Sjællandsgade Bad
Built in 1917 by city architect Hans Wright as the last public bathhouse Copenhagen built, closed by the municipality in 2010, listed in 2012 and reopened by a volunteer association in 2013. It has saunas built in 2013, clawfoot bathtubs in shared rooms and a cold tub on each floor.
Getting in
- Address
- Sjællandsgade 12A, 2200 København N
Entry, hours and rules
- Entry
- Sauna (1,5 timer) (sauna, 1.5 hours) (Pay at the door; children 4 to 12 half price, 0 to 3 free)DKK 40about €5.5
- Sauna og karbad (1,5 timer) (sauna and bathtub, 1.5 hours)DKK 85about €11
- Karbad (1 time) (bathtub, 1 hour)DKK 60about €8
- Brusebad (shower)DKK 20about €2.5
- 10-turskort sauna (10-visit sauna card)DKK 320about €43
- Hours
- Monclosed
- Tueclosed
- Wed15:00-21:00
- Thuclosed
- Fri16:00-19:00
- Sat09:00-15:00
- Sun17:00-20:00
- Swimwear and rules
- Swimwear optional: wear a swimsuit or nothing, as you prefer. Separate floors for women and men on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday (women downstairs and men upstairs on Wednesday and Saturday, the other way round on Sunday); Friday is mixed.
- Children
- Children 0 to 3 free, 4 to 12 half price.
- Tickets
- Day ticket, no time slot
- Official site
- sjaellandsgadebad.dk
- Facilities
- SaunaShowers
About Sjællandsgade Bad
Hans Wright placed the bathhouse between a school and Simeon's Church, because soul, mind and body were held to belong together. For decades people queued for hours, and uniformed bath attendants scrubbed bathers with wood wool, fine wood shavings soaked with soap flakes, a practice that lasted until the 2010 closure. For more than 40 years the head attendant, known as Høvdingen, kept beer cold for the men's section. Today you fill your own tub and are asked to clean it afterward, tea comes with the ticket, and the house also opens for homeless and socially vulnerable people.