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Sauna am Rhy Basel: 90 degrees, a panoramic window and the Rhine as the plunge pool

✓ Checked at the source · as of 7 October 2026

At the Rheinbad Breite a sauna looks out over the river all winter, and you cool off not in a tub but in the Rhine itself. The operators have just one, very Basel piece of advice: no flip-flops in the water, they float off to Holland.

Key takeaway
The Sauna am Rhy at the Rheinbad Breite is open from 17 October 2026 to 21 March 2027, Monday to Saturday noon–10 pm, Sunday 11 am–10 pm; Monday is women only. Entry CHF 35 for up to three hours, reduced CHF 30. No reservations.
🧭 Open today? — the Ice Bath Compass
Sat 17 Oct
First day
earlier than 3 of 9 places
156 days
Duration
typical: 156 days
Sun 21 Mar
Last day
23 weekends included
68 km
Nearest place
Bern
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Sauna am Rhy Basel: 90 degrees, a panoramic window and the Rhine as the plunge pool

📅 Season 2026/27 — start and end

Sauna am Rhy im Rheinbad Breite

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Saturday, 17 October 2026 – Sunday, 21 March 2027 · 156 days

Organiser
Sauna am Rhy

You cool off in the Rhine itself, there is a bathtub filled with Rhine water — and the operators' advice: no flip-flops in the Rhine, they float off to Holland.

Source: To the organiser's page · checked on 7 October 2026

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🚋 Getting there by public transport

Address
St. Alban-Rheinweg 195, 4052 Basel
🗺️ Open route

📋 Practical notes from the operator

  • Season 17 October 2026 (from noon) to 21 March 2027. Monday to Saturday noon–10 pm, Sunday 11 am–10 pm; special hours over the holidays. Monday women only, except between Christmas and New Year and on Carnival Monday.
  • Large sauna (90 °C) with a panoramic window onto the Rhine, small sauna (70 °C), three wood-heated yurts. Both saunas textile-free, bathrobe compulsory (hire CHF 7). No reservations.

✨ What makes it special here

Two saunas, 90 and 70 degrees, the larger with a panoramic window onto the Rhine. Three wood-heated yurts: one to rest, one to chat, one for coffee. A bathtub of Rhine water for the hesitant, and direct access to the river for everyone else.

Both saunas are textile-free, and you may also go into the Rhine naked; a robe is compulsory on the decks and in the yurts. Photography is banned throughout the Rheinbad, so it stays a place to switch off.

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🎯 Ice bathing tips

What to know before your first visit.

  1. 1
    Reduced rate on weekdays onlyCHF 30 instead of 35 Monday to Friday before 5 pm and from 8 pm — not at weekends, on public holidays or from 24 December to 4 January.
  2. 2
    Don't forget a robeSauna towel, terry towel and slippers are included; a robe is compulsory, hire CHF 7.
  3. 3
    Monday is women's dayExcept between Christmas and New Year and on Carnival Monday; Tuesday to Sunday mixed.
  4. 4
    The Rhine at your own riskSwimming in the Rhine is at your own risk. Stairs and wet floors are slippery.
If it's closed here or doesn't suit you:
Bern →
Zurich →
Uster →

📊 Season comparison with nearby places

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🗺️ Nearby — more winter baths

The ConvivaPlus survey lists 13 spots. The nearest river sauna is on the Aare in Bern.

Lake Zurich has several lakeside saunas, for example in Küsnacht. Everything in the overview.

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🏆 The ConvivaPlus verdict

The ConvivaPlus verdict

The Rhine as plunge pool90 °CMonday women only

A river sauna right in Basel, with the real Rhine instead of a tub. At weekends you pay full price and need patience; on weekdays before 5 pm you save.

Freshness note: Hours and prices per the Sauna am Rhy, read on 7 October 2026. Special hours over the holidays.

Check the latest: ConvivaPlus winter swimming dataset 2026/27 – Basel →

💎 Golden nuggets
The non-obvious — researched, not copied
  • ◆A tub for the hesitant: if the Rhine is too much, a bathtub of Rhine water does the job.

How we check

Every date comes from the organiser's, the municipality's or the canton's own site — never from an aggregator, never copied over from last year. Next to each source is the date we last read it.

Where only a fixed rule is published, such as the eve of St Nicholas' Day, we work out the date and label it “calculated from the fixed rule”. Anything not yet published stays open — we don't guess.

Something missing or changed? A note below is enough; we check it at the source.

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Jana Meier
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At the Sauna am Rhy you cool off in the Rhine, and the operators warn: flip-flops don't belong in the river, they float off to Holland.

Source: ConvivaPlus winter swimming dataset 2026/27 – Basel
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🏊 Winter swimming · 7 October 2026