germany
Rheinstraße 102, 76532 Baden-Baden, Germany
Rosenheimerstr. 1, 81667 Munich, Germany

How to choose and find a good sauna in Germany - choose cities with Bad

All German cities that start with Bad are very curious and almost every one of these cities has thermal complexes and spa centers. We were choosing a place to stay in one of our "EuroAutoTrips" and accidentally stumbled upon the town of Bad Windsheim. Later we learned that Bad (Bad) is resort towns with thermal waters, places for recreation, museums and attractions.

Cities starting with Bad are real germany, these cities are valued not only by the Germans, there are enough tourists there, now you know that when traveling in Germany you can and should stop in small towns with Bad. Make yourself a bad tour! Prices for hotels here are pleasantly surprised, the service too!

List of cities starting with Bad

Bad Schussenried, Bad Schussenried, 88427, Germany
Bad Aibling Bad Aibling Bavaria
Bad Friedrichshall Baden-Württemberg
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Bad Homburg Hesse
Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach Rheinland-Pfalz
Bad Langensalza Thuringia
Bad Neustadt an der Saale Bad Neustadt an der Saale Bavaria
Bad Reichenhall Bad Reichenhall Bavaria
Bad Salzuflen Bad Salzuflen North Rhine-Westphalia
Erkenbrechtallee 10, 91438 Bad Windsheim, Germany - we've been to these bathhouses!

There are a lot of cities with the beginning of Bad (Bad) and each is unique. If there are such cities on your route, feel free to go there. Be the first tourists and then tell what's interesting there. Google map to help you. I like Bavaria and Bavarian small towns more.

Enjoy your travels in Germany and good steam in German saunas!

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Video about German baths

For a long time I have already read the stories of V. Soloukhin about how, back in Soviet times, he visited a German public bath and was impressed.

About the topic of German washing with an erotic bias without complexes and without anything at all, see below

Many Russians visiting Germany face serious cultural barriers that separate our countries. The mentality of the Germans is very different from the Slavic. This is due to both cultural traditions and freer European views. The strongest culture shock among Russians is caused by German saunas and baths ...

Joint baths and saunas

Almost all saunas and baths in Germany are shared. This means that men and women, children and old people - all bathe and wash together. The main problem for Russians is that it is supposed to be done completely naked. Neither the steam room, nor the washing room, nor the pool will let you in a bathing suit or swimming trunks. Rubber slippers are also prohibited.

The Germans believe that any synthetics in a humid and hot environment evaporate dangerous chemical compounds. This not only harms the person wearing synthetic swimwear, but also those around them. You will simply not be allowed into the German sauna in a bathing suit (or swimming trunks if you are a man).

Etiquette in German saunas

But the fact is that German friends or even business partners can easily invite you to a home sauna. And in this case, you will have to strip naked and bathe along with everyone. At the same time, you should behave adequately: do not blush, do not cover your most intimate places and, of course, do not stare at the figures of those around you.

Where can you hide

The most pleasant

Then you can start swimming. In some saunas, pleasant music is turned on during aufguss, salts, creams or ice cubes for the skin are distributed free of charge. After the procedure, you may be offered a cup of tea, fruit or ice cream. All this is already included in the price of the entrance ticket. Aufguss in saunas are held on schedule, so it is customary to come to them on time so as not to disturb the special beauty of the ceremony.
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For the first time in a German bath. Well, yes, they are all nudist.

One evening, about 2 months after I moved to Germany to my husband, after walking around the evening town, a glass of mulled wine in the cold and eating a huge French pancake with custard, my husband suddenly says to me: Yes, you know, one colleague invited us to the sauna tomorrow . He will pick us up at 8:30 in the morning.

What kind of sauna, I ask incredulously. I know these German saunas, although I have never been.

So, the husband says, there is a Russian sauna, they even say there is a swimming pool in the neighboring town, shall we go?

Well, why not?

Colleague is a punctual guy, well, we have already learned too. We left exactly at 8:30. On the street, everything is frosty, there is no snow, but there is definitely a minus 2.

We arrive in the city of Lingen, Freizeitbad Linus. Before us is a huge sports complex, glass and concrete, and inside you can see a pool and palm trees. Well, just a Parisian water park. And then a colleague says: Yes, if you have a camera with you, don’t take it there. You can't take pictures there. The Germans generally do not like being filmed. Leave it in the car.
Ha, wow, a secure facility, I think.

At the entrance we buy tickets, we are given wristbands and a chip for the sauna.

Already in swimsuits and with bags we pass through the pool area. Of course, this is not a Russian sauna, my husband misunderstood everything, but all together - a huge water complex. There are five different pools - sports, entertainment, hot, children's, with access to the street, with pipes, slides, fast flow, boilies, and I don’t know what.

But our path is to the sauna. There is a separate door leading to it. You apply the chip - and you go. And then the main shock awaited me. Three cherished letters were written on the door - FKK.

For residents of Germany and those who know German, everything is immediately clear. FKK - Freikörperkultur, free body culture. In short, a nudist area.

The area was huge. Four different steam rooms: Finnish, Russian, bio, steam (hammam), relaxation room (really - couches and sleep on them), an ice water pool, a large outdoor area.

Well, what are we going to do, the husband asked, untying the rope on the swimming trunks. At this time, a colleague approached us, well, without anything at all. Do we have a choice?... I answered quietly and took off my bathing suit.

Then hysterical laughter began to disassemble me, so I had to hide in the shower. I saw a man who had... well, THERE was a ring with a balloon.

Actually, everything) I laughed, pulled myself together, took a big breath ... and then we spent almost half a day in this unforgettable place. I haven't experienced more pleasure in a long time.

Started from Finnish sauna, which can only be accessed from the street (minus 2, remember, right?)

We continued in the pool. Then the main ceremony began.

In the Russian-type sauna, that is, wooden and with a heater, at exactly 11 o'clock an uncle came with two buckets. One had ice in it. He is such a interesting shape- you can put it on your fingers) In the second - water with a ladle. He closed the door and began to pour water with some additives on the stones - well, everything is just like ours. But then he took a towel and began to disperse the steam - first gently, on top, then with a towel for each. It is something. The procedure was repeated 5 times, each time it was getting hotter and hotter.

After 15 minutes, we fell out of there, wet with sweat and steamed to the bone. All at once, without anything at all, hurried to the playground on the street and began to walk barefoot on the frozen grass. I can imagine how it looks from the outside...))) Naked men and women, from whom steam pours, walk in the cold, not noticing anything around...)

These sessions are held once an hour. Between them, you can have time to swim in all the pools (to go to the common area, you need to put on a nasty cold swimsuit) or just sleep in the bedroom. You can also jump into an ice pool or douse yourself from a tub, it is also with ice water, hanging on ropes under the ceiling.

Then you can sit on a sunbed with your legs up and meditate, looking at a huge aquarium. Or soak your feet in special foot baths. Or eat - you can come there with your own food. Or buy in a cafe, right there, by the pools. In this area you can steam ...)))

In general, comrades, we got hooked on this matter.

A little about how dumb it was to take off your swimsuit. Maybe only at the first moment. Then you very quickly realize that, in general, no one cares about you, and all your cockroaches about the imperfection of your body are only in your head.

Yes, but it costs 14 euros per person for everything about everything, without time limit. Including a sauna with towel-waving sessions (remember: called aufguss, when you are in Germany and see a sauna with aufguss - immediately go there!)

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