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🏊 Winter swimming

Sauna am See Uster: barrel saunas on the Greifensee, and a swim-only ticket for eight francs

✓ Checked at the source · as of 7 October 2026

On the Greifensee in Uster, three barrel saunas run all winter, two of them wood-fired, in front of a lake with no quay wall. For people who don't need a sauna there is something rare here: a ticket just for winter swimming.

Key takeaway
The Sauna am See Uster is open daily from 17 October 2026 to 31 March 2027: Monday to Friday 4–10 pm, Saturday and Sunday 10 am–10 pm. Sauna CHF 35, winter swimming only CHF 8 with changing rooms, warm showers and yurts. No reservations.
🧭 Open today? — the Ice Bath Compass
Sat 17 Oct
First day
earlier than 3 of 9 places
166 days
Duration
typical: 156 days
Wed 31 Mar
Last day
24 weekends included
11 km
Nearest place
Stäfa
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Sauna am See Uster: barrel saunas on the Greifensee, and a swim-only ticket for eight francs

📅 Season 2026/27 — start and end

Sauna am See Uster (Greifensee)

confirmed

Saturday, 17 October 2026 – Wednesday, 31 March 2027 · 166 days

Organiser
Sauna am See Uster

Three barrel saunas, two of them wood-fired, on the unspoilt Greifensee — and for CHF 8 you can swim without using the sauna.

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

🧭 Open today? — the Ice Bath Compass

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🚋 Getting there by public transport

Address
Uferweg 7, 8610 Uster
🗺️ Open route

📋 Practical notes from the operator

  • Season 17 October 2026 to 31 March 2027, daily: Monday to Friday 4–10 pm, Saturday and Sunday 10 am–10 pm. No reservations.
  • Because of sewer renovation work, hours are shorter in 2026/27, the reduced rate is suspended and there are no massages.

✨ What makes it special here

Three barrel saunas, two wood-fired, a rest yurt, a reception yurt, and a large outdoor area with direct access to the unspoilt Greifensee. Cash is preferred, but card and Twint work too.

This season is different: because of sewer renovation the hours are shorter, the reduced rate is suspended and there are no massages. The operators point to their partners at the Sauna im Norden in Oerlikon.

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🎯 Ice bathing tips

What to know before you go.

  1. 1
    Swimming without the saunaFor CHF 8: changing rooms, warm showers, both yurts and the outdoor area.
  2. 2
    Weekdays from 4 pm onlyMonday to Friday it opens at 4 pm in 2026/27; weekends from 10 am.
  3. 3
    Bring your ownLarge sauna towel, shower towel, robe. Hire: robe CHF 8.50, sauna towel CHF 6.50.
  4. 4
    No discount this seasonThe reduced rate (students, Kulturlegi, disability) is suspended in 2026/27.
If it's closed here or doesn't suit you:
Stäfa →
Küsnacht →
Zurich →

📊 Season comparison with nearby places

Where this season falls between autumn and spring.

📊 Season comparison

Each bar is a spot, dark this one, light the nearest.

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🗺️ Nearby — more winter baths

The ConvivaPlus survey lists 13 spots. On Lake Zurich: Küsnacht, Stäfa and Richterswil.

In the city of Zurich: Utoquai and the Samichlausschwimmen. Everything in the overview.

More winter swimming spots in the canton of Zurich

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StäfaSat 17 OctOpen page KüsnachtFri 9 OctOpen page ZurichSun 6 DecOpen page Richterswilnot published yetOpen page
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🏆 The ConvivaPlus verdict

The ConvivaPlus verdict

GreifenseeSwim only CHF 8Open daily

No quay, no city noise, and a ticket just for the cold water. Shorter hours this season.

Freshness note: Hours and prices per the Sauna am See Uster, read on 7 October 2026.

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

💎 Golden nuggets
The non-obvious — researched, not copied
  • ◆No sauna required: winter swimming has its own, cheap ticket here.

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.

Written by
Jana Meier
Jana Meier

ConvivaPlus Editor · Family & Day Trips

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💡Did you know?

In Uster you can get into the Greifensee without the sauna for 8 francs — with a changing room and warm shower.

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