Saunoa Ottawa

Saunoa's floating sauna on the Ottawa River beside the NCC River House has two sauna rooms, an enclosed river plunge and open water, by booked session.

Saunoa Ottawa is a floating sauna moored along the shoreline of the NCC River House, the century-old boathouse on the Ottawa River in the city's east end. It has two sauna rooms, and one is designated accessible. The river does the cooling: an enclosed plunge alongside the sauna, or open water beyond it. Saunoa takes its name from the Finnish verb for to sauna, and a visit runs the way the word suggests: heat, cold and rest, repeated. Heat on the water, the river for the cold Guests pour water on the stones themselves for löyly, the wave of steam that follows. The sauna sits on the river facing the forest on the far shore, with the River House alongside.

A floating sauna with two sauna rooms, one designated accessible, moored beside the NCC River House. Listed amenities: Lake plunge, Changing rooms, Lockers, Filtered water and tea, Accessible entrance and bench level, Parking, Social sauna sessions.

Listing type: Community sauna. Access: Reservation. Cold plunge: An enclosed river plunge beside the sauna, plus open-water access to the Ottawa River, which is unsupervised. Hours: Saunoa Ottawa runs by booked session; open times are on its booking page. Book a community or private session on Saunoa's own site and choose Ottawa. Passes and gift cards for the Ottawa sauna are sold there too. 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 November 8, 2026.

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