Sofiebadet
Built in 1909 as a municipal shower bath on Sofiegade in Christianshavn, closed in 1997 and listed in 2000 for its interior, it reopened under the Sofiebadet association, with a hammam dome added in the old boiler house in 2010. The two-hour kurbad uses the original high-ceilinged bathrooms, with a sauna, a steam bath, a cold tub and a cold-water bucket.
Getting in
- Parking
- Paid parking in the surrounding streets.
- Public transport
- Metro to Christianshavn, about 200 m.
- Address
- Sofiegade 15B, 1418 København K
Entry, hours and rules
- Entry
- Sofies Kurbad (2 hours) (Sauna, steam bath, cold tub and cold-water bucket; pestemal, slippers, towel, shampoo and lotion included; 2 hours including changing)DKK 300about €40
- Sofies Luksus (2 hours) (Kurbad plus salt scrub, face mask and hair treatment)DKK 400about €54
- Hours
- Mon16:00-20:00
- Tue11:00-21:00
- Wed11:00-20:00
- Thu11:00-20:00
- Fri11:00-20:00
- Sat10:00-17:30
- Sun10:00-16:30
- Swimwear and rules
- Swimwear is compulsory; bring your own. Mixed, with private shower cubicles or shared changing for men and women; Thursday from 16:00 is for women only, guests and staff.
- Children
- 12 and over. Children from 12 with their parents.
- Tickets
- Timed entry slots, book ahead
- Official site
- sofiebadet.dk
- Facilities
- SaunaSteam roomShowersChanging roomsCaféTowel hire
About Sofiebadet
The idea goes back to 1850, when the banker Baron Carl J. Hambro in London gave money for bath and wash houses for the poor of Copenhagen, the city where he was born. What was learned in those Hambro baths shaped the shower baths in Saxogade (1904) and Sofiegade, built to almost the same plan with 14 shower cubicles for men and 6 for women; Sofiegade also had two cubicles with bathtubs. Of three bathhouses the city built in those years, this is the only one left. After it closed the city meant to put a children's institution in the building, until Christianshavn residents pushed to reopen it, and you can still come in just for a shower.