Kaukajärven sauna

Kaukajärven sauna in eastern Tampere is a popular public sauna on clear Lake Kaukajärvi by the rowing stadium, open daily with year-round swimming.

Kaukajärvi is the clear lake in eastern Tampere where the city's rowers train, and the public sauna sits right beside the rowing stadium's stands. The local swimming club Uinti Tampere runs it, which is why the money goes into open-water swimming lessons and summer jobs for young people, and why the sauna is open every day of the year with an ice hole through the winter. The old sauna departments have been renovated, and a new building with a picture window onto the lake, a big terrace and its own changing rooms opened for extra capacity and private rentals. Regulars call it Kauksu.

Renovated sauna departments open daily from noon. New sauna: seats about 20. Sauna with a picture window onto Kaukajärvi and its own changing rooms. Listed amenities: Lake plunge, Changing rooms, Showers, Cool-down deck, Parking, Social sauna sessions.

Listing type: Public bathhouse. Access: Walk-in. Listed capacity: New sauna rented privately for up to 20. Cold plunge: Kaukajärvi, ice hole in winter. Hours: Quiet hours with no talking: Mondays and Wednesdays 5pm to 6pm in the old saunas, Saturdays and Sundays 4pm to 5pm in the new sauna. Summer hours differ slightly. Walk in during opening hours and pay at the door; regulars buy a season card. The new sauna building can be rented privately on weekday daytimes by phone. SaunaShare records this listing as editorially reviewed by SaunaShare. A listing label describes where the information came from, not the quality of the sauna. Listing details were last reviewed on September 15, 2026.

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