Lähteen sauna

Lähteen sauna in Helsinki's Lapinlahti park is the city's oldest public sauna still running, built in the 1880s by the sea, with public sessions every week.

The Lähde sauna is a small brick building in the park of the former Lapinlahti psychiatric hospital, built in the 1880s for the hospital's staff and patients and still heated for the public today, which makes it the oldest public sauna in Helsinki. The hospital grounds are now a centre for culture, events and mental wellbeing, and the sauna is run by a non-profit social enterprise that puts its income into mental health work and jobs for people finding their way back into working life. The sauna stands on the shore of the bay, with the sea a hundred yards away for the swim, and its benches take about ten bathers at a time.

Lähde sauna: seats about 10. 1880s brick sauna for about ten bathers. Listed amenities: Lake plunge, Changing rooms, Towel rental, Social sauna sessions.

Listing type: Public bathhouse. Access: Walk-in. Listed capacity: About 10 on the benches. Cold plunge: The sea, a hundred yards from the door. Hours: The sauna fee covers two hours. Sessions vary month to month, so check the current list before coming. Public sessions need no booking: pay at Café Lähde during its hours, or in cash or by mobile payment to the sauna attendant. Private two-hour turns are booked online and can run from 10am to 11pm. 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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